• Acta Physica Sinica
  • Vol. 68, Issue 17, 175201-1 (2019)
Fang Tan1、2, Xiao-Hui Zhang2, Bin Zhu2, Gang Li2, Yu-Chi Wu2, Ming-Hai Yu2, Yue Yang2, Yong-Hong Yan2, Jing Yang2, Wei Fan2, Ke-Gong Dong2, Feng Lu2, and Yu-Qiu Gu2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 030006, China
  • 2Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Laser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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    DOI: 10.7498/aps.68.20190484 Cite this Article
    Fang Tan, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Bin Zhu, Gang Li, Yu-Chi Wu, Ming-Hai Yu, Yue Yang, Yong-Hong Yan, Jing Yang, Wei Fan, Ke-Gong Dong, Feng Lu, Yu-Qiu Gu. Mixed injection mechanism assisted cascaded laser wakefield accelerator[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2019, 68(17): 175201-1 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Femtosecond electron bunches can be produced by laser plasma wakefield accelerators, with energy tunable from tens of MeV to a few GeV. In order to produce stable mono-energetic electron bunches, a critical issue is to control the injection of electron into the wakefield. The ionization injection is one of the most effective methods of controlling the injection, which is usually a continuous process. So, the electron bunches produced through ionization injection usually possess large energy spread. In order to optimize the ionization injection technique and produce stable monoenergetic wakefield electron beams, experimental studies are conducted on our 45 TW laser facility. In this work, a mixed injection mechanism assisted cascaded laser wakefield accelerator is presented. Based on a double-nozzle cascaded accelerator, the influences of ionization injection, shock wave front injection and their combination are experimentally studied. The results show that the lower threshold of the injection can be substantially reduced. The ionization injection is restricted within the shock wave front. As a result, mono-energetic electron bunches with reduced absolute energy spread can be stably produced. Under the most optimal conditions, the central energy and energy spread are (63.24 ± 6.12) MeV and (13.0 ± 3.9) MeV. The charge quantity of the electron bunches is (5.99 ± 3.10) pC. The minimum emitting anglular spread is (3.6 × 3.8) mrad.
    Fang Tan, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Bin Zhu, Gang Li, Yu-Chi Wu, Ming-Hai Yu, Yue Yang, Yong-Hong Yan, Jing Yang, Wei Fan, Ke-Gong Dong, Feng Lu, Yu-Qiu Gu. Mixed injection mechanism assisted cascaded laser wakefield accelerator[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2019, 68(17): 175201-1
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