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Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik. Bubble Acceleration with few-cycle pulses. Michael Geissler, Jörg Schreiber , Florian Grüner and Jürgen Meyer-ter-Vehn. Outline. 3D-PIC Simulations of: few cycle pulses: Scaling Density Profile Closer look on “bubble-electrons”
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Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik Bubble Acceleration with few-cycle pulses Michael Geissler, Jörg Schreiber, Florian Grüner and Jürgen Meyer-ter-Vehn
Outline 3D-PIC Simulations of: • few cycle pulses: • Scaling • Density Profile • Closer look on “bubble-electrons” • Experiments (Rutherford, Jena, MPQ…)
Numerical Tool 3D-PIC Code for Ideal Laser Matter Interaction: ILLUMINATION x – Laser Polarization z – Propagation direction y Laser Pulse
5fs, w0=5µm, p=8µm a=3 a=5 a=10 a=30
5fs, a=5 with Gas denstity profile: Focus position N0 z 200µm 200µm
RAL: 40fs, a=0.767, 390mJ Ne [10201/cm³] Intensity [1019 W/cm²] z [µm] z [µm] Ez [1012V/m] z [µm]
80fs, a=3 Ne [10201/cm³] I [1019W/cm²]
Conclusions Few-cycle pulses are most efficent for bubble acceleration (longer pulses become few-cycle during propagation) • Acceleration is limited due: • Rb=w0*a0.25 ~Eacc • Short lifetime of the bubble (~200-400µm) • Precise control of gas density and length is necessary • Multistages: Use a small amount (20-100mJ) in the first stage, but what afterwards? Wakefield? second bubble? How to inject the electron?