Bright X-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator

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physics.plasm-ph, physics.acc-ph

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Bright X-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator. / Bloom, M. S.; Streeter, M. J. V.; Kneip, S. et al.
In: arXiv.org, 16.10.2017.

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Bloom, MS, Streeter, MJV, Kneip, S, Bendoyro, RA, Cheklov, O, Cole, JM, Doepp, A, Hooker, CJ, Holloway, J, Jiang, J, Lopes, NC, Nakamura, H, Norreys, PA, Rajeev, PP, Symes, DR, Schreiber, J, Wood, JC, Wing, M, Najmudin, Z & Mangles, SPD 2017, 'Bright X-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator', arXiv.org. <https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05740>

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Bloom, M. S., Streeter, M. J. V., Kneip, S., Bendoyro, R. A., Cheklov, O., Cole, J. M., Doepp, A., Hooker, C. J., Holloway, J., Jiang, J., Lopes, N. C., Nakamura, H., Norreys, P. A., Rajeev, P. P., Symes, D. R., Schreiber, J., Wood, J. C., Wing, M., Najmudin, Z., & Mangles, S. P. D. (2017). Bright X-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator. arXiv.org. https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05740

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Bloom MS, Streeter MJV, Kneip S, Bendoyro RA, Cheklov O, Cole JM et al. Bright X-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator. arXiv.org. 2017 Oct 16.

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Bloom, M. S. ; Streeter, M. J. V. ; Kneip, S. et al. / Bright X-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator. In: arXiv.org. 2017.

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title = "Bright X-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator",

abstract = "We show that the properties of the electron beam and bright X-rays produced by a laser wakefield accelerator can be predicted if the distance over which the laser self-focuses and compresses prior to self-injection is taken into account. A model based on oscillations of the beam inside a plasma bubble shows that performance is optimised when the plasma length is matched to the laser depletion length. With a 200~TW laser pulse this results in an X-ray beam with median photon energy of 20 keV, $> 10^{9}$ photons per shot and a peak brightness of $4 \times 10^{23}$ photons s$^{-1}$ mrad$^{-2}$ mm$^{-2}$ (0.1 % BW)$^{-1}$.",

keywords = "physics.plasm-ph, physics.acc-ph",

author = "Bloom, {M. S.} and Streeter, {M. J. V.} and S. Kneip and Bendoyro, {R. A.} and O. Cheklov and Cole, {J. M.} and A. Doepp and Hooker, {C. J.} and J. Holloway and J. Jiang and Lopes, {N. C.} and H. Nakamura and Norreys, {P. A.} and Rajeev, {P. P.} and Symes, {D. R.} and J. Schreiber and Wood, {J. C.} and M. Wing and Z. Najmudin and Mangles, {S. P. D.}",

note = "5 pages, 4 figures",

year = "2017",

month = oct,

day = "16",

language = "English",

journal = "arXiv.org",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Bright X-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator

AU - Bloom, M. S.

AU - Streeter, M. J. V.

AU - Kneip, S.

AU - Bendoyro, R. A.

AU - Cheklov, O.

AU - Cole, J. M.

AU - Doepp, A.

AU - Hooker, C. J.

AU - Holloway, J.

AU - Jiang, J.

AU - Lopes, N. C.

AU - Nakamura, H.

AU - Norreys, P. A.

AU - Rajeev, P. P.

AU - Symes, D. R.

AU - Schreiber, J.

AU - Wood, J. C.

AU - Wing, M.

AU - Najmudin, Z.

AU - Mangles, S. P. D.

N1 - 5 pages, 4 figures

PY - 2017/10/16

Y1 - 2017/10/16

N2 - We show that the properties of the electron beam and bright X-rays produced by a laser wakefield accelerator can be predicted if the distance over which the laser self-focuses and compresses prior to self-injection is taken into account. A model based on oscillations of the beam inside a plasma bubble shows that performance is optimised when the plasma length is matched to the laser depletion length. With a 200~TW laser pulse this results in an X-ray beam with median photon energy of 20 keV, $> 10^{9}$ photons per shot and a peak brightness of $4 \times 10^{23}$ photons s$^{-1}$ mrad$^{-2}$ mm$^{-2}$ (0.1 % BW)$^{-1}$.

AB - We show that the properties of the electron beam and bright X-rays produced by a laser wakefield accelerator can be predicted if the distance over which the laser self-focuses and compresses prior to self-injection is taken into account. A model based on oscillations of the beam inside a plasma bubble shows that performance is optimised when the plasma length is matched to the laser depletion length. With a 200~TW laser pulse this results in an X-ray beam with median photon energy of 20 keV, $> 10^{9}$ photons per shot and a peak brightness of $4 \times 10^{23}$ photons s$^{-1}$ mrad$^{-2}$ mm$^{-2}$ (0.1 % BW)$^{-1}$.

KW - physics.plasm-ph

KW - physics.acc-ph

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