13–19 Sept 2015
La Biodola, Isola d'Elba
Europe/Rome timezone

Staging acceleration to improve an energy spread in laser wakefield acceleration

17 Sept 2015, 12:00
30m
SML Sala Maria Luisa (Hotel Hermitage)

SML Sala Maria Luisa

Hotel Hermitage

invited talk Plenary 8

Speaker

Dr Masaki Kando (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

Description

Laser acceleration of electrons is now considered to be promising for a compact, high-quality, high-energy accelerator scheme. Indeed, there are a lot of publications showing high reproducibility, small emittance (<1 mm mrad), shot pulse duration (~ fs), high energy (> 1GeV). Thus the capability to use such beams for a source of compact X-ray free-electron laser. In order to use laser electron accelerators for XFEL drivers, an energy spread of the electron beam is crucial. We are now designing the system composed of an injector, a phase rotator, and a booster. Our goal beam parameters are an energy of >1 GeV, a pulse duration of < 10fs, an energy spread of <1%, and an emittance of <1 mm mrad. A whole project system is also discussed including a laser system and an compact undulator system.

Primary author

Dr Masaki Kando (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

Presentation materials