2011 Particle Accelerator Conference - List of Authors (Mittelberger, D.E.)

Paper	Title	Page
MOP123	Colliding Pulse Injection Control in a Laser-Plasma Accelerator	325
	C.G.R. Geddes, M. Chen, E. Esarey, W. Leemans, N.H. Matlis, D.E. Mittelberger, K. Nakamura, G.R.D. Plateau, C.B. Schroeder, C. Tóth LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA D.L. Bruhwiler, J.R. Cary, E. Cormier-Michel, B.M. Cowan Tech-X, Boulder, Colorado, USA
	Funding: This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, NA-22, and in part by the Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Control of injection into a high gradient laser-plasma accelerator is presented using the beat between two ’colliding’ laser pulses to kick electrons into the plasma wake accelerating phase. Stable intersection and performance over hours of operation were obtained using active pointing control. Dependence of injector performance on laser and plasma parameters were characterized in coordination with simulations. By scanning the intersection point of the lasers, the injection position was controlled, mapping the acceleration length. Laser modifications to extend acceleration length are discussed towards production of tunable stable electron bunches as needed for applications including Thomson gamma sources and high energy colliders.

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Colliding Pulse Injection Control in a Laser-Plasma Accelerator

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C.G.R. Geddes, M. Chen, E. Esarey, W. Leemans, N.H. Matlis, D.E. Mittelberger, K. Nakamura, G.R.D. Plateau, C.B. Schroeder, C. Tóth
LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
D.L. Bruhwiler, J.R. Cary, E. Cormier-Michel, B.M. Cowan
Tech-X, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Funding: This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, NA-22, and in part by the Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
Control of injection into a high gradient laser-plasma accelerator is presented using the beat between two ’colliding’ laser pulses to kick electrons into the plasma wake accelerating phase. Stable intersection and performance over hours of operation were obtained using active pointing control. Dependence of injector performance on laser and plasma parameters were characterized in coordination with simulations. By scanning the intersection point of the lasers, the injection position was controlled, mapping the acceleration length. Laser modifications to extend acceleration length are discussed towards production of tunable stable electron bunches as needed for applications including Thomson gamma sources and high energy colliders.