IPAC2014 - List of Authors (Lin, M.W.)

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TUPME046	3-D Particle-in-cell Simulations for Quasi-phase Matched Direct Laser Electron Acceleration in Density-modulated Plasma Waveguides	1463
	M.W. Lin The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA I. Jovanovic Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
	Funding: This work is supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency through contract HDTRA1-10-1-0034. Quasi-phase matched (QPM) direct laser acceleration (DLA) of electrons can be realized with guided, radially polarized laser pulses in density-modulated plasma waveguides,. A 3-D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation model has been developed to study the scheme in which an electron bunch from a laser wakefield accelerator (LWFA) is injected into a plasma waveguide for the second-stage DLA to higher energies. In addition to being driven directly by the laser field, the electrons also experience the laser pondermotive force and the electrostatic force from the excited plasma waves. The results lead to better understanding of the interactions between the electron bunch, the laser pulse and the background plasma. Selected bunch lengths, bunch sizes and time delays with respect to the laser pulse are assigned for the injected electrons in a series of simulations. The energy spectrum and emittance of the accelerated electron bunch vary depending on those initial conditions, and they can be chosen to optimize the DLA performance. P. Serafim, et al., IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 28, 1155 (2000). ** M. -W. Lin and I. Jovanovic, Phys. Plasmas 19, 113104 (2012).
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3-D Particle-in-cell Simulations for Quasi-phase Matched Direct Laser Electron Acceleration in Density-modulated Plasma Waveguides

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M.W. Lin
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
I. Jovanovic
Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Funding: This work is supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency through contract HDTRA1-10-1-0034.
Quasi-phase matched (QPM) direct laser acceleration (DLA) of electrons can be realized with guided, radially polarized laser pulses in density-modulated plasma waveguides*,**. A 3-D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation model has been developed to study the scheme in which an electron bunch from a laser wakefield accelerator (LWFA) is injected into a plasma waveguide for the second-stage DLA to higher energies. In addition to being driven directly by the laser field, the electrons also experience the laser pondermotive force and the electrostatic force from the excited plasma waves. The results lead to better understanding of the interactions between the electron bunch, the laser pulse and the background plasma. Selected bunch lengths, bunch sizes and time delays with respect to the laser pulse are assigned for the injected electrons in a series of simulations. The energy spectrum and emittance of the accelerated electron bunch vary depending on those initial conditions, and they can be chosen to optimize the DLA performance.
* P. Serafim, et al., IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 28, 1155 (2000).
** M. -W. Lin and I. Jovanovic, Phys. Plasmas 19, 113104 (2012).

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