Concurrence of monoenergetic electron beams and bright X-rays from an evolving laser-plasma bubble

	Concurrence of monoenergetic electron beams and bright X-rays from an evolving laser-plasma bubble
	Yan, WC; Chen, LM; 李大章; Li, DZ; Zhang, L; Hafz, NAM; Dunn, J; Ma, Y; Huang, K; Su, LN; Chen, M
刊名	PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
	2014
卷号	111 期号:16 页码:5825-5830
英文摘要	Desktop laser plasma acceleration has proven to be able to generate gigaelectronvolt-level quasi-monoenergetic electron beams. Moreover, such electron beams can oscillate transversely (wiggling motion) in the laser-produced plasma bubble/channel and emit collimated ultrashort X-ray flashes known as betatron radiation with photon energy ranging from kiloelectronvolts to megaelectronvolts. This implies that usually one cannot obtain bright betatron X-rays and high-quality electron beams with low emittance and small energy spread simultaneously in the same accelerating wave bucket. Here, we report the first (to our knowledge) experimental observation of two distinct electron bunches in a single laser shot, one featured with quasi-monoenergetic spectrum and another with continuous spectrum along with large emittance. The latter is able to generate high-flux betatron X-rays. Such is observed only when the laser self-guiding is extended over 4 mm at a fixed plasma density (4 x 10(18) cm(-3)). Numerical simulation reveals that two bunches of electrons are injected at different stages due to the bubble evolution. The first bunch is injected at the beginning to form a stable quasi-monoenergetic electron beam, whereas the second one is injected later due to the oscillation of the bubble size as a result of the change of the laser spot size during the propagation. Due to the inherent temporal synchronization, this unique electron-photon source can be ideal for pump-probe applications with femtosecond time resolution.
学科主题	Science & Technology - Other Topics
收录类别	SCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000334694000034
公开日期	2016-05-03
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ihep.ac.cn/handle/311005/225315]
专题	高能物理研究所_加速器中心
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yan, WC,Chen, LM,李大章； Li, DZ,et al. Concurrence of monoenergetic electron beams and bright X-rays from an evolving laser-plasma bubble[J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,2014,111(16):5825-5830.
APA	Yan, WC.,Chen, LM.,李大章； Li, DZ.,Zhang, L.,Hafz, NAM.,...&Zhang, J.(2014).Concurrence of monoenergetic electron beams and bright X-rays from an evolving laser-plasma bubble.PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,111(16),5825-5830.
MLA	Yan, WC,et al."Concurrence of monoenergetic electron beams and bright X-rays from an evolving laser-plasma bubble".PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 111.16(2014):5825-5830.