Results of the first dephasingless laser wakefield acceleration experiments

ORAL

Abstract

Ultra-short flying focus pulses can overcome the dephasing limit on the electron energy gain in laser wakefield acceleration by driving a plasma wave at the vacuum speed of light. This "dephasingless" laser wakefield acceleration (DLWFA) allows for larger energy gains per stage, which could enable TeV-class electron beams within a single, meter-scale stage. Here, we present results from the first DLWFA experiments conducted using the MTW-OPAL laser at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

*This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy [National Nuclear Security Administration] University of Rochester “National Inertial Confinement Fusion Program” under Award Number DE-NA0004144 and the U.S. Department of Energy under Award DE-SC0021057.

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Presenters

  • Charles D Arrowsmith

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    • University of Oxford

Authors

  • Charles D Arrowsmith

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    • University of Oxford

  • Isabelle A LaBelle

    • University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Manfred Virgil Ambat

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    • University of Rochester

  • Kyle Glen Miller

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Jeremy J Pigeon

    • University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Hans G Rinderknecht

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    • University of Rochester

  • Isabelle Settle

    • University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • John P Palastro

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Jessica L Shaw

    • University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Dustin H Froula

    • University of Rochester