Overview of plasma lens experiments and recent results at SPARC_LAB

Beam injection and extraction from a plasma module is still one of the crucial aspects to solve in order to produce high quality electron beams with a plasma accelerator. Proper matching conditions require to focus the incoming high brightness beam down to few microns size and to capture a high dive...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2018-11, Vol.909, p.16-20
Main Authors: Chiadroni, E., Anania, M.P., Bellaveglia, M., Biagioni, A., Bisesto, F., Brentegani, E., Cardelli, F., Cianchi, A., Costa, G., Di Giovenale, D., Di Pirro, G., Ferrario, M., Filippi, F., Gallo, A., Giribono, A., Marocchino, A., Mostacci, A., Piersanti, L., Pompili, R., Rosenzweig, J.B., Rossi, A.R., Scifo, J., Shpakov, V., Vaccarezza, C., Villa, F., Zigler, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Driver beam removal
Extraction systems
Plasma acceleration
Plasma lens
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Summary:Beam injection and extraction from a plasma module is still one of the crucial aspects to solve in order to produce high quality electron beams with a plasma accelerator. Proper matching conditions require to focus the incoming high brightness beam down to few microns size and to capture a high divergent beam at the exit without loss of beam quality. Plasma-based lenses have proven to provide focusing gradients of the order of kT/m with radially symmetric focusing thus promising compact and affordable alternative to permanent magnets in the design of transport lines. In this paper an overview of recent experiments and future perspectives of plasma lenses is reported.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2018.02.014