等单元长度多间隙加速结构的束流动力学特性

等单元长度多间隙加速结构是一种非同步加速结构,当粒子在加速结构中的速度变化很明显时,粒子在每个间隙的相位是不相同的,薄透镜近似下的束流纵向运动方程没有考虑粒子在加速结构中的速度变化,这在单腔的能量增益相对于粒子能量很小的情况下是合理的,但是当粒子在加速结构中的速度有明显变化时,这种处理方式是不够的。本文从带电粒子在电磁场中的运动方程出发,通过目前普遍采用的理论建立了束流在这种加速结构中的纵向运动方程,通过数值方法得到了粒子在这种结构的相运动,计算了不同初始能量的粒子在不同的电场梯度及单元数的加速腔中运动的能量变化情况。结果显示:粒子相运动与不考虑粒子速度变化的薄透镜近似下的相运动轨迹有明显差异,当粒子速度变化超过一定值后,薄透镜近似下束流纵向运动方程在计算束流能量增益时与同步相位之间满足的余弦关系不再成立,并给出了能量增益变化曲线相对余弦曲线的偏离情况与电场梯度、间隙数、初始能量等参数的关系。     

利用电压异步调节束流能散度

对直线感应加速器加速电压的同步性对束流能散度的影响进行了分析,结果表明:考虑束流负载效应后,束流的不同部分将得到不同的能量增益,前后沿部分相对于平顶部分得到更多的能量增益,从而在一定程度上增加整个束流的能散度,限制了加速器光源尺寸的进一步减小。因此,提出利用调节加速电压异步的方法来调节束流不同部分得到的能量增益,从而在一定程度上降低整个束流脉宽期间的能散度。初步的试验结果也证明,加速电压的异步调节可以明显改变束流整体的的能散度。     

激光等离子体稳相加速机制研究

现有激光等离子体加速机制中纵向电场对离子的有效加速长度很短(微米量级),且束流能散大,得到的离子能量较低.当采用圆偏振激光和固体靶相互作用时,如果激光的归一化光强矢量α与靶的电子面密度no/nC D/kL相当时,则存在一种稳相加速机制.此时激光和等离子相瓦作用产生的静电场不仅可以用于加速离子,而且还可以在纵向对离子进行聚束,从而可以有效地降低束流能散.数值模拟结果表明,利用激光加速可以得到能散小于5%的单能离子束,这对激光加速器走向实际应用有着重要意义.     

不同薄膜材料对α束流性能影响的模拟研究

由于回旋加速器引出的束流能量固定,为了满足不同实验对束流能量的不同需求,需要对束流的能量进行调节。为此,研究了利用薄膜材料对束流能量进行改变的可行性。用SRIM程序分析计算了30 MeV α束流(回旋加速器引出能量)穿过金刚石、铝和铜材料后的射程,确定了材料厚度与所需能量之间的关系。利用G4Beamline程序计算了束流经过薄膜后的相空间分布,分析了束流经过不同材料、降低到相同能量(9 MeV)后的横向、纵向发射度的变化,结果显示:束流在经过薄膜材料后,束斑大小几乎不发生改变,束流横向发射度的增长主要由散角的增加引起,其中金刚石薄膜引起的束流发射度增长最小,散角的均方根值约为16 mrad左右,且与初始束流的散角大小没有明显的依赖关系(初始散角均方根值小于1 mrad);不同材料引起的纵向能散均约为1 MeV(半高宽),与材料无关,只与束流的最终能量有关,降能越多,能散越大。此外,对于30 MeV的初始α束流,与金刚石、铜、铝等材料作用后,均会产生约109/μA的中子及γ粒子,在实际应用中应考虑相关的辐射防护问题。     

双谐波高频系统的同步加速器中发射度主导的长束团研究

在质子储存环中,长束团的长期储存要求采用比较平的 bucket 以增加纵向接收度。对于经过相空间冷却的低能散的束流,束流内部的库仑散射作用不能被忽略。本文讨论了对于处在临界能量以下的发射度主导的长束团双谐波高频系统的特性。为了保持束团长度不变,高频电压应作适当的提高以补偿空间电荷效应的作用。初始失配的束流的纵向运动也分别对于单谐波或双谐波系统进行了研究,对于前者失配度为20%时,纵向接收度太小导致经过几个同步周期后就出现明显的束流纤维化和散束。本文还引入了一种空间电荷作用因子和纵向失配度的概念来研究和分析发射度主导的长束团的纵向运动。采用ORBIT程序对FAIR-HESR加速器中的束流纵向运动进行了模拟跟踪计算,并与理论分析进行了比较。     

CSRm变谐波加速

 在研究兰州重离子冷却储存环(HIRFL-CSR)纵向相振荡运动特性的基础上，对主环(CSRm)内重离子的加速过程进行了模拟研究。选取由扇聚焦回旋加速器（SFC）剥离注入的能量为7 MeV/u，动量散度为±0.5%的¹²C⁶⁺典型离子，模拟了CSRm内束流的加速过程，加速的最终能量为1 GeV/u。在加速过程中采用了变换谐波的方式，解决了较低能量下的加速问题。模拟结果给出了不同时刻粒子在纵向相空间的分布以及各主要高频参数随时间的变化曲线。     

