O. Mohsen, Anusorn Lueansaramwong, S. Valluri, V. Korampally, P. Piot, S. Chattopadhyay
{"title":"Field Emission from Silicon Nanocones Cathodes","authors":"O. Mohsen, Anusorn Lueansaramwong, S. Valluri, V. Korampally, P. Piot, S. Chattopadhyay","doi":"10.1109/AAC.2018.8659413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AAC.2018.8659413","url":null,"abstract":"High-current electron beams have a wide range of applications. Generating such beams in a compact and robust way is appealing for some of these applications. Among the various high-current emission processes, field emission appears to be promising. One of its appealing featuring being its simplicity. In this paper, we report on preliminary experimental results on field-emission cathode consisting of self-assembled silicon nanocones. We discuss the setup employed for the measurements and present the current-voltage (I-V) characteristic curves along with the inferred field-enhancement factors.","PeriodicalId":339772,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC)","volume":"124 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122904333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yong Jiang, X. Chang, S. Shchelkunov, Lin Wang, J. Hirshfield
{"title":"Detuned-Structure-Based Beam-Driven Accelerator","authors":"Yong Jiang, X. Chang, S. Shchelkunov, Lin Wang, J. Hirshfield","doi":"10.1109/AAC.2018.8659386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AAC.2018.8659386","url":null,"abstract":"An experimental research is being conducted at the Yale University Beam Physics Laboratory, aiming to confirm fundamental aspects of an as-yet untested two-beam collinear electron accelerator concept employing a detuned bimodal cavity structure. The features of this novel beam-driven accelerator concept include (i) interleaving of bunches of the low-current accelerated beam with bunches of the high-current drive beam, while both beams move along the same central axis in the structure; (ii) excitation by the drive beam of two modes of each cavity in the structure, with the frequency of the higher mode equal to three times the frequency of the fundamental TM010mode; and (iii) detuning of the cavity modes away from the frequency of the accelerated and drive beam bunches, and their third harmonic. Advantages that are anticipated from this approach include (a) operation at higher acceleration gradient with lower breakdown and pulsed heating rates than for a structure of single-mode cavities at the same acceleration gradient, due to the unconventional spatiotemporal field distributions in the bimodal cavities; (b) realization of a transformer ratio well above two, due to the detuning of the cavity modes; and (c) greater system simplicity and lower cost than for a two-beam accelerator with separate drive and accelerated beam-lines. The recent R&D progress is presented.","PeriodicalId":339772,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124612757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Litos, R. Ariniello, C. Doss, K. Hunt-Stone, J. Cary
{"title":"Experimental Opportunities for the Ion Channel Laser","authors":"M. Litos, R. Ariniello, C. Doss, K. Hunt-Stone, J. Cary","doi":"10.1109/AAC.2018.8659422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AAC.2018.8659422","url":null,"abstract":"The ion channel laser (ICL) was originally proposed as a compact, plasma-based alternative to the free electron laser (FEL) [1]. It is, in many ways, analogous to the FEL, though it offers some distinct advantages all on its own. Most notably, the ICL can accommodate a larger electron energy spread, making it better suited for high-brightness plasma-injected beams. In addition, the same radiator (plasma source) can be used to produce elliptically polarized light without alteration, a feature that is absent in an FEL. Historically, electron beam quality and plasma source development were insufficient for the demonstration of the ICL. In addition, the ICL appeared unfavorable due to the inherently short Rayleigh length of the radiation it produced. Recent literature, however, has shown that high gain can be achieved, despite the short Rayleigh length [2]. In addition, current and near-future facilities are able to provide appropriate beams and plasma sources for the ICL. Experimental opportunities to demonstrate an ICL at the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests II (FACET-II) are presented, utilizing both a 10 GeV beam originating from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory linac, and a 1 GeV high-brightness, plasma-injected beam.","PeriodicalId":339772,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129142782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fabrication of Micron-Scale Diamond Field Emitter Arrays for Dielectric Laser Accelerators","authors":"Dongsung Kim, H. Andrews, B. Choi, E. Simakov","doi":"10.1109/AAC.2018.8659407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AAC.2018.8659407","url":null,"abstract":"We