飞秒激光Betatron辐射源的现状与发展趋势分析

Current situation and development trend analysis of femtosecond laser Betatron radiation source

  • 摘要: 在过去的几十年里,超短超强激光在等离子体中激发尾场加速电子束取得了长足的发展,基于该方式获得的高能电子束可以应用于辐射源的产生,其产生的高亮度强辐射源受到了广泛的关注。介绍了超短超强激光脉冲与低密度等离子体相互作用产生Betatron辐射的基本原理和研究现状;结合X-ray应用需求分析了Betatron辐射的发展趋势,发现迫切需要发展基于紧凑型激光装置的尾场电子加速新方案,以突破Beam-loading效应对电量的限制,产生大电量电子束,进而获得高流强的Betatron辐射源;介绍了北京大学颜学庆教授领导的联合团队利用数百TW飞秒激光产生10 nC级大电量高能电子束和单发光子数目为 1.0\times 10^12 的Betatron辐射源的新方案。

     

    Abstract: In the past decades, great progress has been made in laser wakefield acceleration of electron beam inspired by ultra-short intense lasers in plasma. The high-energy electron beam obtained by this method can be applied to the generation of the high-brightness and intense radiation sources, which have attracted extensive attention. In this paper, the basic principle and research status of Betatron radiation generated by laser wakefield acceleration are briefly introduced. The development trend of Betatron radiation is analyzed in combination with the X-ray application requirements. It is found that there is an urgent need to develop a new scheme of laser wakefield electron acceleration based on compact laser device to break through the limit of beam-loading effect on electron charge. By this means, one can generate large charge electron beam and high flux Betatron radiation source. Finally, a new scheme is briefly introduced to generate 10 nC high-energy electron beam and the photon number of Betatron radiation source reach 1.0\times 10^12 /shot using hundreds of TW femtosecond laser by a joint team led by Professor Yan Xueqing at Peking Univesity.

     

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