Conveners
WG7: Radiation Generation and Advanced Concepts: Session 1
- Julia Mikhailova
- John Palastro (University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics)
WG7: Radiation Generation and Advanced Concepts: Session 2
- John Palastro (University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics)
- Julia Mikhailova
WG7: Radiation Generation and Advanced Concepts: Session 4
- John Palastro (University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics)
- Julia Mikhailova
Laser Plasma Accelerators (LPAs), harnessing gigavolt-per-centimeter accelerating fields, can generate high peak current, low emittance and GeV class electron beams paving the way for the realization of future compact free-electron lasers (FELs). Here, we report on the commissioning of the COXINEL beamline driven by the HZDR plasma accelerator and experimental demonstration of FEL lasing at...
The ongoing Plasma-driven Attosecond X-ray source experiment (PAX) at FACET-II aims to produce coherent soft x-ray pulses of attosecond duration using a Plasma Wakefield Accelerator [1]. These kinds of X-ray pulses can be used to study chemical processes where attosecond-scale electron motion is important. As a future upgrade to this concept, we investigate scaling to shorter soft X-ray...
The ion channel laser (ICL) is an alternative to the free electron laser (FEL) that uses the electric fields in an ion channel rather than the magnetic fields in an undulator to transversely oscillate a relativistic electron beam and produce coherent radiation. The strong focusing force of the ion channel leads to a Pierce parameter more than an order of magnitude larger than the typical...
Recent progress of fundamental study on nonlinear inverse Compton scattering (ICS) will be reported. Experiment has been performed in Brookhaven National Laboratory Accelerator Test Facility. Counter collision of TW CO2 laser and 60-70 MeV electron beam having 300 pC of charge per pulse induce clear structure of nonlinear electrodynamics in X-ray radiation characteristics. In addition,...
Inverse Compton scattering (ICS) from relativistic electron beams colliding with laser pulses can be used for relatively compact and affordable x-ray and gamma sources complementing conventional synchrotron light sources (SLSs). Several proposals have been put forward on converting electron accelerators to Inverse Compton Scattering (ICS) gamma sources. Different types of particle accelerators...
In nonlinear Thomson scattering, a relativistic electron reflects and reradiates the photons
of a laser pulse, converting optical light to x rays or beyond. While this extreme frequency
conversion offers a promising source for probing high-energy-density materials and
driving uncharted regimes of nonlinear quantum electrodynamics, conventional nonlinear
Thomson scattering has inherent...
Well known light emitting mechanisms (e.g. betatron radiation and non-linear Thomson scattering) are based on the motion of single-particles. Experiments demonstrated that these mechanisms can lead to the emission of bright radiation bursts, with frequencies extending up to the x-rays and beyond. These sources have intrinsic limitations: the electron velocity is always lower than the speed of...
Plasma-driven light source development has recently made significant progress with multiple demonstrations of plasma-FEL gain [1-2] and the ongoing work of various facilities dedicated to plasma-FEL development [3]. In this contribution, we report on the status and prospects for one-such plasma-driven light source effort, the Plasma-driven Attosecond X-ray (PAX) experiment at FACET-II [4]....
Contact and projection electron radiography using a laser-plasma electron accelerator driven by the OMEGA-EP laser are shown for static targets. Initial electron radiographs of laser-driven foils are shown along with a discussion of future experiments and applications. This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration under Award...
We aim to develop a diagnostic capable of high spatio-temporal resolution, specifically to be used in High Energy Density Science (HEDS) experiments. A Self-Modulated laser wakefield acceleration (SM-LWFA) driven broadband X-ray source was observed at the Titan target area, Jupiter Laser Facility. The spectral range was between 10 KeV to > 1 MeV, and took advantage of Betatron, Inverse Compton...
A laser pulse composed of a fundamental and properly phased second harmonic exhibits an asymmetric electric field that can drive a time-dependent current of photoionized electrons. The current produces a near-single-cycle burst of terahertz (THz) radiation. Experiments using ~1-TW ultrashort laser pulses observe optimal THz energies (~10-uJ) when the “two-color” pulse undergoes filamentary...