have recently established a capability to fabricate diamond field emitter array (DFEA) cathodes at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The DFEA cathodes are proposed to be utilized as an electron beam source for a compact laser accelerator. DFEAs are produced using a mold-transfer process. With wet etching and dry oxidation, micron pyramidal-shapes are formed on a Si substrate. Next, a layer of diamond is seeded and grown on the substrate. The sample is brazed on the molybdenum (Mo) substrate with TiCuSil, and Si and SiO2 layers are removed by using potassium hydroxide (KOH) and buffered oxide etchant (BOE), respectively. We test fabricated DFEA cathodes on our field emission test stand. In this paper, we describe the detailed process of fabrication and discuss the quality of some fabricated samples.","PeriodicalId":339772,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC)","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123228512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Summary of Working Group 7: Radiation Generation and Advanced Concepts","authors":"Nikolai Yamnolskv, N. Lemos","doi":"10.1109/AAC.2018.8659394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AAC.2018.8659394","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a summary of the presentations and discussions of Working Group 7 (WG7): Radiation and Advanced Concepts. This working group was part of the 2018 Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop held at Breckenridge, Colorado, from August 12 to 17, 2018. There was wide-range of topics covered by this working group raging from electromagnetic radiation generated by beams (both as a diagnostic and as a source) and advanced concepts that fall outside the scope of the other working groups.","PeriodicalId":339772,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115906173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Lumpkin, M. LaBerge, D. Rule, R. Zgadzaj, A. Hannasch, M. Downer, O. Zarini, B. Bowers, A. Irman, J. Couperus, A. Debus, Alexander Kohler, U. Schramm
{"title":"Observations of Coherent Optical Transition Radiation Interference Fringes Generated by Laser Plasma Accelerator Electron Beamlets","authors":"A. Lumpkin, M. LaBerge, D. Rule, R. Zgadzaj, A. Hannasch, M. Downer, O. Zarini, B. Bowers, A. Irman, J. Couperus, A. Debus, Alexander Kohler, U. Schramm","doi":"10.1109/AAC.2018.8659381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AAC.2018.8659381","url":null,"abstract":"We report initial observations of coherent optical transition radiation interferometry (COTRI) patterns generated by microbunched electrons from laser-driven plasma accelerators (LPAs). These are revealed in the angular distribution patterns obtained by a CCD camera with the optics focused at infinity, or the far-field, viewing a Wartski two-foil interferometer. The beam divergences deduced by comparison to results from an analytical model are sub-mrad, and they are smaller than the ensemble vertical beam divergences measured at the downstream screen of the electron spectrometer. The transverse sizes of the beamlet images were obtained with focus at the object, or near field, and were in the few-micron regime as reported by LaBerge et al. [8]. The enhancements in intensity are significant relative to incoherent optical transition radiation (OTR) enabling multiple cameras to view each shot. We present two-foil interferometry effects coherently enhanced in both the 100-TW LPA at 215 MeV energy at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf and the PW LPA at 1.0-GeV energy at the University of Texas-Austin. A transverse emittance estimate is reported for a microbunched beamlet example generated within the plasma bubble.","PeriodicalId":339772,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116252872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Svensson, H. Ekerfelt, O. Lundh, E. Mansten, J. Andersson, M. Kotur, F. Lindau, S. Thorin, T. Charles
{"title":"Beamline Design for Plasma-Wakefield Acceleration Experiments at MAX IV","authors":"J. Svensson, H. Ekerfelt, O. Lundh, E. Mansten, J. Andersson, M. Kotur, F. Lindau, S. Thorin, T. Charles","doi":"10.1109/AAC.2018.8659401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AAC.2018.8659401","url":null,"abstract":"The MAX IV Laboratory is a synchrotron radiation user facility located just outside the city of Lund, Sweden. The facility is made up of two storage rings, at 3 GeV and 1.5 GeV, respectively, and a linear accelerator, serving as a full-energy injector for the rings as well as a driver for the Short-Pulse Facility (SPF) located downstream of the extraction point to the 3 GeV ring. Recently, as part of the Soft X-ray Laser (SXL) project, a design study towards using the linac as a soft X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) driver was started. Part of the study is the design and commissioning of a diagnostics beamline based on a Transverse Deflecting Structure (TDS). Moreover, the