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[email protected] Varenna Enrico Fermi Summer School 2011 [email protected] Varenna Enrico Fermi Summer School 2011
Application of Laser-Plasma Accelerators
Professor Dino JaroszynskiProfessor Dino JaroszynskiUniversity of StrathclydeUniversity of Strathclyde
Varenna LECTURES
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Outline of lectures• Lasers
• High Power Lasers
• Plasma
• Accelerators
• Applications
• Large and small accelerators
• How can we use a laser-driven plasma wave to produce coherent electromagnetic radiation?
• Laser driven wakes
• Ultra-short bunch electron production using wakefield accelerators
• Synchrotron, free-electron laser and betatron sources
• Conclusion and outlook
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Selected review articles• S. Backus, C. G. Durfee III, M. M. Murnane, and H. C.
Kapteyn, “High power ultrafast lasers”, REV. OF SCIENT. INSTR. , 69, 1207 (1998)
• T. Katsouleas, “Electrons hang ten on laser wake”, Nature, 431, 515 (2004)
• V. Malka et al., “Principals and Applications of Laser-Plasma Accelerators”, Nature Physics, 4, 447 (2008)
• R. Bingham, “Basic Concepts in Plasma Accelerators”, Phil. Trans. of the Royal Society A 364, 559 (2006)
• Book: “Laser Plasma Interactions”, ed. D.A. Jaroszynski, R. Bingham and R.A. Cairns, CRC Press Taylor and Francis, ISBN 13:978-1-58488-778-2 (2009)
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Basic Reference Material• Stanley Humphries, Jr., “Principles of Charged Particle
Acceleration”, John Wiley & Sons , New York, 1986, also available on-line.
• A. Chao and M. Tigner “Handbook of Accelerator Physics and Engineering”
• D.A. Edwards and M.J. Syphers, “An Introduction to the Physics of High Energy Accelerators”, John Wiley & Sons , New York, 1993.
• Helmut Wiedemann, “Particle Accelerator Physics”, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1993.
• Philip J. Bryant and Kjell Johnsen, “The Principles of Circular Accelerators and Storage Rings”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993.
• Martin Reiser, “Theory and Design of Charged Particle Beams”, John Wiley & Sons , New York, 1994.
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Lasers: High power, short pulse and high intensity
SUN
SHIN
E: 174 PW
Intensity:
I = 1018 Wcm-2Power:
P = 16 TW – world usage of power (≈100 km x 100 km sunshine)
Power
TW = 1012 W
GW = 109 W
MW = 106 W
KW = 103 W
Focus to a spot less than thickness of a human hair:Spot diameter 30 μm
Average Sunshine 120 Wm-2
Peak: 1.3 kWm-2
98 PW reaches the earth
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Chirped Pulse Amplification
See Wiggins lectures
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High Power Lasers: TW to PW
VULCAN Laser at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Power amplifiers Diffraction grating compressor
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Lots of applications of lasers• material processing
• welding, cutting, drilling
• soldering,
• marking,
• surface modification
• laser displays (→ RGB sources)
• remote sensing (e.g. LIDAR)
• medical (e.g. Surgery)
• military (e.g. anti-missile weapons)
• fundamental science (e.g. particle acceleration)
• laser-induced nuclear fusion (e.g. in the NIF project)
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Accelerators in use
• High energy accelerators (> 1GeV) >112
• Biomedical accelerators– Radiotherapy >4000
– Research including biomedical >800
– Medical radioisotope >200
• Accelerators in industry >1500
• Ion implanters >2000
• Surface processing >1000
• Synchrotron sources >50
• FELs >10
• Laser and beam driven plasma accelerators >5
• TOTAL >10,000
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Lots of uses of accelerators• Study the structure of matter: colliders in the search for elementary particles
• Electromagnetic sources:
– X-rays for oncology (most widespread),
– synchrotron light sources and
– free-electron lasers
• Medical uses:
– Radiation therapy
– Radio-isotope production (for PET)
– Biological research
• Industrial uses:
– Ion implantation
– Photo-lithography
– Materials processing
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Accelerators come in many guises
• Low energy – used to drive x-ray sources etc.
• Intermediate energy – Light sources: Synchrotrons and free-electron lasers– Energy amplifiers: accelerator driven sub-critical reactors: ADSR
– Material analysis – Rutherford backscattering, particle induced X-ray emission, nuclear reactions, elastic recoil, charged particle activation, accelerated mass spectroscopy
• High energy – Nuclear physics – probing nuclear structure
• Very high energy – energy frontier and astrophysics –Tevatron, LHC, muons as a source of neutrinos
• Secondary sources: gamma rays, neutrons, muons etc
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A Brief History of Accelerators• Rolf Widerøe born in Oslo (1902 -1996)
– betatron and resonance accelerator
– betatron – based on magnetic induction
– resonance – based on resonant electric fields in cavities• John Cockcroft born in England (1897-1967)
• Ernest Walton born in Ireland (1903-1995)
– Linear accelerator – split atom• Robert J. van de Graaff (1901-1967)
– Static field accelerator• Ernest Lawrence US (1901-1958)
– Cyclotron
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Particle and nuclear physics
• Energy creation
• Astrophysics
• Elementary composition of matter
• Origins of the universe
• Hadron colliders – to find new particles
• Lepton colliders – precise measurement of particles after their discovery
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Medical application
• Treatment of cancer– X-rays, electrons, protons and ions
• Isotope generation – for PET
• Biological research – crystallography of large molecules: proteins, viruses etc.
• X-ray imaging: macroscopic and microscopic
Spectroscopy and imaging in Alzheimer research
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Atomic physics, condensed matter, material science and chemistry
• Atomic collisions• Ionisation• X-ray production• Scattering• Neutron and ion beams• Elemental mapping• Charged particle activation• Radiation chemistry and radiolysis
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Industrial applications• Studies of the structure of matter: chemistry and
biology• Trace element analysis• Ion implantation• Radiation processing (e.g. hardening)• Food preservation and sterilisation• Microlithography• Precision machining – ion beam milling• Cross-linking, polymerisation, depolymerisation,
grafting
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Military applications
• Radar (microwaves from beams)
• Countermeasures (energy delivery, jamming)
• Beams (weapons)
• Remote sensing (surveillance and stewardship of nuclear material)
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Power and energy
• Energy amplifiers (subcritical reactors)
• Nuclear fusion
• Power engineering
• Treatment of nuclear waste and control of nuclear proliferation (transmute dangerous and long-lived isotopes to short-lived isotopes)
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Energy amplifier and waste transmutation
• Reactors produce poisonous by products: actinides –half-lives geological time scales
• Public worries about accidents, terrorist attack and proliferation
• Need high current proton accelerators• Energy amplifier – produces energy while transmuting
waste – possibility of using thorium to get around the proliferation problem
• Need about 1 GeV, 10 mA (10 MW beam)• Choice of accelerator crucial
– options: high current cyclotrons, synchrotrons, FFAG etc.
