Acceleration and radiation of externally injected electrons in laser plasma wakefield driven by a Laguerre-Gaussian pulse

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/26/11/115204

Abstract By using three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, externally injected electron beam acceleration and radiation in donut-like wake fields driven by a Laguerre-Gaussian pulse are investigated. Studies show that in the acceleration process the total charge and azimuthal momenta of electrons can be stably maintained at a distance of a few hundreds of micrometers. Electrons experience low-frequency spiral rotation and high-frequency betatron oscillation, which leads to a synchrotron-like radiation. The radiation spectrum is mainly determined by the betatron motion of electrons. The far field distribution of radiation intensity shows axial symmetry due to the uniform transverse injection and spiral rotation of electrons. Our studies suggest a new way to simultaneously generate hollow electron beam and radiation source from a compact laser plasma accelerator.

Keywords: laser plasma accelerator particle-in-cell simulations Laguerre-Gaussian pulse

Received: 27 June 2017
Revised: 01 August 2017
Accepted manuscript online:

PACS:	52.38.Kd	(Laser-plasma acceleration of electrons and ions)
	52.65.Rr	(Particle-in-cell method)
	42.55.-f	(Lasers)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11374209, 11374210, and 11774227) and the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB859700).

Corresponding Authors: Min Chen
E-mail: minchen@sjtu.edu.cn

Cite this article:

Zhong-Chen Shen(沈众辰), Min Chen(陈民), Guo-Bo Zhang(张国博), Ji Luo(罗辑), Su-Ming Weng(翁苏明), Xiao-Hui Yuan(远晓辉), Feng Liu(刘峰), Zheng-Ming Sheng(盛政明) Acceleration and radiation of externally injected electrons in laser plasma wakefield driven by a Laguerre-Gaussian pulse 2017 Chin. Phys. B 26 115204

