Meter-scale conditioned hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized plasma channels

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics (2021) 1

Authors:

Simon M Hooker, Aarón Alejo, Christopher Arran, Alexander von Boetticher, Nicolas Bourgeois, Laura Corner, Linus Feder, George Hine, James A Holloway, Oscar Jakobsson, Harry Jones, Jakob Jonnerby, Howard M Milchberg, Alexander Picksley, Lewis R Reid, Aimee J Ross, Robert J Shalloo, Christopher Thornton, Roman Walczak

EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report (vol 229, pg 3675, 2020)

EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-SPECIAL TOPICS Springer Science and Business Media LLC 229:1 (2021) 4285-4287

Authors:

Rw Assmann, Mk Weikum, T Akhter, D Alesini, As Alexandrova, Mp Anania, Ne Andreev, I Andriyash, M Artioli, A Aschikhin, T Audet, A Bacci, If Barna, S Bartocci, A Bayramian, A Beaton, A Beck, M Bellaveglia, A Beluze, A Bernhard, A Biagioni, S Bielawski, Fg Bisesto, A Bonatto, L Boulton, F Brandi, R Brinkmann, F Briquez, F Brottier, E Bruendermann, M Buescher, B Buonomo, Mh Bussmann, G Bussolino, P Campana, S Cantarella, K Cassou, A Chance, M Chen, E Chiadroni, A Cianchi, F Cioeta, Ja Clarke, Jm Cole, G Costa, M-E Couprie, J Cowley, M Croia, B Cros, Pa Crump

Abstract:

© 2021, EDP Sciences / Società Italiana di Fisica / Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Figure 20.1 was not correct in the published article. The original article has been corrected. The published apologizes for the inconvenience.

EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report (vol 229, pg 3675, 2020)

EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-SPECIAL TOPICS 229:1 (2021) 4285-4287

Authors:

RW Assmann, MK Weikum, T Akhter, D Alesini, AS Alexandrova, MP Anania, NE Andreev, I Andriyash, M Artioli, A Aschikhin, T Audet, A Bacci, IF Barna, S Bartocci, A Bayramian, A Beaton, A Beck, M Bellaveglia, A Beluze, A Bernhard, A Biagioni, S Bielawski, FG Bisesto, A Bonatto, L Boulton, F Brandi, R Brinkmann, F Briquez, F Brottier, E Bruendermann, M Buescher, B Buonomo, MH Bussmann, G Bussolino, P Campana, S Cantarella, K Cassou, A Chance, M Chen, E Chiadroni, A Cianchi, F Cioeta, JA Clarke, JM Cole, G Costa, M-E Couprie, J Cowley, M Croia, B Cros, PA Crump, R D'Arcy, G Dattoli, A Del Dotto, N Delerue, M Del Franco, P Delinikolas, S De Nicola, JM Dias, D Di Giovenale, M Diomede, E Di Pasquale, G Di Pirro, G Di Raddo, U Dorda, AC Erlandson, K Ertel, A Esposito, F Falcoz, A Falone, R Fedele, A Ferran Pousa, M Ferrario, F Filippi, J Fils, G Fiore, R Fiorito, RA Fonseca, G Franzini, M Galimberti, A Gallo, TC Galvin, A Ghaith, A Ghigo, D Giove, A Giribono, LA Gizzi, FJ Gruener, AF Habib, C Haefner, T Heinemann, A Helm, B Hidding, BJ Holzer, SM Hooker, T Hosokai, M Huebner, M Ibison, S Incremona, A Irman, F Iungo, FJ Jafarinia, O Jakobsson, DA Jaroszynski, S Jaster-Merz, C Joshi, M Kaluza, M Kando, OS Karger, S Karsch, E Khazanov, D Khikhlukha, M Kirchen, G Kirwan, C Kitegi, A Knetsch, D Kocon, P Koester, OS Kononenko, G Korn, I Kostyukov, KO Kruchinin, L Labate, C Le Blanc, C Lechner, P Lee, W Leemans, A Lehrach, X Li, Y Li, V Libov, A Lifschitz, CA Lindstrom, V Litvinenko, W Lu, O Lundh, AR Maier, V Malka, GG Manahan, SPD Mangles, A Marcelli, B Marchetti, O Marcouille, A Marocchino, F Marteau, A Martinez de la Ossa, JL Martins, PD Mason, F Massimo, F Mathieu, G Maynard, Z Mazzotta, S Mironov, AY Molodozhentsev, S Morante, A Mosnier, A Mostacci, A-S Mueller, CD Murphy, Z Najmudin, PAP Nghiem, F Nguyen, P Niknejadi, A Nutter, J Osterhoff, D Oumbarek Espinos, J-L Paillard, DN Papadopoulos, B Patrizi, R Pattathil, L Pellegrino, A Petralia, V Petrillo, L Piersanti, MA Pocsai, K Poder, R Pompili, L Pribyl, D Pugacheva, BA Reagan, J Resta-Lopez, R Ricci, S Romeo, M Rossetti Conti, AR Rossi, R Rossmanith, U Rotundo, E Roussel, L Sabbatini, P Santangelo, G Sarri, L Schaper, P Scherkl, U Schramm, CB Schroeder, J Scifo, L Serafini, G Sharma, ZM Sheng, V Shpakov, CW Siders, LO Silva, T Silva, C Simon, C Simon-Boisson, U Sinha, E Sistrunk, A Specka, TM Spinka, A Stecchi, A Stella, F Stellato, MJV Streeter, A Sutherland, EN Svystun, D Symes, C Szwaj, GE Tauscher, D Terzani, G Toci, P Tomassini, R Torres, D Ullmann, C Vaccarezza, M Valleau, M Vannini, A Vannozzi, S Vescovi, JM Vieira, F Villa, C-G Wahlstrom, R Walczak, PA Walker, K Wang, A Welsch, CP Welsch, SM Weng, SM Wiggins, J Wolfenden, G Xia, M Yabashi, H Zhang, Y Zhao, J Zhu, A Zigler

