Transversely pumped laser driven particle accelerator
Tanner Nutting, Nicholas Ernst, Alexander G. R. Thomas, and Karl, Krushelnick

TL;DR
This paper introduces Transversely Pumped Acceleration (TPA), a novel plasma acceleration scheme using counter-propagating laser arrays to generate high-energy particle beams in a compact setup.
Contribution
The paper presents a new transversely pumped plasma acceleration method with tunable phase velocity and demonstrates high-energy proton and electron acceleration through simulations.
Findings
Achieved 1.2 GeV proton beams in 3.6 mm plasma
Electron acceleration gradients of about 1 TeV/m
Scheme circumvents dephasing for sustained acceleration
Abstract
We present a new acceleration scheme capable of accelerating electrons and ions in an underdense plasma. Transversely Pumped Acceleration (TPA) uses multiple arrays of counter-propagating laser beamlets that focus onto a central acceleration axis. Tuning the injection timing and the spacing between the adjacent beamlets allows for precise control over the position and velocity of the intersection point of the counter-propagating beam arrays, resulting in an accelerating structure that propagates orthogonal to the direction of laser propagation. We present the theory that sets the injection timing of the incoming pulses to accelerate electrons and ions with a tunable phase velocity plasma wave. Simulation results are also presented which demonstrate 1.2 GeV proton beams accelerated in 3.6 mm of plasma and electron acceleration gradients on the order of 1 TeV/m in a scheme that…
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Taxonomy
TopicsParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers · Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics · Laser Design and Applications