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Fusion
• Options for fusion:– Magnetic confinement
– Laser inertial confinement• Fast ignition
• Indirect drive
– Ion fusion – indirect drive – 10 GeV heavy ion accelerators
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Neutron sources
• Neutrons are complimentary to X-rays and electrons
• Condensed matter
• Molecular structure
• Penetrate deep into bulk (interact with nuclei)
• Less damage to biological material
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Livingston plot
New ideas lead to new technologies
Acceleration gradient currently limits maximum energy
Laser wakefield accelerators?
(from tesla.desy.de)
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Modern Livingston PlotFirst accelerator
Cyclotrons
Cockcroft-Walton electrostatic accelerators
Van de Graaff electrostatic accelerators
Betatrons
Synchrocyclotrons
Linear accelerators
Electron synchrotrons
Proton synchrotrons
Storage ring colliders
Linear colliders
Collider energy plotted as equivalent laboratory energy of particles colliding with a proton at rest to reach the same centre of mass energy
Snowmass report
Different technologies=New particles+Higher energies
A decade increase every 6 years
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Limitations of present acceleratorsLimitations of present accelerators
GeV
TeV
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Synchrotrons and free-electron laser light sources: tools for scientists & industrialists
Synchrotron – size and cost determined by accelerator technology
Diamond
undulatorsynchrotron & FEL
DESY undulator
Free-electron laser – coherent radiation: XFEL
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CERN CERN –– LHCLHC27 km circumference27 km circumference
•
SLACSLAC
50 GeV in 3.3 km
20 MV/m
7 TeV in 27 km
7 MV/m
Large accelerators depend on superconducting Radio Frequency cavities and magnets
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Conventional accelerators are based on RF cavities
• Conventional accelerator
SLAC
RF Cavities
Laser-plasma wakefieldAccelerator isx1000 smallerx1000 more accelerationx1000 less expensive
Plasma waves
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Small accelerator based on plasma
Centimetre long plasma based accelerator
200 GeV/m
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Laser-plasma accelerator development and application lab at Strathclyde: ALPHA-X
Generate radiation pulses on the ALPHA-X Beam Line
210
BENDINGMAGNET
UNDULATOR
ELECTRON ENERGYSPECTROMETER
LASER IN
PLASMA ACCELERATOR
RADIATIONSPECTROMETER
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-4 -2 0 2 4k
1
2
3
4
5w
Waves in plasma
( )0( , ) i kz tt E e ωω − −=E
2 2 2 23p p B THk vω ω′ = +
2 2 2 2p k cω ω= +
vkφω=
Dispersion relationship
ωpWarm plasma: Bohm-Gross dispersion
Phase velocity: Group velocity: gdvdkω=
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Relativistic effectsRelativistic effects The threshold for relativistic regime is a =1 where the field intensities are greater than 1018 W/cm2 for 1 μm lasers. The momentum of the electron increases due to the relativistic mass increase: ep m c>
The ratio of these two values defines the normalised vector potential90.85 10
e
pa Im c
λ−= = ×
The force and energy equations are given by the Lorentz equation: ( )d e
dt= = − + ×pF E v B
and relativistic energy equation:2( )ed m cd e
dt dtγ= = − ⋅E vE
From the Lorentz force electron motion becomes relativistic the electron describes a figure of eight path.
This due to the fact that 2 z× ∝ × ∝v B E B E
where I is given in W/cm2 and the wavelength in μm.
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Self-focussing due to relativistic and ponderomotive effects
Plasma behaves as a dielectric medium with a dispersion relation governed by the plasma frequency
1/22
0
ep
e
n em
ωε γ⎛ ⎞
= ⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠
γ is the time averaged relativistic factor γ = (1+a2/2)1/2.The higher the laser power the lower the plasma frequency.
The phase velocity in the plasma gives the refractive index1/ 22
20
1 pωη
ω⎡ ⎤
= −⎢ ⎥⎢ ⎥⎣ ⎦
When the laser frequency ω0 is less than the plasma frequency the field is evanescent and does not propagate in the plasma, thus the plasma frequency defines a cut-off frequency below which no transmission occurs.
Higher intensities lead to lower plasma frequencies and therefore lower cut-off frequencies. This means that a laser will penetrate further into an expanding plasma plume. The effect is sometimes termed relativistically induced transparency.
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Relativistically induced guiding
The increase of the refractive index due to the relativistic causes relativistic self-focusing. The radial profile of a laser beam has a maximum on axis and therefore the refractive index will vary radially and act as a waveguide for the laser beam. When the focussing exactly matches diffraction, the laser beam will be guided.
The initially planar wavefront deforms in the plasma because the phase velocity vph=c/η is smaller on axis, causing the plasma to act as a positive lens and focus the beam. Guiding occurs when self-focussing is matched by diffraction. This occurs when P > Pc.
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Relativistically induced transparency
An intense laser pulse with a frequency ω propagates in plasma with a phase and group velocity that is determined by the dispersion relation ω2 = ωp
2 + k 2c2, which depends on γ through ωp.
In dense plasma, with ω < ω p, light cannot propagate and is reflected from the surface.
However, at relativistic intensities with a large γ, the plasma can become transparent.
Dispersion relationship
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Self-steepening
Because the group velocity, vgr=cη, increases where the intensity is highest the peak outruns the lower intensity parts of the laser pulse leading to self-steepening.
This leads to an optical shock, which is closely related to self-phase modulation of long laser pulses.
Because the front steepens, the ponderomotive force at the head of the pulse increases. This means that even though a laser may initially start with a low intensity, it can compress to become a very intense pulse, nearly an order of magnitude more intense.