EuPRAXIA conceptual design report

European Physical Journal - Special Topics Springer 229:24 (2020) 3675-4284

Authors:

Rw Assmann, Mk Weikum, T Akhter, D Alesini, As Alexandrova, Mp Anania, Ne Andreev, I Andriyash, M Artioli, A Aschikhin, T Audet, A Bacci, If Barna, S Bartocci, A Bayramian, A Beaton, A Beck, M Bellaveglia, A Beluze, A Bernhard, A Biagioni, S Bielawski, Fg Bisesto, A Bonatto, L Boulton, F Brandi, R Brinkmann, F Briquez, F Brottier, E Brundermann, M Buscher, B Buonomo, Mh Bussmann, G Bussolino, P Campana, S Cantarella, K Cassou, A Chance, M Chen, E Chiadroni, A Cianchi, F Cioeta, Ja Clarke, Jm Cole, G Costa, M-E Couprie, J Cowley, M Croia, B Cros, Pa Crump

Abstract:

This report presents the conceptual design of a new European research infrastructure EuPRAXIA. The concept has been established over the last four years in a unique collaboration of 41 laboratories within a Horizon 2020 design study funded by the European Union. EuPRAXIA is the first European project that develops a dedicated particle accelerator research infrastructure based on novel plasma acceleration concepts and laser technology. It focuses on the development of electron accelerators and underlying technologies, their user communities, and the exploitation of existing accelerator infrastructures in Europe. EuPRAXIA has involved, amongst others, the international laser community and industry to build links and bridges with accelerator science — through realising synergies, identifying disruptive ideas, innovating, and fostering knowledge exchange. The Eu-PRAXIA project aims at the construction of an innovative electron accelerator using laser- and electron-beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration that offers a significant reduction in size and possible savings in cost over current state-of-the-art radiofrequency-based accelerators. The foreseen electron energy range of one to five gigaelectronvolts (GeV) and its performance goals will enable versatile applications in various domains, e.g. as a compact free-electron laser (FEL), compact sources for medical imaging and positron generation, table-top test beams for particle detectors, as well as deeply penetrating X-ray and gamma-ray sources for material testing. EuPRAXIA is designed to be the required stepping stone to possible future plasma-based facilities, such as linear colliders at the high-energy physics (HEP) energy frontier. Consistent with a high-confidence approach, the project includes measures to retire risk by establishing scaled technology demonstrators. This report includes preliminary models for project implementation, cost and schedule that would allow operation of the full Eu-PRAXIA facility within 8—10 years.

Increasing the brightness of harmonic XUV radiation with spatially-tailored driver beams

Journal of Optics IOP Publishing 23:1 (2020) 015502

Authors:

Dj Treacher, Dt Lloyd, K O’Keeffe, F Wiegandt, Simon Hooker

Abstract:

Bright high harmonic sources can be produced by loosely focussing high peak power laser pulses to exploit the quadratic scaling of flux with driver spot size at the expense of a larger experimental footprint. Here, we present a method for increasing the brightness of a harmonic source (while maintaining a compact experimental geometry) by spatially shaping the transverse focal intensity distribution of a driving laser from a Gaussian to supergaussian. Using a phase-only spatial light modulator we increase the size and order of the supergaussian focal profiles, thereby increasing the number of harmonic emitters more efficiently than possible with Gaussian beams. This provides the benefits of a loose focussing geometry, yielding a five-fold increase in harmonic brightness, whilst maintaining a constant experimental footprint. This technique can readily be applied to existing high harmonic systems, opening new opportunities for applications requiring bright, compact sources of coherent short wavelength radiation.