Self-truncated ionization injection and consequent monoenergetic electron bunches in laser wakefield acceleration

Zeng, Ming and Chen, Min and Sheng, Zheng-Ming and Mori, Warren B. and Zhang, Jie (2014) Self-truncated ionization injection and consequent monoenergetic electron bunches in laser wakefield acceleration. Physics of Plasmas, 21 (3). 030701. ISSN 1070-664X (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4868404)

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Abstract

The ionization-induced injection in laser wakefield acceleration has been recently demonstrated to be a promising injection scheme. However, the energy spread controlling in this mechanism remains a challenge because continuous injection in a mixed gas target is usually inevitable. Here, we propose that by use of certain initially unmatched laser pulses, the electron injection can be constrained to the very front region of the mixed gas target, typically in a length of a few hundreds micrometers determined by the laser self-focusing and the wake deformation. As a result, the produced electron beam has narrow energy spread and meanwhile contains tens of pC in charge. Both multidimensional simulations and theoretical analysis illustrate the effectiveness of this scheme.

ORCID iDs

Zeng, Ming, Chen, Min, Sheng, Zheng-Ming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8823-9993, Mori, Warren B. and Zhang, Jie;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:49357
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    2014
    Published
    11 March 2014
    Published Online
    28 February 2014
    Accepted
    Notes:Copyright (2014) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Phys. Plasmas 21, 030701 (2014) and may be found at (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4868404).
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:University of Strathclyde > University of Strathclyde
    Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:24 Sep 2014 15:28
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 10:46
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/49357
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