Author: Aimidula, A.
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WEPPP019 Designing of Photonic Crystal Accelerator for Radiation Biology 2763
 
  • K. Koyama, Y. Matsumura
    University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • A. Aimidula, M. Uesaka
    The University of Tokyo, Nuclear Professional School, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
  • T. Natsui, M. Yoshida
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
 
  Funding: This work was performed as part of the Global COE Program (Nuclear Education and Research Initiative, MEXT, Japan.
A photonic crystal accelerator with a combination of a fiber laser is under development in order to apply it to the radiation biology. In order to investigate fundamental biological processes in a cell, a DNA is precisely shot by an electron bunch with an in situ observation of a radiation interaction using a microscope. Required beam diameter, bunch length, and beam energy are nanometer, attosecond, and 100 keV to 1 MeV, respectively. A photonic crystal or dielectric laser accelerator energized by a fiber laser is suitable for producing such a fine beam with a palm top device. A preliminary estimation shows that 200 keV electron bunch is available from a 0.8-mm-long accelerator and a few cm electron gun, which is driven by a few μJ, 5-ps laser pulse. We are developing a fiber laser in order to drive the photonic crystal accelerator. The Yb-fiber oscillator delivers mode-locked pulse train of ≈5 nJ/pulse at the repetition frequency of 62.5 MHz. The output pulse will be increased to several μJ by adopting a fiber amplifier