[1]	Tajima T and Dawson J M 1979 Phys. Rev. Lett. 43 267
[2]	Esarey E, Schroeder C B and Leemans W P 2009 Rev. Mod. Phys. 81 1229
[3]	Wang W T, Li W T, Liu J S, Zhang Z J, Qi R, Yu C H, Liu J Q, Fang M, Qin Z Y, Wang C, Xu Y, Wu F X, Leng Y X, Li R X and Xu Z Z 2016 Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 124801
[4]	Zeng M, Chen M, Yu L L, Mori W B, Sheng Z M, Hidding B, Jaroszynski D A and Zhang J 2015 Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 084801
[5]	Pukhov A and Meyer-ter-Vehn J 2002 J. Appl. Phys. B 74 355
[6]	Lu W, Tzoufras M, Joshi C, Tsung F S, Mori W B, Vieira J, Fonseca R A and Silva L O 2007 Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 10 061301
[7]	Leemans W P, Gonsalves A J, Mao H S, Nakamura K, Benedetti C, Schroeder C B, Tóth C, Daniels J, Mittelberger D E, Bulanov S S, Vay J L, Geddes C G R and Esarey E 2014 Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 245002
[8]	Corde S, Phuoc K T, Lambert G, Fitour R, Malka V, Rousse A, Beack A and Lefebvre E 2013 Rev. Mod. Phys. 85 1
[9]	Chen M, Luo J, Li F Y, Liu F, Sheng Z M and Zhang J 2016 Light Sci. Appl. 5 e16015
[10]	Luo J, Chen M, Zeng M, Vieira J, Yu L L, Weng S M, Silva L O, Jaroszynski D A, Sheng Z M and Zhang J 2016 Sci. Rep. 6 29101
[11]	Schlenvoigt H P, Haupt K, Debus A, Buddle F, Jäckel O, Pfotenhauer S, Schwoerer H, Rohwer E, Gallacher J G, Brunetti E, Shanks R P, Wiggins S M and Jaroszynski D A 2008 Nat. Phys. 4 130
[12]	Fuchs M, Weingartner R, Popp A, Major Z, Becker S, Osterhoff J, Cortrie I, Zeitler B, Hörlein R, Tsakiris G D, Schramm U, Rowlands-Rees T P, Hooker S M, Habs D, Krausz F, Karsch S and Grüner F 2009 Nat. Phys. 5 826
[13]	Phuoc K T, Corde S, Thaury C, Malka V, Tafzi A, Goddet J P, Shah R C, Sebban S and Rousse A 2012 Nat. Photonics 6 308
[14]	Cipiccia S, Islam M R, Ersfeld B, et al. 2011 Nat. Phys. 7 867
[15]	Tang F, Zhu B, Han D, Xin J T, Zhao Z Q, Cao L F, Gu Y Q and Zhang B H 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 034104
[16]	Yan W C, Fruhling C, Golovin G, Haden D, Luo J, Zhang P, Zhao B Z, Zhang J, Liu C, Chen M, Chen S Y, Banerjee S and Umstadter D 2017 Nat. Photonics 11 514
[17]	Shi Y, Shen B F, Zhang L G, Zhang X M, Wang W P and Xu Z Z 2014 Phys. Rev. Lett. 112 235001
[18]	Leblanc A, Denoeud A, Chopineau L, Mennerat G, Martin P and Quéré F 2017 Nat. Phys. 13 440
[19]	Denoeud A, Chopineau L, Leblanc A and Quéré F 2017 Phys. Rev. Lett. 118 033902
[20]	Zhang X M, Shen B F, Shi Y, Wang X F, Zhang L G, Wang W P, Xu J C, Yi L Q and Xu Z Z 2015 Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 173901
[21]	Zhang G B, Chen M, Schroeder C B, Luo J, Zeng M, Li F Y, Yu L L, Weng S M, Ma Y Y, Yu T P, Sheng Z M and Esarey E 2016 Phys. Plasmas 23 033114
[22]	Chen M, Sheng Z M, Ma Y Y and Zhang J 2006 J. Appl. Phys. 99 056109
[23]	Chen M, Esarey E, Schoreder C B, Geddes C G R and Leemans W P 2012 Phys. Plasmas 19 033101
[24]	Zhang G B, Chen M, Luo J, Zeng M, Yuan T, Yu J Y, Ma Y Y, Yu T P, Yu L L, Weng S M and Sheng Z M 2016 J. Appl. Phys. 119 103101
[25]	Vieira J and Mendonca J T 2014 Phys. Rev. Lett. 112 215001
[26]	Yu L L, Schroeder C B, Li F Y, Benedetti C, Chen M, Weng S M, Sheng Z M and Esarey E 2014 Phys. Plasmas 21 120702
[27]	Fonseca R A, Silva L O, Tsung F S, Decyk V K, Lu W, Ren C, Mori W B, Deng S, Lee S, Katsouleas T and Adam J C 2002 Lect. Notes Comput. Sci. Eng. 2331 342
[28]	Chen M, Esarey E, Geddes C G R, Schroeder C B, Plateau G R, Bulanov S S, Rykovanov S and Leemans W P 2013 Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 16 030701
[29]	Döpp A, Mahieu A B, Lifschitz A, Thaury C, Doche A, Guillaume E, Grittani G, Lundh O, Hansson M, Gautier J, Kozlova M, Goddet J P, Rousseau P, Tafzi A, Malka V, Rousse A, Corde S and Phuoc K T 2017 Light:Science& Applications 6 e17086
[30]	Yan W C, Chen L M, Li D Z, Zhang L, Hafz N A M, Dunn J, Ma Y, Huang K, Su L N, Chen M, Sheng Z M and Zhang J 2014 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111 5825

