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Femtosecond pulse trains of polychromatic inverse Compton γ-rays from designer electron beams produced by laser-plasma acceleration in plasma channels
AIP Conference Proceedings (2016)
  • Serge Y Kalmykov
  • Isaac Ghebregziabher
  • X. Davoine, CEA, DAM DIF
  • Remi Lehe, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Agustin F. Lifschitz
  • Victor Malka
  • Bradley A. Shadwick, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Abstract
Propagating a short, relativistically intense laser pulse in a plasma channel makes it possible to generate clean comb-like electron beams – sequences of synchronized, low phase-space volume bunches with controllable energy spacing [S. Y. Kalmykov et al., “Accordion Effect Revisited: Generation of Comb-Like Electron Beams in Plasma Channels,” in Advanced Accelerator Concepts: 16th Workshop, AIP Conference Proceedings; this volume]. All-optical control of the electron beam phase space structure via manipulation of the drive pulse phase (negative chirp) and parameters of the channel enables the design of a tunable, all-optical source of polychromatic pulsed gamma-rays using the mechanism of inverse Compton scattering.
Keywords
  • Laser wakefield acceleration,
  • blowout,
  • plasma channel,
  • electron beam shaping,
  • inverse Compton scattering,
  • PIC simulations
Publication Date
Fall October 28, 2016
DOI
10.1063/1.4965664
Citation Information
Serge Y Kalmykov, Isaac Ghebregziabher, X. Davoine, Remi Lehe, et al.. "Femtosecond pulse trains of polychromatic inverse Compton γ-rays from designer electron beams produced by laser-plasma acceleration in plasma channels" AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 1777 (2016) p. 080007 ISSN: 0094-243X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/serguei_kalmykov/53/
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