An ultrashort pulse ultra-violet radiation undulator source driven by a laser plasma wakefield accelerator

Anania, Maria Pia and Brunetti, Enrico and Wiggins, Mark and Grant, David William and Welsh, Gregor H. and Issac, Riju and Cipiccia, Silvia and Shanks, Richard and Manahan, Grace and Aniculaesei, Constantin and van der Geer, S.B. and de Loos, M. J. and Poole, M.W. and Shepherd, B. J. A. and Clarke, J.A. and Gillespie, W.A. and MacLeod, A.M. and Jaroszynski, Dino (2014) An ultrashort pulse ultra-violet radiation undulator source driven by a laser plasma wakefield accelerator. Applied Physics Letters, 104 (26). 264102. ISSN 0003-6951

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    Abstract

    Narrow band undulator radiation tuneable over the wavelength range of 150–260 nm has been produced by short electron bunches from a 2 mm long laser plasma wakefield accelerator based on a 20 TW femtosecond laser system. The number of photons measured is up to 9 × 106 per shot for a 100 period undulator, with a mean peak brilliance of 1 × 1018 photons/s/mrad2/mm2/0.1% bandwidth. Simulations estimate that the driving electron bunch r.m.s. duration is as short as 3 fs when the electron beam has energy of 120–130 MeV with the radiation pulse duration in the range of 50–100 fs.

    Author(s):Anania, Maria Pia, Brunetti, Enrico ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8302-9762, Wiggins, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7804-6146, Grant, David William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1868-2850, Welsh, Gregor H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7933-4190, Issac, Riju, Cipiccia, Silvia, Shanks, Richard, Manahan, Grace ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5570-3238, Aniculaesei, Constantin, van der Geer, S.B., de Loos, M. J., Poole, M.W., Shepherd, B. J. A., Clarke, J.A., Gillespie, W.A., MacLeod, A.M. and Jaroszynski, Dino ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3006-5492
    Item type:Article
    ID code:48920
    Keywords:electron beams, laser plasma acceleration, undulator radiation, ultrashort pulse, ultra-violet radiation, undulator, laser plasma wakefield accelerator, Physics, Plasma physics. Ionized gases, Physics and Astronomy(all), Radiation
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Science > Physics > Plasma physics. Ionized gases
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Technology and Innovation Centre > Advanced Science and Technology
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:07 Jul 2014 14:32
    Last modified:08 Jan 2020 21:07
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/48920
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