Current Applied Physics ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-09 , DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2021.03.003 K. Gopal , D.N. Gupta , A. Jain , M.S. Hur , H. Suk
We investigate the parameters of accelerated electron bunch in laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA), when a skewed laser pulse propagates through a plasma in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. Two dimensional particle-in-cell (2D-PIC) simulations have been performed under the consideration of pulse skewness parameter that is defined as the ratio of leading to trailing pulse edge duration. The injected charge is estimated as 23 pC for the laser strength parameter when changes from 1 to 0.45 at a laser propagation distance of 1.5 mm with 50T magnetic field. The electron beam emittance reduces about 50% when leading edge of the pulse becomes two-fold sharper with 50T magnetic field. Energy spread of accelerated electron bunch is also reduced from 18 to 6.6%. Hence, in the presence of a transverse magnetic field, the laser pulse skewness can significantly improve the quality of the accelerated electron bunch (i.e. charge, mean energy and emittance) in laser wakefield acceleration.
中文翻译:
利用偏斜激光脉冲和外部磁场研究激光尾波加速中的电子束参数
当偏斜的激光脉冲在存在横向磁场的情况下通过等离子体传播时,我们研究了在激光尾波加速(LWFA)中加速电子束的参数。在考虑脉冲偏斜参数的情况下进行了二维单元格内粒子(2D-PIC)仿真 定义为领先的比率 到脉冲后沿 期间。对于激光强度参数,注入的电荷估计为23 pC 什么时候 在50T磁场下,激光传播距离为1.5 mm时,从1变为0.45。当脉冲的前沿变得更清晰时,电子束发射率降低约50%具有50T磁场。加速电子束的能量扩散也从18降低到6.6%。因此,在存在横向磁场的情况下,激光脉冲偏斜度可以显着提高激光尾场加速中加速电子束的质量(即电荷,平均能量和发射率)。