High energy electrons from interaction with a 10 mm gas-jet at FLAME

G. M. Grittani; M. P. Anania; G. Gatti; D. Giulietti; M. Kando; M. Krus; L. Labate; T. Levato; Y. Oishi; F. Rossi; L. A. Gizzi

doi:10.1117/12.2027030

7 May 2013 High energy electrons from interaction with a 10 mm gas-jet at FLAME

G. M. Grittani, M. P. Anania, G. Gatti, D. Giulietti, M. Kando, M. Krus, L. Labate, T. Levato, Y. Oishi, F. Rossi, L. A. Gizzi

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Proceedings Volume 8779, Laser Acceleration of Electrons, Protons, and Ions II; and Medical Applications of Laser-Generated Beams of Particles II; and Harnessing Relativistic Plasma Waves III; 87791B (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2027030
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2013, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

In this paper we discuss the spectra of the electrons produced in the laser-plasma acceleration experiment at FLAME. Here a <30 fs laser pulse is focused via an f/10 parabola in a focal spot of 10 μm diameter into a 1.2 mm by 10 mm rectangular Helium gas-jets at a backing pressure ranging from 5 to 15 bar. The intensity achieved exceeds 10¹⁹ Wcm⁻². In our experiment the laser is set to propagate in the gas-jet along the longitudinal axis to use the 10 mm gas-jet length and to evaluate the role of density gradients. The propagation of the laser pulse in the gas is monitored by means of a Thomson scattering optical imaging. Accelerated electrons are set to propagate for 47,5 cm before being detected by a scintillating screen to evaluate bunch divergence and pointing. Alternatively, electrons are set to propagate in the field of a magnetic dipole before reaching the scintillating screen in order to evaluate their energy spectrum. Our experimental data show highly collimated bunches (<1 mrad) with a relatively stable pointing direction (<10 mrad). Typical bunch electron energy ranges between 50 and 200 MeV with occasional exceptional events of higher energy up to 1GeV.

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G. M. Grittani, M. P. Anania, G. Gatti, D. Giulietti, M. Kando, M. Krus, L. Labate, T. Levato, Y. Oishi, F. Rossi, and L. A. Gizzi "High energy electrons from interaction with a 10 mm gas-jet at FLAME", Proc. SPIE 8779, Laser Acceleration of Electrons, Protons, and Ions II; and Medical Applications of Laser-Generated Beams of Particles II; and Harnessing Relativistic Plasma Waves III, 87791B (7 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2027030

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