Generation of laser pulse trains for tests of multi-pulse laser wakefield acceleration

In multi-pulse laser wakefield acceleration (MP-LWFA) a plasma wave is driven by a train of low-energy laser pulses separated by the plasma period, an approach which offers a route to driving plasma accelerators with high efficiency and at high pulse repetition rates using emerging technologies such...

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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, 2016-09, Vol.829, p.383-385
Main Authors: Shalloo, R.J., Corner, L., Arran, C., Cowley, J., Cheung, G., Thornton, C., Walczak, R., Hooker, S.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceleration
Accelerators
Fibre
Laser wakefield
Lasers
Plasma (physics)
Plasma accelerators
Plasma waves
Pulse repetition rate
Pulse train
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Summary:In multi-pulse laser wakefield acceleration (MP-LWFA) a plasma wave is driven by a train of low-energy laser pulses separated by the plasma period, an approach which offers a route to driving plasma accelerators with high efficiency and at high pulse repetition rates using emerging technologies such as fibre and thin-disk lasers. Whilst these laser technologies are in development, proof-of-principle tests of MP-LWFA require a pulse train to be generated from a single, high-energy ultrafast pulse. Here we demonstrate the generation of trains of up to 7 pulses with pulse separations in the range 150–170fs from single 40fs pulses produced by a Ti:sapphire laser.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.044