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@article{Mangles:2020:10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.061301,
author = {Mangles, S},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.061301},
journal = {Physical Review Accelerators and Beams},
pages = {061301 1--061301 6},
title = {Bright x-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.061301},
volume = {23},
year = {2020}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - We show that the properties of the electron beam and bright x rays produced by a laser wakefield accelerator can be predicted if the distance over which the laser self-focuses and compresses prior to self-injection is taken into account. A model based on oscillations of the beam inside a plasma bubble shows that performance is optimized when the plasma length is matched to the laser depletion length. With a 200 TW laser pulse, this results in an x-ray beam with a median photon energy of 20 keV, >6×108 photons above 1 keV per shot, and a peak brightness of 3×1022 photons s−1 mrad−2 mm−2 (0.1% BW)−1.
AU - Mangles,S
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.061301
EP - 1
PY - 2020///
SN - 2469-9888
SP - 061301
TI - Bright x-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator
T2 - Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.061301
UR - https://journals.aps.org/prab/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.061301
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/80380
VL - 23
ER -
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