The Dielectric Wakefield Resonator Accelerator

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel three-channel dielectric wakefield resonator accelerator design that aims to improve beam stability and transformer ratio, with potential advantages over cylindrical devices.

Contribution

The paper presents a new rectangular, three-channel dielectric wakefield resonator design that mitigates beam breakup and enhances transformer ratio compared to prior cylindrical devices.

Findings

Design enables superposition of wakefield harmonics.

Rectangular geometry allows better management of beam breakup.

Resonator can be stabilized with rotated units.

Abstract

We report preliminary studies of a three-channel, rectangular, high gradient dielectric wakefield accelerator element, which, unlike the collinear cylindrical dielectric wakefield device, does not suffer from low transformer ratio and may offer relief from the beam breakup instability. When configured as a resonator (DWR), it can be driven by a series of modest-charge drive bunches. This rectangular 'mode-locked' resonator consists of three channels lined with low-loss dielectric slabs: the central wider channel is the drive bunch channel, whereas two adjacent narrow channels are used to accelerate electron and/or positron bunches; this provides a favorable transformer ratio. At the moment when, after reflecting from the resonator exit, the wakefield returns to the resonator entrance, the next bunch is injected into the resonator entrance. The length of the resonator is also chosen to be a multiple of half the desired wakefield wavelength. The rectangular geometry permits superposition of harmonics of wakefields in the resonator. The short length of the device and its planar configuration should allow management of beam breakup, and a lengthy drive bunch train can be dynamically stabilized by using a series of DWR units rotated about the $z$-axis in $90^{\circ}$ increments.