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.     

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.     

Observation of a hot high-current electron beam from a self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator

A highly relativistic electron beam produced by a 50 TW laser-plasma accelerator has been characterized by photonuclear techniques. The beam has large divergence that increases with plasma density. The electron yield also increases with plasma density and reaches up to 4x10(11) electrons ( >10 MeV), with beam current approaching the Alfvén limit. Effective electron temperatures exceeding 8 MeV are found, leading to an order of magnitude higher photonuclear activation yield than in solid target experiments with the same laser system.     

用于激光尾波场中电子束电荷测量的积分束流仪标定

利用数字信号发生器及示波器对积分束流仪(ICT)的输入输出特性进行了标定,给出了不同脉冲宽度及幅度的输入信号与ICT输出结果的电荷量比值关系、输入脉冲对ICT的输出脉冲宽度的影响以及ICT对连续脉冲信号的输出响应等。标定结果显示:ICT的输入输出满足很好的线性关系;当输入连续脉冲的间隔小于一定程度时,ICT将会视为一个信号输出;ICT的输出脉冲形状及脉冲宽度与输入信号的形状及幅度无关。     

激光等离子体尾波加速器的发展和展望

超强激光在气体等离子体中传输时可以激发出大振幅的电子等离子体尾波。激光等离子体尾波加速器是利用该尾波对带电粒子（特别是电子和正电子）进行加速的一种新型装置。由于其加速梯度相较于现有的常规加速器可以提升1000倍,为建造超紧凑型的加速器和辐射源奠定了基础,也为将来建造基于等离子体的超高能正负电子对撞机和自由电子激光装置提供了可能。对该新型加速器的原理、特点、发展历程,尤其是近十年来的主要进展和未来发展趋势及面临的主要挑战进行简要梳理和介绍。     

All-optical cascaded laser wakefield accelerator using ionization-induced injection

We report on near-GeV electron beam generation from an all-optical cascaded laser wakefield accelerator (LWFA). Electron injection and acceleration are successfully separated and controlled in different LWFA stages by employing two gas cells filled with a He/O2 mixture and pure He gas, respectively. Electrons with a Maxwellian spectrum, generated from the first LWFA assisted by ionization-induced injection, were seeded into the second LWFA with a 3-mm-thick gas cell and accelerated to be a 0.8-GeV quasimonoenergetic electron beam, corresponding to an acceleration gradient of 187 GV/m. The demonstrated scheme paves the way towards the multi-GeV laser accelerators.     

测量强流电子加速器输出电压的电容分压器

研制了一种结构简单、拆装方便的自积分电容分压器,用于测量强流电子加速器二极管输出电压。介绍了电容分压器的结构,计算了其电容量,并通过仿真的方法分析了前端电阻及其杂散参数对测量波形的影响,结果表明：当前端电阻杂散电容较大时,测量波形出现过冲现象;而前端电阻对地电容较大时,会影响测量波形的前沿。将电容分压器用于测量强流电子加速器二极管输出电压,并运用水电阻分压器对其进行了标定,所测得波形与电阻分压器基本一致,分压比为563 007,可以用于测量半高宽为100 ns的高压脉冲。     

Faraday-rotation method for magnetic-field diagnostics in a laser plasma

The possibility of using the Faraday effect for the diagnostics of magnetic fields in a dense plasma is theoretically demonstrated. A procedure for measuring the plane of polariztion of the probing radiation is examined in detail, with account taken of the wave polarization and of the presence of plasma self-luminosity. A procedure for determining the spatial distribution of the magnetic field is described. A new three-channel polarointerferometer scheme is proposed. The idea behind the method is illustrated with reconstruction of the magnetic fields in a laser plasma as an example.Laser-Plasma Laboratory, Lebdev Physics Institute. Translated from Preprint No. 135 of the Lebedev Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 1989.     

超强飞秒激光尾波场加速产生58MeV准单能电子束实验

超短超强激光与等离子体相互作用产生的激光尾波场可以在毫米尺度上加速产生高能量的准单能电子束.在SILEX-Ⅰ激光装置上进行的激光尾波场加速实验中,利用超强飞秒激光与超声速锥形喷嘴产生的2.7mm直径氦气气体柱相互作用,获得了能散为15.5%、发散角为15mrad、能量为58MeV的准单能电子束.在70TW激光照射下获得的电子束总电量达到15.4nC.介绍了实验条件、方法和主要实验结果.     