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Wakefield accelerator
Wake behind optical pulse travels and laser group velocity
2
20
1 pgv c
ωω
= −The ponderomotive force is given by the gradient of the light pressure
The electrons are pushed out of high intensity regions by the ponderomotive force
Group Lorentz factor
Critical density for 800 nm:
pondF P= −∇
( )2 2
2224pond
e dE dF mc am dz dzω
= − = −pλ
3-D plasma wave
UCLA: Tajima + Dawson 1979
2 2 01 / (1 / ) ωγω
= − =g gp
v c
21 31.75 10 cmcn −= ×
2ea eA m c=
20p p en e mω ε=
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Particles accelerated by electrostatic fields of plasma waves
Accelerators:
Surf a 10’s cm long microwave –conventional technology
Surf a 10’s μm long plasma wave –laser-plasma technology 2
max
23
gaγγ ≈
[V/cm]E e n≈
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Nonlinear wakes are similar with laser or particle beam drivers:3-D PIC OSIRIS Simulation
(self-ionized gas)
Laser Wake Electron beam Wake
Laser & Electron WakesLaser & Electron Wakes
[Simulations courtesy of Silva & Mori – Lisbon/IST & UCLA]
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Wakefield acceleration: accelerating and focussing fields
λp
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Modelling of Laser Wakefield Acceleration
laser pulse envelopeelectrostatic wakefieldbunch densityenergy density of wakefield
laser pulse envelope dynamics: ponderomotive wakefield excitation -electron bunch acceleration - phase slippage - beam loading
z-vg t (units of λp)
Strathclyde
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Fourier spectrumof laser pulseplasma density modulation
laser pulse envelope
Laser pulse envelope dynamics and energy conservation
laser pulse amplitude: a0laser pulse energy depletion rate: ωd ~ a0
2 ωs
Linear regime: a0² « 1, ωd « ωs: pulse energy loss through photon decelerationwithout envelope modulation, static wakefield, low energy efficiency
Nonlinear regime: a0² ~ 1, ωd ~ ωs: pulse energy loss through photon decelerationand strong envelope modulation, dynamic wakefield, better energy efficiency
z-vgt (units of λp) k / k0
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• Dephasing:
Limits to Energy gain: Limits to Energy gain: ΔΔW=W=eEeEzzLLaccacc
•• Diffraction:
20
20
max
23
pd g L
g
L a c
a
γ τ
γγ
≅
≅
0g L
p p
ω πγ τω ω
= ť Pump Depletion:
For small a0 Ldp >> LdphFor a0 ≥ 1 Ldp ~ Ldph
2 20 /Rz wπ λ=
~ millimeters!(but can be avoided using plasma channels or relativistic self-focusing)
cvg
20
21
43
pdph
gr
gdph
p
Lv c
c aL
λ
γω
=−
=
~ 10 cm x 1016/no
( ) 2/3 [GeV] ~ 0.038 [TW] crE P P −
2~ 17 [GW]cr gP γ
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r 0 = 150 μm capillary
n (0) = 1018 cm-3
I > 1017 W/cm2
Plasma formed by electrical discharge between electrodes
Plasma capillary waveguide
2
0 20
12 4
0
( )
me
rn r n nr
rwr n
δ
π δ
= +
⎛ ⎞= ⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠
phase-matching: tapered capillary
Capillary: preformed plasma waveguide
electrodes
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Plasma waveguide formation
•After t ~ 80 ns plasma in quasi equilibrium. •Ohmic heating of plasma balanced by conduction of heat to wall
[ ] [ ]( )
51/43
1.5 10M
e
a mw m
n cm
μμ
−= ×
⎡ ⎤⎣ ⎦
21 0ed dTr E
r dr drκ σ⊥ ⊥
⎛ ⎞ + =⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠
Solution of the heat flow equation yields scaling relation for matched spot size:
See D. J. Spence & S. M. Hooker Phys. Rev. E 63 015401 (2000)
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– Electron density measured with Mach-Zender interferometer
– H2 pressure is 63 mbar.– Central section
parabolic electron density profile: matched spot size 37 mm.
– >90 % transmission over 4 cm channel
– > 105 shots
D. J. Spence & S. M. Hooker Phys. Rev. E 63 015401 (2000)
2
0 20
( ) rn r n nr
= + Δ
Plasma-filled capillary waveguide electron density profiles
t = 60 ns
Oxford
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Manufacture of plasma capillaries for laser wakefield
accelerators300 μm
Developed at Strathclyde
After one year…..(Jaroszynski et al., Royal Society Transactions, 2006)
This method of manufacture is now used by all groups using plasma capillaries
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Guiding in plasma capillaries
400 mm
~ 60 μm dia.~ 60 μm dia.
Strathclyde
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Equations of motion in harmonic potential
For relativistic particles, the trajectory is governed by the equations
, , γ= = =d d mdt dtr Pv F P v where
V( )= −∇rF r
is the Lorentz factor.2 2
2 2
1 1 /( )1 /
P mcv c
γ = = +−
If force can be written as a gradient of a potential
then the equations are Hamiltonian H, H.= ∇ = −∇P rd ddt dtr P
with conserved energy 2H Vmcγ= + as Hamiltonian
(Theory lectures based Strathclyde undergraduate lectures)
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Hamiltonian: pendulum equation
θ
mass m
2
2 sin 0d gdt l
θ θ+ =
length l
gravF mg=
strF
θ
dθ/d
t(g
/l=1)
21 cos2
d gHdt lθ θ⎛ ⎞⇒ = −⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠
phase space diagram
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Examples of 1-D wakefields:Linear and non-linear
wakefield profiles in the frame moving with the laser pulse:linear andnonlinear regimes
red: intensity Igreen: electric field Ezblue: density perturbation δn
t-z/vg (fs)
t-z/vg (fs)
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EfficiencyEfficiency
−500 −400 −300 −200 −100 0
−0.5
0
0.5
1
−500 −400 −300 −200 −100 0
−0.5
0
0.5
1pulse
intensity
accelerating wakefield
wakeenergy density
bunch density
at injection just after dephasing
(fs) /cζ
• Effect of bunch wakefield = beam loading• Important for wake-to-bunch energy transfer• Finite charge required for energy absorption from the wakefield
• ideal (almost 100%) conversion of wake energy into bunch energy• all electrons accelerated• → bunch slips out of ideal position• → large spread of accelerating field induces large energy spread
• slight loss of energy from bunch to wake• most electrons decelerated• complicated structure of accelerating field along electron bunch
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Wakefield efficiency
0 5 10 1540
60
80
100
0 5 10 150
0.25
0.5
0 5 10 150
2
4
6
ct (cm)
Pulse energy (%) Wake amplitude (norm.) Peak value of |a|2
a02=0.25
0.50.75
1
1 1
0.750.75
0.5 0.50.250.25
simulated with laser envelope / quasi-static plasma fluid modelct (cm)ct (cm)
• At low amplitude, the LWFA scheme suffers not only from a lower energy gain, but also from low efficiency.• Energy transfer from plasma wave to electron limited by dephasing –electron runs into decelerating region due to vg<c - this determines the acceleration length.• Energy transfer from laser pulse to plasma wave is governed by feedback (instability), which develops faster at high a0.
Example: 1-D simulation results for Gaussian laser pulse with resonant pulse length, plasma density 1018 cm-3, and 4 different pulse amplitudes.
