Laser-Driven Structure-Based Accelerators

England RJ, Filippetto D, Torrisi G, Bacci A, Della Valle G, Mascali D, Mauro GS, Sorbello G, Musumeci P, Scheuer J, Cowan B, Schachter L, Huang YC, Niedermayer U, Kimura WD, Li R, Ishebeck R, Simakov E, Hommelhoff P, Byer R (2022)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Journal

arXiv arXiv.org

Article Number: 2203.08981

URI: https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.08981

Abstract

Particle acceleration in microstructures driven by ultrafast solid state lasers is a rapidly evolving area of advanced accelerator research, leading to a variety of concepts based on planar-symmetric dielectric gratings, hollow core fibers, photonic crystals, and plasmonic meta-surfaces. This approach leverages well-established industrial fabrication capabilities and the commercial availability of tabletop lasers to reduce cost, with demonstrated axial accelerating fields in the GV/m range. Wide-ranging international efforts have significantly improved understanding of gradient limits, structure design, particle focusing and transport, staging, and development of compatible low-emittance electron sources. With a near-term focus on low-current MeV-scale applications for compact scientific and medical instruments, as well as novel diagnostics capabilities, structure-based laser-driven accelerators have several key benefits that warrant consideration for future high-energy physics machines, including low beamstrahlung energy loss, modest power requirements, stability, and readiness of supporting technologies.

Authors with CRIS profile

Peter Hommelhoff Lehrstuhl für Laserphysik

Involved external institutions

Los Alamos National Laboratory US United States (USA) (US) Stanford University US United States (USA) (US) Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) US United States (USA) (US) Politecnico di Milano IT Italy (IT) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) IT Italy (IT) Technische Universität Darmstadt DE Germany (DE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) US United States (USA) (US)

How to cite

APA:

England, R.J., Filippetto, D., Torrisi, G., Bacci, A., Della Valle, G., Mascali, D.,... Byer, R. (2022). Laser-Driven Structure-Based Accelerators. arXiv.

MLA:

England, R. Joel, et al. "Laser-Driven Structure-Based Accelerators." arXiv (2022).

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