Tunable X-ray source by Thomson scattering during laser-wakefield acceleration
Accelerator Physics
2019-05-20 v1 Optics
Plasma Physics
Abstract
We report results on all-optical Thomson scattering intercepting the acceleration process in a laser wakefield accelerator. We show that the pulse collision position can be detected using transverse shadowgraphy which also facilitates alignment. As the electron beam energy is evolving inside the accelerator, the emitted spectrum changes with the scattering position. Such a configuration could be employed as accelerator diagnostic as well as reliable setup to generate x-rays with tunable energy.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1905.07029,
title = {Tunable X-ray source by Thomson scattering during laser-wakefield acceleration},
author = {Sabine Schindler and Andreas Döpp and Hao Ding and Max Gilljohann and Johannes Goetzfried and Stefan Karsch},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.07029},
year = {2019}
}