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Examples 2-D plasma wakefields
linear regime, uniform plasma
kpx
kp(z-vgt)nonlinear regime, uniform plasma
Ez δn
linear regime, plasma channel
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0, 0 , 0 , 0∂ − ∇ × = ∇ ⋅ = ∂ + ∇ × = ∇ ⋅ =t tc cE B B B E E
Travelling electromagnetic waves
( ) ( )0 0cos , coszA A kz t kz tω ϕ ϕ ω= − = −
Maxwell’s equations reformulated with potentials (A,φ)
[ ] ( )2 2 2/ , , 0.ϕ ϕ⎡ ⎤= − ∂ + ∇ = ∇ × ⇒ ∂ − ∇ =⎣ ⎦t tc cE A B A A
in Lorentz gauge: 0ϕ∂ + ∇ ⋅ =t c A
Plane-wave solutions: transverse wave
( )0 0, / 0.z t z zck A E A cω ϕ ϕ= = ⇒ = − ∂ + ∂ =
No acceleration from transverse E-field• Need RF waveguide – TM modes have longitudinal E-field component• Need wave in a medium – e.g. structured solid (crystal) or plasma
Tesla superconducting cavities
RF fields
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Acceleration in travelling wave
0 0sin( ) sin( [ ( ') ' ]) t
dP F kz t F k v t dt v tdt φω= − = −∫
Constant force - resonance condition: at all values of t, ( ') 't
v t dt v t Cφ= +∫only possible if vφ time-dependent, else dP/dt=0 (no acceleration).
vz ≈ c
vφ < c
t=0
t=t1
Motion of particles with speed close to c in a wave travelling at speed vφ < c.
Dephasing limits acceleration time to advance over ½ wavelength:
Acceleration: dP/dt>0Deceleration: dP/dt<0
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Acceleration in travelling wave continued…
Calculation of maximum ΔP:
- position z = z1+ct - force at t = 0 is F0sin(kz1) = 0 if sin(kz1) = 0- advance ½ wavelength - force returns to 0 at t = t1 = π/(kc-kvφ) - equal to 2π γφ
2/kc if vφ ≈ c
2 20 0 0 00
( / ) sin( ) 2 /P P F c d P F cπ
φ φλγ α α λγ⇒ = + = +∫
phase space diagram illustrates motion of particles with vz ≈ c
/ gγ γ
( ) /z v tφ λ−
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Electrons in harmonic potential: ponderomotive or Coulomb potential
00 0
penen zEλδ
ε ε= =
Assume that the electrons are travelling very close to the phase velocity of the field, ω/v k and that electrons are close to the trough of the potential then ζ ζ≅sink k
and ζ ζ= − eEk
mwhich describes simple harmonic motion with a bounce frequency
ω =B
eEkm
Wave-breaking occurs when the bounce frequency approaches the plasma frequency, i.e. when Gauss Law: ω ω≅
B p
i.e. when 0 2( 1)γ= −WB gE E where 1/2 30 ( / ) 0.96 [cm ]V/cme p eE m c e nω −= ≈
γg is the relativistic factor corresponding to the plasma phase velocity, vg.
EWB can be obtained from Gauss’s law, eE0 ~ mcωp . When the wave breaks electrons suddenly increase their energy spread and cause the electromagnetic wave to lose energy. Plasma wave grows and becomes non-sinusoidal and steepens resulting in a singularity in the electron density.
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Electron acceleration: catching the wave
Electrons are accelerated in wakefield if their initial velocity is sufficiently close to the phase velocity of the wakefield for trapping occurs i.e.
The electron motion: velocity and acceleration:
2, zz g
ds dP dv v mcdt dt ds
ψ= − = −
vgvz
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Electron motion
/ gγ γ
/ ps λγgmc2 corresponds to an electron moving at the phase velocity of the wakefield, given by
( )s t ( )tγ
/ dt t / dt t
0pik se eψ −=
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Acceleration in potential: Acceleration in potential: dephasingdephasing for for weakly nonlinear caseweakly nonlinear case
Energy gain limited by dephasing, caused by difference between velocities of electron and wakefield
Scaling favours low plasma density
gwfel vvcv ≈>≈12/32/1 −− ∝∝×∝Δ pppdeph nnnLEγ
−500 −400 −300 −200 −100 00
3
6
9
log(γ)
(fs) /cζ
electron orbit
laser pulse intensity
separatrix
Note: logarithmicenergy scale
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EfficiencyEfficiency
• ideal (almost 100%) conversionof wake energy into bunch energy
• all electrons accelerated• wakefield to zero at rear part of bunch
- bunch slips out of ideal position- large spread of accelerating field
induces large energy spread
• slight loss of energy from bunch to wake
• most electrons decelerated• complicated structure of
accelerating field along electron bunch
effect of bunch wakefield = beam loading• central to wake-to-bunch energy transfer, • finite charge required for energy absorption from the wakefield
−500 −400 −300 −200 −100 0
−0.5
0
0.5
1
−500 −400 −300 −200 −100 0
−0.5
0
0.5
1pulse
intensity
accelerating wakefield
wakeenergy density
bunch density
at injection just after dephasing
(fs) /cζ
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Beam loading & energy spreadElectron bunch induces wakefield.
Total wakefield is sum of laser wakefield and bunch wakefield.
Amplitude difference is a measure of energy transfer.
Beam loading sets charge limit. For acceleration, amplitude of bunch wakefield must remain smaller than amplitude of wakefield.
Fully compressed bunch with finite charge induces jump in accelerating gradient.
s
s
F
F
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Energy spread and stability: measurements at Strathclyde
Mean energy drops with increase in charge:Beam loading
Energy spread increases with charge
Stability:
130 135 140 145 1500
5
10
15
20
25
30C
ount
s
Energy [MeV]
r.m.s. spread of mean energy 2.8%
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Bubble scaling: highly relativistic case• Bubble radius is approximately equal to the
• relativistic plasma wavelength:
• λp becomes giving• The dephasing length is determined by the bubble radius: electrons catch up with the bubble centre.
• The laser propagates at the group velocity but plasma piles up in front of it causing a barrier and an increase in plasma density.
• This causes the laser to etch back at a velocity:
• So the laser group velocity becomes
pRλπ
=
0 pa λ 0 paR
λπ
=
2etchg
cvγ
=
2 2 2
1 1 31 12g g etch
g g g
v v v c cγ γ γ
⎛ ⎞ ⎛ ⎞′= − = − − ≈ −⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟ ⎝ ⎠⎝ ⎠
Use expansion (1-x)1/2 ≈ 1-x/2
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Dephasing and depletion lengths: highly relativistic case (Bubble regime)
Dephasing length can be calculated from
Therefore
We can also estimate the pump depletion length: i.e. over which the laser pulse is etched away. This is given by
The laser spot size should be matched to the bubble diameteri.e.
Relativistic self-guiding occurs if
or for a matched beam.
