On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime

Physics

Text available via DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2436481
Final published version

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Published

Standard

On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime. / Mangles, Stuart P. D.; Thomas, Alexander George Roy; Lundh, Olle et al.
In: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 14, No. 5, 056702, 01.05.2007.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Harvard

Mangles, SPD, Thomas, AGR, Lundh, O, Lindau, F, Kaluza, MC, Persson, A, Wahlstrom, C-G, Krushelnick, K & Najmudin, Z 2007, 'On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime', Physics of Plasmas, vol. 14, no. 5, 056702. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2436481

APA

Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Lundh, O., Lindau, F., Kaluza, M. C., Persson, A., Wahlstrom, C.-G., Krushelnick, K., & Najmudin, Z. (2007). On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime. Physics of Plasmas, 14(5), Article 056702. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2436481

Vancouver

Mangles SPD, Thomas AGR, Lundh O, Lindau F, Kaluza MC, Persson A et al. On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime. Physics of Plasmas. 2007 May 1;14(5):056702. Epub 2007 Mar. doi: 10.1063/1.2436481

Author

Mangles, Stuart P. D. ; Thomas, Alexander George Roy ; Lundh, Olle et al. / On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime. In: Physics of Plasmas. 2007 ; Vol. 14, No. 5.

Bibtex

@article{7fd5e8adc7034ecdaf769a8eda41c42e,

title = "On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime",

abstract = "The effects of plasma density and laser energy on the stability of laser produced monoenergetic electron beams are investigated. Fluctuations in the principal beam parameters, namely, electron energy, energy-spread, charge, and pointing, are demonstrated to be minimized at low densities. This improvement in stability is attributed to the reduced time for pulse evolution required before self-injection occurs; i.e., that the pulse is closest to the matched conditions for these densities. It is also observed that electrons are only consistently produced above a density-dependent energy threshold. These observations are consistent with there being a threshold intensity (a0≳3)(a0≳3) required for the occurrence of self-injection after accounting for pulse compression.",

author = "Mangles, {Stuart P. D.} and Thomas, {Alexander George Roy} and Olle Lundh and Filip Lindau and Kaluza, {M. C.} and A. Persson and C.-G. Wahlstrom and Karl Krushelnick and Zulfikar Najmudin",

year = "2007",

month = may,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1063/1.2436481",

language = "English",

volume = "14",

journal = "Physics of Plasmas",

issn = "1070-664X",

publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",

number = "5",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime

AU - Mangles, Stuart P. D.

AU - Thomas, Alexander George Roy

AU - Lundh, Olle

AU - Lindau, Filip

AU - Kaluza, M. C.

AU - Persson, A.

AU - Wahlstrom, C.-G.

AU - Krushelnick, Karl

AU - Najmudin, Zulfikar

PY - 2007/5/1

Y1 - 2007/5/1

N2 - The effects of plasma density and laser energy on the stability of laser produced monoenergetic electron beams are investigated. Fluctuations in the principal beam parameters, namely, electron energy, energy-spread, charge, and pointing, are demonstrated to be minimized at low densities. This improvement in stability is attributed to the reduced time for pulse evolution required before self-injection occurs; i.e., that the pulse is closest to the matched conditions for these densities. It is also observed that electrons are only consistently produced above a density-dependent energy threshold. These observations are consistent with there being a threshold intensity (a0≳3)(a0≳3) required for the occurrence of self-injection after accounting for pulse compression.

AB - The effects of plasma density and laser energy on the stability of laser produced monoenergetic electron beams are investigated. Fluctuations in the principal beam parameters, namely, electron energy, energy-spread, charge, and pointing, are demonstrated to be minimized at low densities. This improvement in stability is attributed to the reduced time for pulse evolution required before self-injection occurs; i.e., that the pulse is closest to the matched conditions for these densities. It is also observed that electrons are only consistently produced above a density-dependent energy threshold. These observations are consistent with there being a threshold intensity (a0≳3)(a0≳3) required for the occurrence of self-injection after accounting for pulse compression.

U2 - 10.1063/1.2436481

DO - 10.1063/1.2436481

M3 - Journal article

VL - 14

JO - Physics of Plasmas

JF - Physics of Plasmas

SN - 1070-664X

IS - 5

M1 - 056702

ER -

Research

Links

Text available via DOI: