Sub-femtosecond electron bunches in laser wakefield acceleration via injection suppression with a magnetic field
Zhao, Q and Weng, S M and Chen, M and Zeng, M. and Hidding, B and Jaroszynski, D A and Assmann, R and Sheng, Z M (2019) Sub-femtosecond electron bunches in laser wakefield acceleration via injection suppression with a magnetic field. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 61 (8). 085015. ISSN 0741-3335 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab249c)
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Abstract
It is shown that electron injection into a laser-driven plasma bubble can be manipulated by applying an external magnetic field in the presence of a plasma density gradient. The down-ramp of the density-tailored plasma locally reduces the plasma wave phase velocity, which triggers injection. The longitudinal magnetic field dynamically induces an expanding hole in the electron density distribution at the rear of the wake bubble, which reduces the peak electron velocity in its vicinity. Electron injection is suppressed when the electron velocity drops below the phase velocity, which depends on the size of the density hole. This enables the start and end of electron injection to be independently controlled, which allows generation of sub-femtosecond electron bunches with peak currents of a few kilo-Ampere, for an applied magnetic field of ∼ 10 Tesla.
ORCID iDs
Zhao, Q, Weng, S M, Chen, M, Zeng, M., Hidding, B ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5827-0041, Jaroszynski, D A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3006-5492, Assmann, R and Sheng, Z M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8823-9993;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 68140 Dates: DateEvent21 June 2019Published24 May 2019AcceptedSubjects: Science > Physics Department: Faculty of Science > Physics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 30 May 2019 10:18 Last modified: 02 Oct 2024 00:33 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/68140