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TY - CONF AU - Wei, Y. AU - Hanahoe, K. AU - Mete, Ö. AU - Smith, J. AU - Welsch, C.P. AU - Xia, G.X. ED - Henderson, Stuart ED - Akers, Evelyn ED - Satogata, Todd ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. TI - Investigations into Dielectric Laser-Driven Accelerators using the CST and VSIM Simulation Codes J2 - Proc. of IPAC2015, Richmond, VA, USA, May 3-8, 2015 C1 - Richmond, VA, USA T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 6 LA - english AB - Dielectric laser-driven accelerators (DLAs) based on gratings structures confine the laser-induced accelerating field in a narrow vacuum channel where the electrons travel and are being accelerated. Recent proof-of-principle experiments have successfully demonstrated acceleration of electrons with accelerating gradients of up to 250 MV/m in such novel structures. This contribution presents detailed numerical studies into the acceleration of relativistic and non-relativistic electrons in double gratings silica structures. The optimization of these structures with regards to maximum acceleration efficiency for different spatial harmonics is discussed. Simulations were carried out using the commercial CST and VSIM simulation codes and results from both codes are shown in comparison. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 2618 EP - 2620 KW - acceleration KW - electron KW - laser KW - simulation KW - vacuum DA - 2015/06 PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-95450-168-7 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2015-WEPWA051 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2015/papers/wepwa051.pdf ER -