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Reproducibility of electron beams from laser wakefield acceleration in capillary tubes

Desforges, F. G. ; Hansson, Martin LU ; Ju, J. ; Senje, Lovisa LU ; Audet, T. L. ; Dobosz-Dufrenoy, S. ; Persson, Anders LU ; Lundh, Olle LU ; Wahlström, Claes-Göran LU and Cros, B. (2014) In Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment 740. p.54-59
Abstract
The stability of accelerated electron beams produced by self injection of plasma electrons into the wakefield driven by a laser pulse guided inside capillary tubes is analyzed statistically in relation to laser and plasma parameters, and compared to results obtained in a gas jet. The analysis shows that reproducible electron beams are achieved with a charge of 66 pC +/- 11%, a FWHM beam divergence of 9 mrad +/- 14%, a maximum energy of 120 MeV +/- 10% and pointing fluctuations of 2.3 mrad using 10 mm long, 178 mu m diameter capillary tubes at an electron density of (10.0 +/- 1.5) x 10(18) cm(-3). Active stabilization of the laser pointing was used and laser parameters were recorded on each shot. Although the shot-to-shot laser energy... (More)
The stability of accelerated electron beams produced by self injection of plasma electrons into the wakefield driven by a laser pulse guided inside capillary tubes is analyzed statistically in relation to laser and plasma parameters, and compared to results obtained in a gas jet. The analysis shows that reproducible electron beams are achieved with a charge of 66 pC +/- 11%, a FWHM beam divergence of 9 mrad +/- 14%, a maximum energy of 120 MeV +/- 10% and pointing fluctuations of 2.3 mrad using 10 mm long, 178 mu m diameter capillary tubes at an electron density of (10.0 +/- 1.5) x 10(18) cm(-3). Active stabilization of the laser pointing was used and laser parameters were recorded on each shot. Although the shot-to-shot laser energy fluctuations can account for a fraction of the electrons fluctuations, gas density fluctuations are suspected to be a more important source of instability. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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Laser wakefield, Laser plasma accelerator, Electron acceleration, Capillary tube, Electron beans stability
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
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740
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54 - 59
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Elsevier
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0167-5087
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10.1016/j.nima.2013.10.062
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English
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  abstract     = {{The stability of accelerated electron beams produced by self injection of plasma electrons into the wakefield driven by a laser pulse guided inside capillary tubes is analyzed statistically in relation to laser and plasma parameters, and compared to results obtained in a gas jet. The analysis shows that reproducible electron beams are achieved with a charge of 66 pC +/- 11%, a FWHM beam divergence of 9 mrad +/- 14%, a maximum energy of 120 MeV +/- 10% and pointing fluctuations of 2.3 mrad using 10 mm long, 178 mu m diameter capillary tubes at an electron density of (10.0 +/- 1.5) x 10(18) cm(-3). Active stabilization of the laser pointing was used and laser parameters were recorded on each shot. Although the shot-to-shot laser energy fluctuations can account for a fraction of the electrons fluctuations, gas density fluctuations are suspected to be a more important source of instability. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Desforges, F. G. and Hansson, Martin and Ju, J. and Senje, Lovisa and Audet, T. L. and Dobosz-Dufrenoy, S. and Persson, Anders and Lundh, Olle and Wahlström, Claes-Göran and Cros, B.}},
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  keywords     = {{Laser wakefield; Laser plasma accelerator; Electron acceleration; Capillary tube; Electron beans stability}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{54--59}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment}},
  title        = {{Reproducibility of electron beams from laser wakefield acceleration in capillary tubes}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.10.062}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.nima.2013.10.062}},
  volume       = {{740}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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