锐真空-等离子体边界倾角对激光尾波场加速中电子注入的影响

超短超强激光脉冲在气体等离子体中激发的尾波场加速在过去40年里有了长足的发展,人们已经在厘米加速距离内获得了数GeV的准单能电子加速,激光尾波加速的最高电子能量已经达到8 GeV.为了进一步提升加速电子束的稳定性和品质,多种电子注入方式先后被提出.本文研究了基于锐真空-等离子体边界面的密度跃变注入,着重讨论了不同角度的倾斜边界面对注入电子品质的影响.二维粒子模拟研究表明,与倾角为0°的垂直边界面相比,在合适的倾斜边界角下,第二个尾波空泡内产生的注入电量可以有近三倍的提升,同时偏振方向与入射面平行的驱动激光可以增加第一个空泡内注入电子的电量.根据不同激光入射角度时尾波场中电子自注入的起始位置差异,分析了电子电量与横向振荡增强的原因.这些研究有利于提升基于Betatron运动的尾波场辐射及其应用.     

双束平行入射电子束引导的自注入电子加速效果的研究

在粒子束引导的等离子尾波场加速机制中,为了加速电子获得最大能量,大量研究集中于改变单束牵引粒子束的线度、形状、电荷性质等参数. 综合考虑已有的实验结果,本文提出了一种相比于单束电子牵引更为有效的加速方式,利用双束平行电子束来加速自注入的电子. 通过2.5维粒子程序模拟,发现在牵引电子束具有相同能量、电量、尺寸的条件下,通过双束平行电子束加速得到的电子具有长程加速、高能和准单能性的特性. 同时在空泡内形成了一束独特的回流电子,进一步使得自注入电子具有更好的准直性. 关键词： 电子束尾波场加速 双束平行电子束 粒子模拟     

空泡机制产生betatron X射线辐射的数值模拟

针对SILEX钛宝石激光器参数,采用PIC数值模拟程序VORPAL对激光尾波场加速进行了模拟,得到了电子轨迹及能量数据,进而通过理论计算得到了空泡机制下X射线辐射特性。结果表明,空泡机制下高能电子在空泡中做betatron振荡且多数电子被加速到170 MeV左右;加速能量较低的电子（约100 MeV）, 其辐射谱为临界能量约3 keV的类同步辐射谱,发散角约为8 mrad,而能量较高的电子（约170 MeV）对应的光子临界能量约为10 keV。     

HLS-Ⅱ直线加速器能量调节及应用

为了高效地对直线加速器输出束流能量进行调节,设计了合肥光源（HLS-II）直线加速器束流能量调节方案。该方案在调试阶段通过能谱分析系统观察束团状态并测量束流能量,储存环注入阶段使用3个束流位置探测器（BPM）对束流能量进行在线测量;使用自动相位扫描程序对速调管输出相位进行扫描,获得各加速段的能量增益公式;定量调节速调管的输出相位和高压,实现直线加速器输出束流能量的快速调节。在线应用结果表明,该方案能快速实现束流能量调节,调节后的束流具有良好品质,束流横向能散小于0.22%,注入速率明显改善。     

Laser wakefield acceleration of short electron bunches

The theory of electron acceleration in a plasma wake wave is developed, and the dependence of the main characteristics of accelerated electron bunches on the wakefield parameters is investigated, It is shown that using a prebunching stage, under proper conditions, the final electron density of a compressed and accelerated bunch can exceed the initial electron beam density by orders of magnitude and that longitudinal bunch compression provides quasi-monoenergetic acceleration to high energies, It is demonstrated that, for an initial electron beam radius smaller than the optimal one for efficient beam trapping, the energy spread of the compressed and accelerated electron bunch and its length can be evaluated by using the simple analytical predictions of a one-dimensional (1-D) theory. The obtained analytical results are confirmed by three-dimensional (3-D) numerical modeling     

高品质激光尾波场电子加速器

激光尾波场电子加速的加速梯度相比于传统直线加速器高了3—4个量级,对于小型化粒子加速器与辐射源的研制具有重要的意义,成为当今国内外的研究热点.台式化辐射源应用需求的提高,特别是自由电子激光装置的快速发展,对电子束流品质提出了更高的要求,激光尾波场电子加速的束流品质和稳定性是目前实现新型辐射源的首要障碍.本文归纳整理了中国科学院上海光学精密机械研究所电子加速研究团队十年来在研制台式化激光尾波场电子加速器过程中采取的方案和取得的进展.例如率先提出了注入级和加速级分离的级联加速方案,通过实验获得了GeV量级的电子束能量;基于级联加速方式利用能量啁啾控制,实验获得世界最高品质的电子束流;通过优化激光系统稳定性和特殊的气体喷流结构,获得稳定的高品质电子束流输出等.这一系列实验结果有利于进一步推进激光尾波场电子加速器的应用.     