Energy gain can be easily calculated:
≈−d
g
cL Rc v
223
gdL R
γ≈
2FWHM
etch FWHMetch g
c cL cv
ττγ
≈ ≈
0w R≈
( )20
2
0
4or8c
p
aP Pk w
≥ ≥
00
paλλ
≥2
0max 0
23 p
aωγω⎛ ⎞
≈ ⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠
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ALPHA-X all-optical injection experiments on ASTRA
3%δγγ
≈800 nm
350 – 540 mJ
40 fs
F/16 mirror
1018 Wcm-2 in 25 μm spot
a0 ~ 0.7 – 1
ne~ 2 x 1019 cm-3
S. Mangles et al. Nature 2004
Imperial/RAL/Strathclyde
τ~ 5 – 10 fsI ~ 5 kA
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Jena measurements
Thomson scattering of the channel above the gas nozzle
Channel location in the plasma profile
spectrum on x-ray film
MPQ
274 μm
E: 0.75 – 1 J, I ~ 1020 W/cm2.Parabolic mirror: f/2.5, Spot size ~ 5 μm2
Pulse duration: ~ 75 – 80 fs, λ = 800 nm n ~1019-1020 cm-3 (Helium).
Δγ/γ∼3%
Sauerbrey, Schwoerer, MPQ and ALPHA-X team
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LBNL - Oxford campaign(ALPHA-X) team: GeV beams from capillary
Robust capillary channels manufactured using methods developed at Strathclyde (Jaroszynski et al., Royal Society Transactions, 2006)
Pre-formed plasma channels –Spence & Hooker (PRE 2001)
W. Leemans, et al., (Nature Physics 2006)
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1 GeV beams
W. Leemans, et al., (Nature Physics 2006)
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Energy spread and emittance
• Non-ideal electron beams degrade radiation properties: reduces brilliance and lowers FEL gain
• Emittance: area in transverse phase space
• Approx. beam size times RMS beam divergence
• Normalised emittance: needs to be 1 π mm mrad
• Energy spread: needs to be 0.1% for a free-electron laser
• The rms emittance gives the minimum beam size that can be achieved
, , ,x y x y x yε σ σ ′≈
nε γβε=
γσγ
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RMS emittance
The rms emittance gives the minimum beam size that can be achieved
( )222, rmsrmsrmsrmsu uuuu ′−′⋅=ε
The normalised emittance is defined as :
which is conserved for accelerating beams
uunuu ′′ ⋅= εβγε ,
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Transverse Brightness
• Quality of electron beam given by normalised brightness
• I = peak current, εnx,y = normalised emittance
• Pencil shaped beam εnx= εny , J=I/σr2
• Beam waist
• Beta function β (analogue of Rayleigh range)
• Brightness
2n
nx ny
IBε ε
=
nr
ε βσγ
=
2
2 22 2
( )r
nn
J JB σσ γ ε
= =′
β
σrσ'=σr/β
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• 500 consecutive shots• narrow divergence (~2 mrad) beam• wide divergence halo• θX = (7 ± 3) mrad, θY = (3 ± 2) mrad
• 8 mrad acceptance angle for EMQs• 25% pointing reduction with
PMQs installed
-10
0
10
20
-10 0 10 20
θ Y[m
rad]
θX [mrad]
no PMQs PMQs in
5 mrad
Experimental Results – beam pointing
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Emittance of Strathclyde beam
0 50000 100000
-1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
counts
(b)
x' [
mra
d]
x [mm]
θxσx
xσx
x
x′
-1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5
-6
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
0 5000 10000
x' [m
rad]
x [mm]
counts
• divergence 4 mrad• εN,x < (5.5±1) π mm mrad
• divergence 6 mrad• hole size correction• limited by detection system• εN,x < (7.8±1) π mm mrad
A measure of the upper limit of emittance
Shanks et al.,Proc. SPIE 735907 (2009).
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-0.75 -0.50 -0.25 0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
x' [m
rad]
x[mm]
Experimental Results – emittance
• divergence 1 – 2 mrad for this runwith 125 MeV electrons
• average εN = (2.2 ± 0.7)π mm mrad• best εN = (1.0 ± 0.1)π mm mrad• Elliptical beam: εN, X > εN, Y
•E. Brunetti, et al., PRL 2010
• Second generation mask with hole φ ~ 25 μm and improved detection system
0 1 2 30
5
10
Cou
nt
εnx [π mm mrad]
(a)
0 1 2 30
5
10
Cou
nt
εny [π mm mrad]
(b)
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Strathclyde: Measured energy spread
0.7%γσγ
=
Further accelerate to 1 GeV would give
beam loading simulations →
Shot to shot variation in mean energy: . . . 6%r m sγγ
Δ ≈
60 MeV 100 MeV
Wiggins et al., SPIE Proc. SPIE 735914 (2009)
0.05%γγ
Δ <
70 75 80 85 90 95 1000
250
500
750
1000
No.
ele
ctro
ns/ M
eV [a
.u.]
Electron energy [MeV]
(b)
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Experimental Results – energy spectra III
65 70 75 80 85 90 95 1000
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
Cha
rge
(a.u
.)
Energy (MeV)
σγ/γ MEAS= 0.7%
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0 1 2 3
Res
olut
ion
[%]
Initial Emittance [π mm mrad]
No PMQs
With PMQs
60 80 100 120 140 160 1800
102030405060
Cha
rge
(a. u
.)
