Radiation sources based on laser-plasma interactions

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Jaroszynski, D.A. and Bingham, R. and Brunetti, E. and Ersfeld, B. and Gallacher, J.G. and van der Geer, B. and Issac, R.C. and Jamison, S.P. and Jones, D and de Loos, M and Lyachev, A. and Pavlov, V and Reitsma, A and Saveliev, Y and Vieux, G and Wiggins, S.M (2006) Radiation sources based on laser-plasma interactions. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 364 (1840). pp. 689-710. ISSN 1471-2962 (https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2005.1732)

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Abstract

Plasma waves excited by intense laser beams can be harnessed to produce femtosecond duration bunches of electrons with relativistic energies. The very large electrostatic forces of plasma density wakes trailing behind an intense laser pulse provide field potentials capable of accelerating charged particles to high energies over very short distances, as high as 1 GeV in a few millimetres. The short length scale of plasma waves provides a means of developing very compact high-energy accelerators, which could form the basis of compact next-generation light sources with unique properties. Tuneable X-ray radiation and particle pulses with durations of the order of or less than 5 fs should be possible and would be useful for probing matter on unprecedented time and spatial scales. If developed to fruition this revolutionary technology could reduce the size and cost of light sources by three orders of magnitude and, therefore, provide powerful new tools to a large scientific community. We will discuss how a laser-driven plasma wakefield accelerator can be used to produce radiation with unique characteristics over a very large spectral range.

ORCID iDs

Jaroszynski, D.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3006-5492, Bingham, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9843-7635, Brunetti, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8302-9762, Ersfeld, B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5597-9429, Gallacher, J.G., van der Geer, B., Issac, R.C., Jamison, S.P., Jones, D, de Loos, M, Lyachev, A., Pavlov, V, Reitsma, A, Saveliev, Y, Vieux, G ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4040-4117 and Wiggins, S.M ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7804-6146;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:17255
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    15 March 2006
    Published
    25 January 2006
    Published Online
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
    Date deposited:12 Apr 2010 14:30
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 09:18
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/17255
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