Author: Uesaka, M.
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THPB095 Designing of a Phase-mask-type Laser Driven Dielectric Accelerator for Radiobiology 1041
 
  • K. Koyama
    UTNL, Ibaraki, Japan
  • A. Aimidura, M. Uesaka
    The University of Tokyo, Nuclear Professional School, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
  • Y. Matsumura
    University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • T. Natsui, M. Yoshida
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
 
  Funding: This work is supported by KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 24510120
In order to estimate the health risk of a low radiation dose, basic processes of the radiobiology should be clarified by shooting a DNA using a spatially and temporary defined particle beam or X-ray. A suitable beam size is as small as a resolving power of an optical microscope of a few hundred nanometers. Photonic crystal accelerators (PCA) are capable of delivering nm-beams of sub-fs pulses because the characteristic length and frequency of PCAs are on the order of the laser light. Since the phase-mask type accelerator has a simpler structure than other types of PCAs, we are designing a phase-mask type laser driven dielectric accelerator. By adopting an unbalanced length of pillar and ditch (grating) of 4:1, a standing wave like acceleration field is produced in a acceleration channel. A pillar height and initial speed of injected electron are determined by analytically. The maximum acceleration gradient of 2 GeV/m is estimated. The required laser power is roughly estimated to be 6.5 GW. The simulation using CST-code also shows similar values to accelerate electrons by the phase-mask type accelerator.