Electron injection and acceleration into laser-driven wakefield from a solid overdense plasma target
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| author | de Sousa, M. Caetano Marini, S. Grech, M. Brunner, S. Riconda, C. Raynaud, M. |
| author_facet | de Sousa, M. Caetano Marini, S. Grech, M. Brunner, S. Riconda, C. Raynaud, M. |
| contents | A laser-plasma acceleration scheme combining electron extraction from a solid overdense target with wakefield acceleration in an adjacent underdense plasma region is presented. A laser pulse excites a diffracted electromagnetic wave at the overdense plasma interface, extracting and pre-accelerating electrons, which are then injected into laser-driven wakefield cavities in the underdense plasma. A parametric study identifies key conditions enabling efficient electron injection and energy gain in this two stage acceleration configuration. Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations performed with the \Smilei code show that the proposed scheme produces high quality electron bunches with high amounts of charge and energy at laser intensity $I_0 λ_0^2 \simeq 3.4 \times 10^{19}$ W$μ$m$^2$/cm$^2$ ($λ_0=0.8 μ$m). According to the parameters used, the electron beam is accelerated to peak energies of $\sim150-250$ MeV with an estimated charge in 3D of $\sim50-400$ pC integrated over the full width at half maximum energy range, and $\sim100-1800$ pC with energies above $50$ MeV. |
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| spellingShingle | Electron injection and acceleration into laser-driven wakefield from a solid overdense plasma target de Sousa, M. Caetano Marini, S. Grech, M. Brunner, S. Riconda, C. Raynaud, M. Plasma Physics Accelerator Physics A laser-plasma acceleration scheme combining electron extraction from a solid overdense target with wakefield acceleration in an adjacent underdense plasma region is presented. A laser pulse excites a diffracted electromagnetic wave at the overdense plasma interface, extracting and pre-accelerating electrons, which are then injected into laser-driven wakefield cavities in the underdense plasma. A parametric study identifies key conditions enabling efficient electron injection and energy gain in this two stage acceleration configuration. Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations performed with the \Smilei code show that the proposed scheme produces high quality electron bunches with high amounts of charge and energy at laser intensity $I_0 λ_0^2 \simeq 3.4 \times 10^{19}$ W$μ$m$^2$/cm$^2$ ($λ_0=0.8 μ$m). According to the parameters used, the electron beam is accelerated to peak energies of $\sim150-250$ MeV with an estimated charge in 3D of $\sim50-400$ pC integrated over the full width at half maximum energy range, and $\sim100-1800$ pC with energies above $50$ MeV. |
| title | Electron injection and acceleration into laser-driven wakefield from a solid overdense plasma target |
| topic | Plasma Physics Accelerator Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.02454 |