Laser-driven electron lensing in silicon microstructures

DS Black, KJ Leedle, Y Miao, U Niedermayer, RL Byer… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We demonstrate a laser-driven, tunable electron lens fabricated in monolithic silicon. The
lens consists of an array of silicon pillars pumped symmetrically by two 300 fs, 1.95 μ m …

Future technological developments in proton therapy–A predicted technological breakthrough

M Vidal, C Moignier, A Patriarca, M Sotiropoulos… - Cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the current spectrum of cancer treatments, despite high costs, a lack of robust evidence
based on clinical outcomes or technical and radiobiological uncertainties, particle therapy …

Radial density profile and stability of capillary discharge plasma waveguides of lengths up to 40 cm

M Turner, AJ Gonsalves, SS Bulanov… - High Power Laser …, 2021 - cambridge.org
We measured the parameter reproducibility and radial electron density profile of capillary
discharge waveguides with diameters of 650%. These variations explain only a small …

Design and simulation of a radius-varying active plasma lens for focusing laser-accelerated protons

Y Yan, T Yang, Z Guo, H Cheng, Y Li, Y Fang… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
With plasma as the medium, laser driven accelerator can generate high energy pulsed
particles with initially micron scale source size and broad energy spread. Efficient transport …

Creation of an axially uniform plasma channel in a laser-assisted capillary discharge

GA Bagdasarov, NA Bobrova, OG Olkhovskaya… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Dissipative capillary discharges form plasma channels which allow for high power laser
guiding, enabling efficient electron acceleration in a laser wakefield accelerator. However, at …

Characterization of plasma sources for plasma-based accelerators

S Arjmand, D Alesini, MP Anania… - Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This work is concerned with both theoretical studies and the experimental developments of a
plasma device to be used in plasma-based accelerators. In the field of the particle …

Experimental demonstration of radius-varying active plasma lensing for laser-plasma-accelerated proton beams with increased collection angle

Y Yan, T Yang, Z Guo, M Huang, H Cheng, Y Li… - … Review Accelerators and …, 2024 - APS
Active plasma lensing, a compact method for intensifying the focus of charged particle
beams by providing a magnetic field gradient of kT/m, has emerged as a sought-after …

High-energy electron radiography system with low chromatic aberrations based on active plasma lenses

JJ Lan, QT Zhao, ZH Hu, ZH Ran, WW Xu, HY Li, J Li… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
A novel high-energy electron radiography system combined with an active plasma lens
(APL) has been designed for the first time and validated by simulation studies. The system …

Compact LWFA-Based Extreme Ultraviolet Free Electron Laser: Design Constraints

AY Molodozhentsev, KO Kruchinin - Instruments, 2022 - mdpi.com
The combination of advanced high-power laser technology, new acceleration methods and
achievements in undulator development offers the opportunity to build compact, high …

Interferometry for full temporal reconstruction of laser-plasma accelerator-based seeded free electron lasers

M Labat, S Bielawski, A Loulergue, S Corde… - New Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The spectacular development of Laser-Plasma Accelerators (LPA) appears very promising
for a free electron laser application. The handling of the inherent properties of those LPA …