[1]	Intense low-noise terahertz generation by relativistic laser irradiating near-critical-density plasma Shijie Zhang(张世杰), Weimin Zhou(周维民), Yan Yin(银燕), Debin Zou(邹德滨), Na Zhao(赵娜), Duan Xie(谢端), and Hongbin Zhuo(卓红斌). Chin. Phys. B, 2023, 32(3): 035201.
[2]	Optimization of the beam quality in ionization injection by a tailoring gas profile Ye Cui(崔野), Guo-Bo Zhang(张国博), Yan-Yun Ma(马燕云), Xiao-Hu Yang(杨晓虎), Jia-Yin Mu(牟佳胤), Hai-Bo Yao(姚海波), Ming Zi(资明), Jie Zhou(周洁), Jing-Qi Yang(杨静琦), Li-Xiang Hu(胡理想), and Li-Chao Tian(田立朝). Chin. Phys. B, 2021, 30(10): 105201.
[3]	Direct electron acceleration by chirped laser pulse in a cylindrical plasma channel Yong-Nan Hu(胡永南), Li-Hong Cheng(成丽红), Zheng-Wei Yao(姚征伟), Xiao-Bo Zhang(张小波), Ai-Xia Zhang(张爱霞), Ju-Kui Xue(薛具奎). Chin. Phys. B, 2020, 29(8): 084103.
[4]	Electron self-injection and acceleration in a hollow plasma channel driven by ultrashort intense laser pulses Suhui Deng(邓素辉), Mingping Liu(刘明萍). Chin. Phys. B, 2019, 28(4): 044101.
[5]	Overrun phenomenon and neutron yield in Coulomb explosion of deuterated alkane clusters driven by intense laser field Hong-Yu Li(李洪玉), Mei-Dong Huang(黄美东), Ming Kang(康明), De-Jun Li(李德军). Chin. Phys. B, 2018, 27(6): 063602.
[6]	Laser-driven relativistic electron dynamics in a cylindrical plasma channel Pan-Fei Geng(耿盼飞), Wen-Juan Lv(吕文娟), Xiao-Liang Li(李晓亮), Rong-An Tang(唐荣安), Ju-Kui Xue(薛具奎). Chin. Phys. B, 2018, 27(3): 035201.
[7]	Generation of high quality ion beams through the stable radiation pressure acceleration of the near critical density target Xue-Ren Hong(洪学仁), Wei-Jun Zhou(周伟军), Bai-Song Xie(谢柏松), Yang Yang(杨阳), Li Wang(王莉), Jian-Min Tian(田建民), Rong-An Tang(唐荣安), Wen-Shan Duan(段文山). Chin. Phys. B, 2017, 26(6): 065203.
[8]	Pulse chirping effect on controlling the transverse cavity oscillations in nonlinear bubble regime H Vosoughian, Z Riazi, H Afarideh, G Sarri. Chin. Phys. B, 2017, 26(2): 025201.
[9]	Dynamic study of compressed electron layer driven by linearly polarized laser Feng-chao Wang(王凤超). Chin. Phys. B, 2016, 25(5): 054102.
[10]	Developments in laser wakefield accelerators: From single-stage to two-stage Li Wen-Tao (李文涛), Wang Wen-Tao (王文涛), Liu Jian-Sheng (刘建胜), Wang Cheng (王成), Zhang Zhi-Jun (张志钧), Qi Rong (齐荣), Yu Chang-Hai (余昌海), Li Ru-Xin (李儒新), Xu Zhi-Zhan (徐至展). Chin. Phys. B, 2015, 24(1): 015205.
[11]	Numerical simulation for all-optical Thomson scattering X-ray source Tan Fang (谭放), Zhu Bin (朱斌), Han Dan (韩丹), Xin Jian-Ting (辛建婷), Zhao Zong-Qing (赵宗清), Cao Lei-Feng (曹磊峰), Gu Yu-Qiu (谷渝秋), Zhang Bao-Han (张保汉). Chin. Phys. B, 2014, 23(3): 034104.
[12]	Effects of density profile and multi-species target on laser-heated thermal-pressure-driven shock wave acceleration Wang Feng-Chao (王凤超). Chin. Phys. B, 2013, 22(12): 124102.
[13]	High power terahertz pulses generated in intense laser-plasma interactions Li Yu-Tong (李玉同), Wang Wei-Min (王伟民), Li Chun (李春), Sheng Zheng-Ming (盛政明). Chin. Phys. B, 2012, 21(9): 095203.
[14]	Growth of deuterium clusters in a gas jet and ion energy spectrum of clusters in ultra-short laser field Liu Hong-Jie (刘红杰), Gu Yu-Qiu (谷渝秋), Zhou Wei-Min (周维民), Gao Yu-Lin (高宇林), Shan Lian-Qiang (单连强), Zhu Bin (朱斌), Wu Yu-Chi (吴玉迟), Jiao Chun-Ye (焦春晔), Li Fang (李芳), Cao Lei-Feng (曹磊峰), Zhang Bao-Han (张保汉), Zheng Zhi-Jian (郑志坚). Chin. Phys. B, 2011, 20(6): 065203.
[15]	Suppression of multiple ion bunches and generation of monoenergetic ion beams in laser foil-plasma Zhang Shan(张闪), Xie Bai-Song(谢柏松), Hong Xue-Ren(洪学仁), Wu Hai-Cheng(吴海城), Aimierding Aimidula(艾米尔丁·艾米都拉), Zhao Xue-Yan(赵学燕), and Liu Ming-Ping(刘明萍). Chin. Phys. B, 2011, 20(1): 015206.

No Suggested Reading articles found!

Viewed

Full text

Abstract

Cited

Metrics
Related Articles

Acceleration and radiation of externally injected electrons in laser plasma wakefield driven by a Laguerre-Gaussian pulse

Cite this article:

Online attention