LASER-WAKEFIELD ELECTRON ACCELERATOR WITH INDEPENDENT BEAM-PARAMETER CONTROL

Authors

• Grigory V. Golovin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Shouyuan Chen, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Nathan D. Powers, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Cheng Liu, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Sudeep Banerjee, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow
• J. Zhang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• M. Zeng, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Z. Sheng, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Donald Umstadter, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2014

Citation

Plasma Sciences (ICOPS) held with 2014 IEEE International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams (BEAMS), 2014 IEEE 41st International Conference on Year: 2014

Comments

© 2014 IEEE

Abstract

It has been demonstrated that laser-wakefield acceleration (LWFA) can generate several electron beam parameters rivaling those generated by conventional RF-cavity accelerators. Tunable and monoenergetic electron beams have also been produced with LWFA. Currently, active research is being directed towards finding methods to generate e-beams that have independently controllable parameters, as is standard in the case of conventional accelerators. One promising approach is to separate and independently control the essential acceleration processes.