IPAC2015 - List of Authors (Wei, Y.)

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WEPWA051	Investigations into Dielectric Laser-Driven Accelerators using the CST and VSIM Simulation Codes	2618
	Y. Wei, C.P. Welsch, G.X. Xia Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom K. Hanahoe, K. Hanahoe, Ö. Mete, G.X. Xia UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom J. Smith Tech-X, Boulder, Colorado, USA Y. Wei, C.P. Welsch The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
	Funding: European Union’s 7th Framework Programme for research, development and demonstration under grant agreement no 289191 and the STFC Cockcroft core grant No.ST/G008248/1. 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.
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Investigations into Dielectric Laser-Driven Accelerators using the CST and VSIM Simulation Codes

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Y. Wei, C.P. Welsch, G.X. Xia
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
K. Hanahoe, K. Hanahoe, Ö. Mete, G.X. Xia
UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
J. Smith
Tech-X, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Y. Wei, C.P. Welsch
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Funding: European Union’s 7th Framework Programme for research, development and demonstration under grant agreement no 289191 and the STFC Cockcroft core grant No.ST/G008248/1.
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.

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