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Active nonperturbative stabilization of the laser-plasma-accelerated electron beam source

Curtis Berger, Sam Barber, Fumika Isono, Kyle Jensen, Joseph Natal, Anthony Gonsalves, and Jeroen van Tilborg
Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 26, 032801 – Published 15 March 2023

Abstract

Laser plasma accelerators have the ability to produce high-quality electron beams in compact, all-optical-driven configurations, with the electron beams uniquely suited for a wide variety of accelerator-based applications. However, fluctuations and drifts in the laser delivery to the mm-scale plasma target (the electron beam source) will translate into electron beam source variations that can limit their utility for demanding applications like light sources. Based on previous work in developing a nonperturbative diagnostic for the high-power laser delivery at focus [1], we present a full four-dimensional active-stabilization system for the laser (transverse laser focus position and laser pointing angle in both transverse planes) and experimentally demonstrate how, as a result of the laser stabilization, critical parameters in the electron beam source were stabilized. Through the use of an energy resolved imaging system for the electron beam, we directly monitor the jitter in the transverse electron beam source location. Furthermore, the dispersion in the orthogonal plane to the magnetic spectrometer was recorded for each shot which is tied to the source pointing angle of the electron beam and, in part, driven by the angle of the laser at the interaction point. Our laser stabilization system reduced variation in the electron beam source location from 12 to 3μm and reduced the dispersion jitter of the electron beam by 20%.

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  • Received 27 October 2022
  • Accepted 22 February 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.26.032801

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI.

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Accelerators & Beams

Authors & Affiliations

Curtis Berger*, Sam Barber, Fumika Isono, Kyle Jensen, Joseph Natal, Anthony Gonsalves, and Jeroen van Tilborg

  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

  • *Corresponding author. curtisberger@lbl.gov

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Vol. 26, Iss. 3 — March 2023

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