Speaker
Alexander Knetsch
(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
Description
Inter-stage distances and components in multistage PWFA concepts are among the biggest potential contributors to the total accelerator length and may strongly reduce the average gradient of a plasma based accelerator.
Here, we discuss a concept to optimize inter-plasma
distances by drive-beam coupling in the temporal domain
and gating the accelerator via a femtosecond ionization laser.
Primary authors
Aimé Matheron
Alexander Knetsch
(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
Erik Adli
(University of Oslo, Norway)
Igor Andriyash
(Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquee)
Max GILLJOHANN
(Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique, France)
Olena Kononenko
(LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France)
Dr
Pablo San Miguel Claveria
(Instituto Superior Técnico IST)
Sébastien Corde
(LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91762 Palaiseau, France)
Viktoriia Zakharova
(LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91762 Palaiseau, France)
Yuliia Mankovska
(Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquee, ENSTA, Ecole Polytechnique de Paris, IP Paris)