Self-Injection and Acceleration of Monoenergetic Electron Beams from Laser Wakefield Accelerators in a Highly Relativistic Regime

Self-injection and acceleration of monoenergetic electron beams from laser wakefield accelerators are first investigated in the highly relativistic regime, using 100 TW class, 27 fs laser pulses. Quasi-monoenergetic multi- bunched beams with energies as high as multi-hundredMeV are observed with simultaneous measurements of side-scattering emissions that indicate the formation of self-channelfing and self-injection of electrons into a plasma wake, referred to as a ＇bubble＇. The three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations confirmed multiple self-injection of electron bunches into the bubble and their beam acceleration with gradient of 1.5 GeV/cm.     

Effect of the ponderomotive scattering and injection position on electron-bunch injection into a laser wakefield

For the purpose of laser wakefield acceleration, it turns out that the injection of electron bunches longer than the plasma wavelength can also generate accelerated femtosecond bunches with a relatively low energy spread. This is of great interest because such injecting bunches can be provided, e.g., by photo cathode rf linacs. Here we show that when an e-bunch is injected into the wakefield, it is important to take into account the interaction of the injected bunch with the laser pulse in the vacuum region located in front of the plasma. We show that at low energies of the injected bunch, this leads to ponderomotive scattering of the bunch and results in a significant drop of the collection efficiency. For certain injection energies the ponderomotive scattering may result in a smaller energy spread in the accelerated bunch. It is found that the injection position in the laser wakefield plays an important role. Higher collection efficiency can be obtained for certain injection energies, when the bunch is injected in plasma at some distance from the laser pulse; the energy spread, however, is typically larger in this case. We also estimate the minimum trapping energy for the injected electrons and the length of the trapped bunch. PACS 52.38.Kd; 41.75.Jv; 41.85.Ar     

Femtosecond single-bunched linac for pulse radiolysis based onlaser wakefield acceleration

A conceptual design of a linac for pulse radiolysis is presented based on laser wakefield acceleration. Pulse radiolysis spectroscopically studies the initial stage of chemical reactions induced by electron beams. Single-bunched beams with a bunch-length on the order of a femtosecond are ideal for this purpose. The present design gives pure 20 pC single-bunches with an RMS bunch length of less than 10 fs. It accelerates and compresses only the head part of a high-current beam from a photocathode. Some practical problems concerning the design are also presented     

Transverse modulation of an electron beam generated in self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator experiments

Low energy electron beams (E approximately 300 keV) generated in a self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator experiment were observed to filament and be deflected away from the laser axis forming radial jets in the electron beam profile. At higher energies (E>900 keV), the filamentation and jets were suppressed and smooth electron beams copropagating with the laser were observed. The observed electron beam filamentation likely results from laser beam filamentation in the plasma due to relativistic self-focusing effects. The radial jets of low energy electrons are likely caused by transverse ejection of the electrons due to the radial structure of the wakefield and space charge deflection of electrons as they exit the laser focus.     

Overview of plasma-based accelerator concepts

An overview is given of the physics issues relevant to the plasma wakefield accelerator, the plasma beat-wave accelerator, the laser wakefield accelerator, including the self-modulated regime, and wakefield accelerators driven by multiple electron or laser pulses. Basic properties of linear and nonlinear plasma waves are discussed, as well as the trapping and acceleration of electrons in the plasma wave. Formulas are presented for the accelerating field and the energy gain in the various accelerator configurations. The propagation of the drive electron or laser beams is discussed, including limitations imposed by key instabilities and methods for optically guiding laser pulses. Recent experimental results are summarized     

Vacuum electron acceleration driven by two crossed Airy beams

Using numerical simulation, we have studied in detail vacuum electron acceleration driven by two crossed Airy beams with identical characteristics except for opposite accelerating directions. An electron injected along the longitudinal central axis is only affected by the combined longitudinal electric field. In addition, a suitable crossed Airy beams scheme is more beneficial to the energy gain of an electron than the single Airy beam acceleration scheme [Opt. Lett. 35, 3258 (2010)]. Meanwhile, the cross angle, the injection energy of the electron, and the initial phase of the Airy beams play significant roles in the energy gain of the electron.     

Demonstration of a narrow energy spread, ∼0.5 GeV electron beam from a two-stage laser wakefield accelerator

Laser wakefield acceleration of electrons holds great promise for producing ultracompact stages of GeV scale, high-quality electron beams for applications such as x-ray free electron lasers and high-energy colliders. Ultrahigh intensity laser pulses can be self-guided by relativistic plasma waves (the wake) over tens of vacuum diffraction lengths, to give >1 GeV energy in centimeter-scale low density plasmas using ionization-induced injection to inject charge into the wake even at low densities. By restricting electron injection to a distinct short region, the injector stage, energetic electron beams (of the order of 100 MeV) with a relatively large energy spread are generated. Some of these electrons are then further accelerated by a second, longer accelerator stage, which increases their energy to ～0.5 GeV while reducing the relative energy spread to <5% FWHM.