Energy (MeV)
0123456
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3R
esol
utio
n [%
]Initial emittance [π mm mrad]
simulationat 146 MeV
σγ/γ MEAS= 0.4%
• Indicates fixed absolute energy spread ~ 600 KeV
simulationat 85 MeV
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Experimental Results – charge
LANEX 2Imaging Plate
y = 2.488xR² = 0.953
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3
Imag
ing
Plat
e Ch
arge
(pC)
Lanex 2 counts (x 108)
Cross-calibration in progress
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Extending to higher energy:Strathclyde plasma media
• Extend energy range to multi GeV• Study plasma media – extend length relativistic self focussing, gas cells and channels• Stable electron beam generation
4 cm
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Typical high energy spectra: RAL-Gemini experiment using plasma channel 85% of shots
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Radiation sources: Synchrotron and Free-electron laser (FEL):
a potential compact light source
• Use output of wakefield accelerator to drive compact synchrotron light source or FEL
• Take advantage of electron beam properties
• Coherent spontaneous emission: prebunched FEL I~I0(N+N(N-1)f(k))
• Ultra-short duration electron bunches: I >10 kA
• Operate in superradiant regime: FEL X-ray amplifier (self-similar evolution)
Potential compact future synchrotron source and x-ray FEL
• Need a low emittance GeV beam with < 10 fs electron beam with I > 10 kA
• Operate in superradiant regime: SASE alone is not adequate: noise amplifier
• Need to consider injection (from HHG source) or pre-bunching
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Synchrotrons
• 1-8 GeV – X-rays to THz interact with electronic structure– THz – low frequency modes
– VUV – molecular structure– X-ray spectroscopy
– Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure – EXAFS– X-ray diffraction
– Imaging and microscopy
• Bending magnets, undulators and wigglers
DIAMOND
Diamond Cryogenic undulator
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Undulator
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Synchrotron Radiation Properties I
• Bending magnet:
232c
e Bm
γω =
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Synchrotron Properties II
Wiggler and undulator
10-9 10-8
0
1
2
Wavelength [m]
au = 0.6Po
wer
[x10
-6 p
er u
nit f
requ
ency
and
sol
id a
ngle
]
10-9 10-8
0
1
2
au = 1
10-9 10-8
0
1
2
au = 2
10-9 10-8
0
1
2au = 3
2
02
2 20
22 where
where 1
2and is observation angle or beam angle
u z uu
z uu u e
k c k
eBaa k m c
πω γλ
γγγ θ
θ
= =
= =+ +
2
2 2
0
3 1 critical harmonic4 2
6where is the currentand is the number of periods
u uc
u u uT
u
a an
ea IN kP
IN
γε
⎛ ⎞= +⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠
= total angle
1 1 where
u
cuu
a
NN
θγ
ωθωγ
=
Δ= ≈
4
0.5%
10 rad
γσγ
θ −
=
=
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Compact synchrotron source
• Undulator radiation emitted into cone
• Wavelength: and
• Normalised undulator potential
22 2
21(1 );
2 2 2u u
u
aN
λ λλ γ θγ λ
Δ= + + ≈
1θγ
≈
ˆ
2u
ueBa
mcλ
π=
1
uN γ
Strathclyde
λu – undulator wavelength
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First compact wakefield driven synchrotron source
wakefield accelerator undulator
spectrometers
Strathclyde & Jena
Strathclyde collaboration with IOQ Jena
Supported by EPSRC, E.U. Laserlab and EuroLEAP
H-P Schlenvoigt, .. D.A. Jaroszynski: Nature Physics 2007/2008
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Electron and radiation spectra
Nph~300,000 photons
Q = 28 pC @ 65 MeV
ϕ = 2 mrad
δλ/λ = 55 nm (FWHM)
B = 6.5x1016
ph/sec/mrad²/mm²/0.1%BW
σγ/γ=2%
( )1/ 22 2 2 2 2/ 0.5 / ( ) 1/ umeasured
Nδγ γ δλ λ ϑ γ⎡ ⎤< − −⎣ ⎦
Sets an upper limit to total energy spread (≈1%) and emittance (1 π mm mrad)H-P Schlenvoigt, .. D.A. Jaroszynski: Nature Physics
2007/2008
Strathclyde, Jena & Stellenbosch
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Scaling with energy
22 2
2 12 2
u uahλλ γ ϑγ
⎛ ⎞= + +⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠
Extrapolate to 1 GeV:
400 eV photons
B = 2 x1023
ph/sec/mrad²/mm²/0.1%BW
Strathclyde, Jena & Stellenbosch
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World first undulator radiation from LWFA demonstration
• Strathclyde, Jena, Stellenbosch collaboration• 55 – 70 MeV electrons• VIS/IR synchrotron radiation
• Measured σγ /γ ~ 2.2 – 6.2%• Analysis of undulator spectrum andmodelling of spectrometer
σγ /γ closer to 1%
Schlenvoigt .., Jaroszynski et al., Nature Phys. 4, 130 (2008)Gallacher, ….Jaroszynski et al. Physics of Plasmas, Sept. (2009)
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Electron and optical spectra:undulator as an electron
spectrometerStrathclyde, Jena & Stellenbosch
H-P Schlenvoigt, .. D.A. Jaroszynski: Nature Physics, 2008
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Scaling with energy
22 2
2 12 2
u uahλλ γ ϑγ
⎛ ⎞= + +⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠
h – harmonic number
Extrapolate to 1 GeV:
400 eV photons
B = 2 x1023
ph/sec/mrad²/mm²/0.1%BW
Strathclyde, Jena & Stellenbosch
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Free-electron laser driven by wakefield accelerator
• Combination of undulator and radiation fields produces ponderomotive force which bunches electron on a wavelength scale
• Laser field grows exponentially at a rate governed bythe electron beam gain coefficient: ρ = 1.1 γ -1Bu λu
4/3Ipk1/3 εn
-1/3
• Gain length
• Need slice energy spread δγ/γ<ρ and slice emittance εn<4λβγρ/λu or εn<γλ(matched)
• Slice length: cooperation length: 30 – 100 periods i.e. <1 fs for x-rays – several pC
2 3u
gL λπ ρ
=
2
2 12 2
u uaλλγ
⎛ ⎞= +⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠
See Bonifacio et al. (Nuova Cimento 1990, 1992)
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Synchrotron and FEL radiation peak
brilliance
ALPHA-X ideal 1GeV bunch
FEL: Brilliance 5 – 7 orders of magnitude larger
λu = 1.5 cm
εn = 1 π mm mrad
τe = 10 fs
Q = 100 – 200 pC
I = 25 kA
δγ/γ < 1%
I(k) ~ I0(k)(N+N(N-1)f(k)) FEL = spontaneous emission x 107
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Probes of matter
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Synchrotron application of X-rays
• X-ray diffraction: surface, bulk, large molecule, and interface– Structure of macromolecules: enzymes, proteins etc.– Solid state: Crystal, semiconductor and non-crystalline
structure – new materials, superconductors etc• X-ray spectroscopy
– Fluorescence, dichroism– photo-emission
• X-ray microscopy– Microfocus, spectromicroscopy
• X-ray tomography
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Biology
• Protein and enzyme structure
• Basic biological structure
• Drug development
• Physiology
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Betatron motion Periodic transverse
forces of wakeλp
LASER
• Transverse oscillations in focusing regions are called betatron oscillations
• Betatron frequency and amplitude depends on longitudinal phase and energy
ωβ
x
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Betatron radiation
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Increase in wiggler parameter
10-9 10-8
0
1
2
Wavelength [m]
au = 0.6
Pow
er [x
10-6 p
er u
nit f
requ
ency
and
sol
id a
ngle
]
10-9 10-8
0
1
2
au = 1
10-9 10-8
0
1
2
au = 2
10-9 10-8
0
1
2au = 3
338
β≈crit
an
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Betatron radiation as a gamma ray source
• Transverse oscillation in ion channel: • wiggler-like emission
• Ion channel radiation: Whittum et al., PRL 1990
X-ray beamGas jet
20 mrad
Ephoton>3 keV
106 ph/shot/0.1% BW
(30 fs, 20 mrad, > 3keV)
Rousse et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. (2004)Puhkov et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. (2004)Esarey et al., PRE (2002)
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Plasma wiggler
• Wiggler motion – electron deflection angle θ ~ (px/pz) is much larger than the angular spread of the radiation (1/γ)
• Only when k & p point in the same direction do we get a radiation contribution.
