Narrow bandwidth Laser-Plasma Accelerator driven Thomson photon source development

POSTER

Abstract

Compact, high-quality photon sources at MeV energies for nuclear nonproliferation and other applications can be provided by Thomson scattering of a laser from the electron beam of a Laser-Plasma Accelerator (LPA). Simulations indicate that high flux with narrow energy spread can be achieved via control of the LPA along with the scattering laser pulse shape and laser guiding, and that undesired background bremsstrahlung can be mitigated by plasma based deceleration of the electron beam after photon production. Progress of experiments to combine these elements will be presented, along with initial operations. The path from these experiments towards a compact high performance photon source will be discussed.

Presenters

  • Cameron Guy Robinson Geddes

    Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, LBNL

Authors

  • Cameron Guy Robinson Geddes

    Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, LBNL

  • H. -E. Tsai

    Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, LBNL

  • T. M Ostermayr

    Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, LBNL

  • G. G Otero

    U.C. Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, UC Berkeley, LBNL, UC Berkeley

  • T. Larrieu

    University of Paris-Sud, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, University of Paris-Sud

  • Jeroen van Tilborg

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, LBNL

  • Csaba Toth

    Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, LBNL, LBNL

  • Jean-Luc Vay

    Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab

  • R. Lehe

    Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, LBNL

  • Carl B Schroeder

    Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, LBNL

  • A. Friedman

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • D.P. Grote

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Eric Esarey

    Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, LBNL

  • Wim Pieter Leemans

    Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, U.C. Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Univ of California - Berkeley, LBNL, UC Berkeley