Simulation Study of Laser Plasma Accelerator Via Vorpal

TL;DR

This paper uses the Vorpal PIC simulation code to extensively model laser plasma accelerators across different regimes, designing a ~100 MeV accelerator and exploring its application in compact light sources.

Contribution

It presents a comprehensive simulation study of laser plasma accelerators across multiple regimes using Vorpal, including a design for a ~100 MeV accelerator and its potential application.

Findings

Designed a ~100 MeV laser plasma accelerator via simulation

Analyzed linear, quasilinear, and nonlinear regimes of LPA

Discussed application in compact light sources

Abstract

In this paper, we use PIC code Vorpal to do the extensive simulation about the laser plasma accelerator in the linear, quasilinear and nonlinear regime respectively. We design the ~100 MeV or so laser plasma accelerator ( LPA ) via Vorpal simulation. Finally, we discuss the application of the designed LPA in the compact light source field.