PlasMAX collaboration is working towards using the MAX IV linac also for beam-driven plasma-wakefield (PWFA) experiments. Therefore, the design of the diagnostics beamline is being done to also accommodate an interaction chamber and final focusing, located upstream of the TDS. This proceeding details the current status of the beamline design and shows some preliminary single- and double-bunch current measurements.","PeriodicalId":339772,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121841473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of Conservation Behavior in Several Variationally Derived Implementations for Simulating Electromagnetic Plasmas","authors":"A. Stamm, B. Shadwick","doi":"10.1109/AAC.2018.8659406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AAC.2018.8659406","url":null,"abstract":"Variational techniques based on Low's Lagrangian formulation have demonstrated significant improvement in conservation properties as compared to traditional particle-in-cell (PIC) algorithms. Previous work showed that equations derived from a discretized Lagrangian preserve a discretized version of the connection between Lagrangian symmetries and conservation laws, i.e., Noether's theorem. Specifically, a thorough analysis of energy conservation within the new system explained the absence of “grid heating” phenomena. In the present work, variationally derived implementations in a gridded periodic domain were compared to analogous implementations using Fourier bases. Since the Fourier basis allows for exact momentum conservation, this approach enables us to compare the relative merits of exact and approximate momentum conservation. To establish a tangible comparison for numerical methods, we investigate two simple physical examples; (1) the coupling of an electrostatic and electromagnetic plasma wave and (2) an equilibrium supporting Weibel instability.","PeriodicalId":339772,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121074667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics of High Electron Beam Generation and Dose Distribution in Laser Wakefield Accelerator for Cancer Treatment","authors":"K. Kim, Y. Hwangbo, S. Jeon, Jaehoon Kim","doi":"10.1109/AAC.2018.8659415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AAC.2018.8659415","url":null,"abstract":"A laser wakefield accelerator (LWFA) can accelerate electrons using the interaction between high-intensity laser pulses and plasma. We developed and studied a small cancer treatment device using a 16-TW ultra-short high power laser based LWFA system and conducted further research to build a high-efficiency LWFA using a specific plasma density structure. The optimal acceleration condition was confirmed using a two-dimensional (2D) particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation, using the EPOCH 2D code. From the plasma density up-ramp structure, an electron beam energy of 210 MeV was obtained, which is 1.5 times higher than that obtained from the uniform plasma distribution. In addition, an electron beam energy of 70 MeV was obtained by ionization injection from a gas mixture of helium containing 10% nitrogen. A Gafchromic film was used to measure the three-dimensional dose distribution of the beam. The measured dose distributions are similar to those of high-energy electron beams with a narrow pencil-beam distribution. The dose distribution along the depth is similar to that obtained using the GEANT4 code, which considers the energy distribution of the electron beam. As the electron beam energy increases, the penetration depth is expected to increase, which suggests the possibility of developing an effective cancer treatment device.","PeriodicalId":339772,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC)","volume":"33 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125854791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Turner, C. Bracco, S. Gessner, B. Goddard, E. Gschwendtner, P. Muggli, Felipe Pefia Asmus, F. Velotti, L. Verra
{"title":"External Electron Injection for the AWAKE Experiment","authors":"M. Turner, C. Bracco, S. Gessner, B. Goddard, E. Gschwendtner, P. Muggli, Felipe Pefia Asmus, F. Velotti, L. Verra","doi":"10.1109/AAC.2018.8659402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AAC.2018.8659402","url":null,"abstract":"We summarize and explain the realization of witness particle injection into wakefields for the Advanced WAKefield Experiment (AWAKE). In AWAKE, the plasma wakefields are driven by a self-modulating relativistic proton bunch. To demonstrate that these wake-fields can accelerate charged particles, we inject a 10–20 MeV electron bunch produced by a photo-injector. We summarize the experimental challenges of this injection process and present our plans for the near future.","PeriodicalId":339772,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC)","volume":"519 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123119226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}