Author: Wei, Y.
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TUPOY027 Beam Dynamics Studies into Grating-based Dielectric Laser-driven Accelerators 1970
 
  • Y. Wei, S.P. Jamison, C.P. Welsch
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • K. Hanahoe, Y. M. Li, G.X. Xia
    UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • S.P. Jamison
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • J.D.A. Smith
    TXUK, Warrington, United Kingdom
  • Y. Wei, C.P. Welsch
    The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
 
  Funding: Work supported by the EU under grant agreement 289191 and the STFC under the Cockcroft Institute core grant ST/G008248/1.
Dielectric laser-driven accelerators (DLAs) based on gratings confine an electromagnetic field induced by a drive laser into a narrow vacuum channel where electrons travel and are accelerated. This can provide an alternative acceleration technology compared to conventional rf cavity accelerators. Due to the achievable high acceleration gradient of up to several GV/m this could pave the way for future ultra-short and low costμaccelerators. This contribution presents detailed beam dynamics simulations for multi-period double grating structures. Using the computer code VSim and realistic beam distributions, the achievable acceleration gradient and final beam quality in terms of emittance and energy spread are discussed. The results are then used for an overall optimization of the accelerating structure.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-TUPOY027  
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