• Spectrum very rich in harmonics – peaking at
1βγ >> >>a
Deflection angle – au/γ
Ω = 1/γ
338
β≈crit
an
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X-ray generation in a plasma wake• Strong radial forces cause synchrotron or betatron oscillations of electron beam
• Ion channel radius: electrostatic field
• Dense pencil electron beam – radius re<<ri and re<<1/kp
• Restoring force given by Gauss law: •• Oscillation at the betatron frequency (in bubble):
• Emitted synchrotron radiation viewed in the lab frame
h – harmonic number
• hcrit - maximum intensity at harmonic
• Undulator/wiggler deflection parameter
ei e
p
nr rn
≈
212 pF m rω ⊥= −
02p
r
n erE
ε=
2 22 2
2 3/231 ( ) 1 ( )
2 2 2h e ee p e
a ach h
β β βλ πλ γ ϕ γ ϕγ ω γ
⎛ ⎞ ⎛ ⎞= + + = + +⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠
338crit
ah β≈
29phot fN aβπ α=
2 / 3 pa rβ βγβ π γ λ⊥= =
γω
ωβ 2p=
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Direct laser acceleration
• Transverse oscillations in the ponderomotive
potential occurs at the betatron frequency
• When the laser field observed in the moving frame of reference is resonant
with the betatron frequency where
• Then the electron can experience a constant force and gain a huge amount of transverse momentum.
• The Lorentz force with the laser magnetic field can lead to a transfer of transverse to longitudinal momentum without adding further energy
2p
β
ωω
γ=
022 z
βωωγ
=
×v B
From Pukhov et al. Phys. Plasma 6, 2847 (1999)
02
12β
γγ =
+z
a
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Extending to higher energies:
10 100 1000X-ray energy [KeV]
02×
10-6
4×10
-66×
10-6
X-r
ay e
mis
sion
[ar
b. u
nit]
rβ~ 3 μm
rβ~ 8 μm
rβ~ 14 μmcalculation
338
β≈crit
an
2β β
γ πγ
λ= = e e
e ep
ra k r
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Dependence on initial electron distribution
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Positron source (UCLA –SLAC) using betatronradiation
Johnson, Clayton et al. 2005
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pλγλβ2/1)2(=
Betatron period Number of photons
Strength parameter K = au
X-ray beam
20 mrad
EX>3 keVPhys. Rev. Lett. 93,
135005 (2004)
X-ray sources Synchrotron radiation in a mm-scale plasma
106 ph/shot/0.1% BW
New pioneering tool for ultrafast x-ray science
Broad spectrum: x-ray absorptionCollimation: improved focusing
efficiency on sampleTunable: x-ray diffraction
PXF group, A. Rousse, http://loa.ensta.fr/pxf
(30 fs, 20 mrad, > 3keV)
First beam of x-rays using lasers
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ExperimentPIC
No electrons - Plasma wave weak
Electron spectrum
Signal on X-ray CCD
Less electronsLess energetic
150 MeV
Broken wave regimeEnergetic electrons
150 MeV
Betatron X-rays
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 135005 (2004)
Kim TA PHUOC & Antoine ROUSSE
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Betatron Radiation Properties
F. Albert. T. Phoucet al. Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 50 (2008) 124008 (9pp)
S. Kneip et al, Nature Physics,6 (2010)
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How to produce coherent radiation? the free-electron laser
• Coherent, very high brightness beam
• Tuneable: THz-IR-UV-X-rays
• Short pulse
• Synchronised with other sources (lasers, particle sources) – can be aggregated to create toolbox
• LCLS, XFEL, SCSS, PSI-XFEL etc.X-ray holography at LCLSEuropean X-FEL
Undulator for SCSS: Spring-8 Compact SASE Source
JLA
Energy recover linac FEL
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Undulator
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FEL
• Tuning range the same as undulator or wiggler radiation
Coherence due to bunching enhances brilliance by many orders of magnitude
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Free-electron laser• Combination of undulator and radiation fields produces ponderomotive force
which bunches electron on a wavelength scale
• Laser field grows exponentially at a rate governed by• Matched electron beam gain coefficient: ρ = 1.1 γ -1Bu λu
4/3Ipk1/3 εn
-1/3
• Gain length
• Need slice energy spread δγ/γ<ρ and slice emittance εn<4λβγρ/λu or εn<γλ(matched)
• Slice length: cooperation length: 30 – 100 periods i.e. <<1 fs for x-rays – several pC
2 3u
gL λπ ρ
=
2
2 12 2
u uaλλγ
⎛ ⎞= +⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠
See Bonifacio et al. (Nuova Cimento 1990, 1992)
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Free-electron laser
•λ ~ 1.5 nm x-ray FEL requires ∼1 GeV
•Growth of an injected or spontaneous field in a FEL amplifier is given by I = I0 exp(gz),
•g = 4πρ31/2/λu – small signal gain,
•ρ - FEL gain parameter - a function of the beam energy, current and emittance.
•εn = γ σ′σ is the normalised slice emittance of the beam.
•ρ ~ 0.001 for electron beam parameter but need slice energy spread δγ / γ < ρ i.e. <0.1 %
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Electron energy (MeV)
Radiationλ
(nm)
Emittance criterion
(π mm mrad)
Gain parameter
ρ
Relative energy spread
90 261 3 0.011 0.007
150 94 2 0.006 0.004
500 8 0.6 0.002 0.001(?)
LWFA-driven FEL
• High FEL gain criteria: εn < λγ/4π & σγ/γ < ρ• Experimental εn ≤ 0.8π mm mrad & σγ/γ ≤ 0.007• For fixed σγ = 0.6 MeV, σγ/γ reduces at short λ
3/12
221
⎥⎥⎦
⎤
⎢⎢⎣
⎡⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛=
x
uu
A
p aII
πσλ
γρ
λu = 15 mm, N = 200, au = 0.38
ALPHA-X Undulator
STEADY STATE SIMULATION RESULTS (100 MeVelectrons)Saturation power(1st harmonic): 20 GW@ saturation distance: 1.8 m
UNDULATOR RADIATION EXPERIMENTSIn progress for improving beam transport and observing gain
R. Bonifacio et al., 1984
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Synchrotron radiation and SASE FEL for same parameters
350 400 450
0
1x1012
2x1012
3x1012
Phot
on F
lux
[Pho
tons
/0.1
% B
W]
Photon energy [eV]
SASE FEL
350 400 450
0.0
5.0x105
1.0x106
1.5x106
Phot
on F
lux
[Pho
tons
/0.1
% B
W]
Photon energy [eV]
Peak Brilliance: 2.97 x 1025 photons/sec/mrad²/mm²/0.1%b.w.
