High-flux bright x-ray source from femtosecond laser-irradiated microtapes

X Shen, A Pukhov, B Qiao - Communications Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Betatron x-ray sources from laser-plasma interaction are characterized by compactness,
ultrashort duration, broadband spectrum and micron source size. However, high-quality …

Extended X-ray absorption spectroscopy using an ultrashort pulse laboratory-scale laser-plasma accelerator

B Kettle, C Colgan, EE Los, E Gerstmayr… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Laser-driven compact particle accelerators can provide ultrashort pulses of broadband X-
rays, well suited for undertaking X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements on a …

Plasma-based particle sources

M Fuchs, G Andonian, O Apsimon… - Journal of …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
High-brightness particle beams generated by advanced accelerator concepts have the
potential to become an essential part of future accelerator technology. In particular, high …

Shot-to-shot electron beam pointing instability in a nonlinear plasma bubble

B Lei, B Liu, M Shi, A Seidel, D Seipt, M Zepf, B Qiao - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
Shot-to-shot electron beam pointing instability in the plasma bubble, defined here as
electron beam pointing jitter (EBJ), is a long-standing problem that limits the potential of the …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of bright betatron radiation generated by direct laser acceleration of electrons in plasma of near critical density

J Cikhardt, M Gyrdymov, S Zähter, P Tavana… - Matter and Radiation …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Directed x-rays produced in the interaction of sub-picosecond laser pulses of moderate
relativistic intensity with plasma of near-critical density are investigated. Synchrotron-like …

Ultrahigh-brightness 50 MeV electron beam generation from laser wakefield acceleration in a weakly nonlinear regime

Z **ang, C Yu, Z Qin, X Jiao, J Cheng, Q Zhou… - Matter and Radiation …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We propose an efficient scheme to produce ultrahigh-brightness tens of MeV electron
beams by designing a density-tailored plasma to induce a wakefield in the weakly nonlinear …

X-ray absorption spectroscopy using an ultrafast laboratory-scale laser-plasma accelerator source

B Kettle, C Colgan, E Los, E Gerstmayr… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The absorption profile of the copper K-edge was measured over a 250 eV window using
ultrashort X-rays from a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator. For the first time with a …

[HTML][HTML] The EuAPS Betatron Radiation Source: Status Update and Photon Science Perspectives

F Galdenzi, MP Anania, A Balerna, RJ Bean… - Condensed …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The EuPRAXIA EU project is at the forefront of advancing particle accelerator research and
the development of photon sources through innovative plasma acceleration approaches …

[HTML][HTML] High brightness betatron x-ray source driven by chirped laser pulses

S Mishra, BS Rao, A Moorti, JA Chakera - Physics of Plasmas, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate high brightness betatron x-ray generation from a chirped laser pulses
driven plasma accelerator. It is shown that positively chirped laser pulse leads to the …

Coherent free-electron light sources

D Zhang, Y Zeng, Y Tian, R Li - Photonics Insights, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Free-electron light sources feature extraordinary luminosity, directionality, and coherence,
which has enabled significant scientific progress in fields including physics, chemistry, and …