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.

*Work supported by US DOE NNSA DNN R&D and by US DOE Sc. HEP under contract DE-AC02-05CH11231.

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