Photon flux into 200 μrad
matched beam SASE FEL
synchrotron radiation
Synchrotron:
Peak Brilliance B = 3 x 1025
ph./sec/mrad2/mm2/0.1% b.w. for 10 Hz
Average brilliance B = 2.5 x 1011
With laser improvements: 1 kHz: rep rate: average brilliance B >1013
FEL: B >106 times higher
σγ /γ = 0.1%
Ipk = 12 kA
εn = 1 πmm mrad
Nu = 200
τe < 10 fs
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Predicted SASE FEL Power growth
E = 1 GeV
Q = 100 pC
Ipk = 30 kA
εn = 1 π mm mrad
δγ/γ = 0.1%
β = 0.5 m
ρ = 0.0065
Eph = 422 eV
Bpk = 6 x 1031
phot/sec/mm2/mrad2
/0.1% BW
6.3 x 1012
coherent photons per pulse
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Tuning range
FELs give huge increase in brilliance
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More applications
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Fourier transform holography
• X-ray pinhole camera with a shutter speed of a few femtoseconds
• Holograms of nanoscale objects• “Coded apertures” can image
without focussing optics• X-rays transmitted through array of
holes interferes with radiation through (micron sized) sample
• Hadamard transform to deconvolveimage
• Resolution determined by photon energy and scale of array - very high resolution possible
• See S. Marchesini et al., Nature Photonics, doi: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.154 (2008).
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X-ray diffraction
• FLASH – DESY experiments
• Chapman et al. Nature Physics 2 839 (2006)
• Need Ångströmwavelength X-rays X-ray Diffraction pattern at
FLASH DESY
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Medical applications
• Treatment of cancer– X-rays, electrons, protons, neutrons and ions
• Isotope generation for PET (Positron Emission Tomography) and SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography)
• Biological research – crystallography of large molecules: proteins, viruses etc.
• X-ray imaging: macroscopic and microscopic
Spectroscopy and imaging in Alzheimer research
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Radiotherapy I
• >1 m people develop cancer every year in Western Europe• Radiotherapy treatment goes back to 1890’s - Röntgen and Curie
– Effective and physically selective - geometry• 45% of cancers can be cured
– 50% of these by radiation therapy alone, or combined with chemotherapy and/or surgery.
• X-rays from 5-20 MeV linacs used in most cases– 3-D Conformation therapy – multiple beams improve treatment
• Electron beam therapy (used for 10-25% patients)– Superficial tumours– Intra-Operative-Radiation-Therapy (IORT) used in surgery
• Proton and ion therapy – in development
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Radiotherapy II
• Radiotherapy damages DNA: Double-break DNA strands
• Directly – photon, electron, protons, neutron or ion beams
• Most common: Indirectly ionising DNA – by ionising water to form free radicals (hydroxyl radicals), which damages DNA.
• Cancer cells are undifferentiated (unspecialised) and stem-cell-like – reproduce rapidly but have diminished ability to repair sub-lethal damage compared with healthy differentiated cells.
• DNA damage is inherited through cell division. Accumulated damage causes cell death or reduction in reproduction rate.
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X-ray, Electron, Proton and Ion Therapy
Relative depth dose curves in water (a) electron beams (b) photon beams (from – Review of Oncology Radiation Physics, 2003) and (c) protons and (d) ions showing Bragg peak (from P. Bryant – CERN)
(a) (b) (c)
(d)
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Diseased and normal tissue
• Modern techniques – critical normal tissues e.g. brain, eyes, spinal cord, kidneys, liver, etc. may be completely avoided or irradiated at low levels
• Unless tumour is close to sensitive tissue e.g. brain for brain tumours, spinal cord for cervical or mediastinal tumours
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Protons and carbon ions
• Charged particles interact by inelastic collisions with electrons in the medium
• Bragg peak: Energy loss vsdistance Bethe-Bloch formula
4 22 2 2212
1
2
4 2ln ln(1 ) (relativistic term)
Z atomic number of ionZ atomic number of target
mean ionisation potential
e
dE e Z mvZdx m v I
I
π β β⎡ ⎤
− = − − − +⎢ ⎥⎣ ⎦
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Ion radiation therapy
• HIT – Heidelberg Ion Radiation Therapy Centre (€119m) – opened in 2009
• Treat brain tumours• 670 ton gantry – 3 MW
power demand – football pitch footprint
• 5 minute treatment time + 20 minutes preparation (1300 patients per year)
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Universitätsklinik für Strahlentherapie und Strahlenbiologie, AKH, Wien
Glandula parotid cancer
Comparison of treatment: how to localize dose
Photons 2 fields Photons 5 fields Protons 3 fields
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Cure Rates
• Patients with localised tumour at the first consultation (65%)
• cured by surgery 22%• cured by radiotherapy 12%• cured by combination of surgery and
radiotherapy 6%• Patients with inoperable or metastatic disease at
first consultation (35%) – 5% cure rate• Total cure rate: 45%
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Oncology
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Gantries are huge
• Conical (IBA) and cylindrical (GSI) gantries for ion transport and focussing (from Bryant – CERN)
• 100’s tons
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Nuclear Gamma Imaging
• PET and SPECT scans -radioactive isotopes to determine cellular/tissue change.
• Radionuclides are absorbed by healthy tissue at a different rate to diseased tissue.
• A deviation in absorption indicates abnormal metabolic activity.
• X-rays, CT Scans, and MRI can only image structure (e.g. anatomy), not function or metabolism.
PET Scans (Siemens)
SPECT scans
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PET scans• Positron Emission Tomograph PET used by cardiologists,
neurologists, and oncologists.
• PET uses positron emitters (F-18, C-11,...), this positrons annihilate with electrons to produce two gamma-rays emitted 180° apart.
• PET imaging maps biological function and detects subtle metabolic changes to determine active or dormant disease and whether a tumour is benign or malignant.
• PET - inject a radionuclide tracer specific to the function or metabolism to be investigated.
• Tracer concentrates in a specific area of the body.
• Detectors in a 360-degree ring detect gamma rays emitted from internal body tissues.
• Data processed to produce cross-sectional images.
• PET requires advanced computer processing, a cyclotron, and trained specialists.
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SPECT
• Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) provides information on blood flow to tissue.
• A SPECT isotope (Tc-99m) only emits one gamma ray.
• Sensitive diagnostic tool for detecting stress fracture, spondylosis, infections and tumours.
• Analyzing blood flow to organ helps determine its functioning.
• Radionuclide injected intravenously.
• Tissues absorb radionuclide as it is circulated in the blood.
• Camera rotates around patient and detects gamma photons.
• The images are vertical and/or horizontal cross-sections of the body part and can be rendered into 3-D format.
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Medical Radioisotopes