Plasma accelerator-based ultrabright x-ray beams from ultrabright electron beams

Habib, Ahmad Fahim and Scherkl, Paul and Manahan, Grace Gloria and Heinemann, Thomas and Ullmann, Daniel and Sutherland, Andrew and Knetsch, Alexander and Litos, Michael and Hogan, Mark and Rosenzweig, James and Hidding, Bernhard; Murokh, Alex and Spiga, Daniele, eds. (2019) Plasma accelerator-based ultrabright x-ray beams from ultrabright electron beams. In: Advances in Laboratory-Based X-Ray Sources, Optics, and Applications VII. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Bellingham, Washington. ISBN 9781510629134 (https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530976)

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Abstract

We provide a pathway to compact ultrabright light sources, based on ultrabright, high energy electron beams emerging from a combination of plasma Wakefield acceleration and plasma photocathodes. While plasma acceleration is known to produce accelerating fields three or four orders of magnitude larger than conventional accelerators, the plasma photocathode allows production of electron beams three or four orders of magnitude brighter than conventional, and thus is suitable to unleash the full potential of plasma accelerators. In particular, this is the case for various types of light sources, which profit enormously from an increased electron beam brightness. Building on the recent first experimental demonstration of the plasma photocathode, in this work we discuss the prospects of plasma photocathodes for key photon source approaches such as x-ray free-electron lasers, betatron radiation, ion-channel lasers and inverse Compton scattering.

  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:73062
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    4 October 2019
    Published
    9 September 2019
    Published Online
    8 April 2019
    Accepted
    Notes:© 2020 Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this publication for a fee or for commercial purposes, and modification of the contents of the publication are prohibited.
    Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:07 Jul 2020 10:15
    Last modified:14 Apr 2024 00:13
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/73062
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