Speaker
Dr
Alberto Martinez de la Ossa
(DESY)
Description
Plasma wakefield accelerators can be driven by either an intense laser pulse (LWFA) or a high-current particle beam (PWFA). A plasma accelerator combining both schemes consists of a LWFA providing an electron beam which subsequently drives a PWFA in the highly nonlinear regime. This scenario explicitly makes use of the advantages unique to each method, particularly exploiting the capabilities of PWFA schemes to provide energy-boosted high-brightness beams, while the LWFA stage inherently fulfils the demand for compact high-current electron bunches required as PWFA drivers. Effectively, the subsequent PWFA stage operates as a beam brightness and energy booster of the initial LWFA output, aiming to match the demanding beam quality requirements of accelerator based light sources. We present a design study based on theoretical considerations and full-detailed particle-in-cell simulations, aiming to address the feasibility and the capabilities of this promising strategy. Besides, we report on dedicated studies towards the implementation of a proof-of-principle experiment at the DRACO laser facility at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR).
Primary author
Dr
Alberto Martinez de la Ossa
(DESY)
Co-authors
Mr
Alexander Knetsch
(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)
Mr
Alexander Koehler
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf)
Dr
Arie Irman
(Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf)
Prof.
Bernhard Hidding
(University of Strathclyde / Hamburg)
Dr
Jens Osterhoff
(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)
Mr
Jurjen P. Coperus
(HZDR)
Mrs
Olena Kononenko
(Deutsches-Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY))
Dr
Ralph Assmann
(DESY)
Mr
Thomas Heinemann
(Uni Strathclyde / DESY)
Mr
Thomas Kurz
(HZDR)
Prof.
Ulrich Schramm
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Mr
Ángel Ferran Pousa
(DESY)