Tesla变压器型电子束加速器初步实验

 介绍了一种Tesla变压器型的强流电子束加速器。当变压器初级输入20kV左右的电压时，加速器二极管输出电压500kV，电流9kA，信号脉宽大约50ns，该装置具有结构简单，安装方便，运行可靠等特点。     

On the production of flat electron bunches for laser wakefield acceleration

We suggest a novel method for the injection of electrons into the acceleration phase of particle accelerators, producing low-emittance beams appropriate even for the demanding high-energy linear collider specifications. We discuss the injection mechanism into the acceleration phase of the wakefield in a plasma behind a high-intensity laser pulse, which takes advantage of the laser polarization and focusing. The scheme uses the structurally stable regime of transverse wakewave breaking, when the electron trajectory self-intersection leads to the formation of a flat electron bunch. As shown in three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of the interaction of a laser pulse elongated in the transverse direction with an underdense plasma, the electrons injected via the transverse wakewave breaking and accelerated by the wakewave perform betatron oscillations with different amplitudes and frequencies along the two transverse coordinates. The polarization and focusing geometry lead to a way to produce relativistic electron bunches with an asymmetric emittance (flat beam). An approach for generating flat laser-accelerated ion beams is briefly discussed. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

第二讲 激光尾波场加速中的准单能电子束的产生

自从激光尾波场加速电子方案提出以来,经过二十多年的理论和实验研究,人们在激光尾波场加速方面已经取得了重大进步,相继在电子束能量、电子单色性等束流性能上取得重大突破.特别是在2004年对电子束的单色性研究取得重大突破,国际上几个著名实验室相继报道了准单能电子束产生的实验观测,掀起了激光尾波场研究的新高潮.对于准单能电子束的产生机制,虽然尚未达成统一认识,但普遍认为空泡加速可能是其中非常重要的机制之一.文章介绍了激光尾波场的基本概念,着重介绍了单能电子束产生的空泡加速模式里的两个关键物理过程：波破和电子的自捕获,同时介绍国际上相关的一些重要实验结果和理论进展.     

Tesla变压器型电子束加速器初步实验

介绍了一种Tesla变压器型的强流电子束加速器。当变压器初级输入20kV左右的电压时,加速器二极管输出电压500kV,电流9kA,信号脉宽大约50ns,该装置具有结构简单,安装方便,运行可靠等特点。     

Accurate monoenergetic electron parameters of laser wakefield in a bubble model

A reliable analytical expression for the potential of plasma waves with phase velocities near the speed of light is derived. The presented spheroid cavity model is more consistent than the previous spherical and ellipsoidal model and it explains the mono-energetic electron trajectory more accurately, especially at the relativistic region. As a result, the quasi-mono-energetic electrons output beam interacting with the laser plasma can be more appropriately described with this model.     

Design study of an improved laser wire system for electron beam measurement

The laser wire (LW) method has been demonstrated to be an effective non-interceptive technique for measuring transverse profile and emittance of electron beams in colliders, storage rings and dumping rings. In this paper, we present an improved design of high repetition LW system for high average power free electron lasers (HAP FELs) and energy recovery linacs (ERLs). This improved LW utilizes the excess power of the photocathode drive laser, thus making itself much cheaper and simpler. The system main parameters are optimized with numerical calculations and Monte Carlo simulations, indicating that resolutions would be better than 100 μm and scanning time less than 1 minute. Status of the experiment preparation is also presented.     

电子直线加速器焦点测量

 针对三明治法测量直线加速器焦点,目视底片判读存在测量结果主观因素影响较大的不足,提出了胶片扫描与图像分析相结合的量化测量方案。通过分析试验数据,提出用二次多项式拟合消除加速器辐射场不均匀性对测量结果的影响,以及用半高宽测量代替半峰高条纹统计的改进三明治焦点测量方法。实测表明:得到的焦点测量结果一致性更好,能更加准确地反映焦点尺寸的较小差异。     

激光尾波场中光子加速研究

在SILEX-Ⅰ激光装置上,测量了超短超强激光脉冲与稀薄等离子体相互作用之后的透射谱. 实验中发现,激光尾波场产生的密度扰动导致等离子体折射率随时间空间不断变化,导致光子的加速/减速. 透射谱上主要表现为激光频率谱峰的劈裂和随密度变化的展宽,没有发现与前向受激拉曼散射或自调制不稳定性相联系的边频波. 同时,利用LPIC++无碰撞粒子模拟程序模拟了超短超强激光与稀薄等离子体相互作用后的透射谱,模拟结果也发现了明显的光子加速过程. 关键词： 超短超强激光脉冲 透射谱 光子加速/减速     

光束指向稳定性高精度检测方法研究北大核心CSCD

光束指向稳定性是高能激光应用研究中的一项关键指标,光束指向稳定性的检测是高能激光系统性能实现的重要环节。以长焦距聚焦反射镜与高分辨率CCD(charge coupled device)为主要元件,构建高精度的光束指向检测装置。采用灰度重心法定位光斑中心,并以理想光斑与实测光斑为例进行验证,误差小于1个像元。利用CCD高频采样,统计单位时间内光斑中心位移,获得光束指向稳定性指标,检测实例精度可达1.25μrad。该方法简便易行,测量精度高,适用于各种波长的激光光束指向检测以及其他相关参数的测量。