Overview of the CLEAR plasma lens experiment

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment (2018)

Authors:

CA Lindstrøm, KN Sjobak, E Adli, JH Röckemann, L Schaper, J Osterhoff, AE Dyson, SM Hooker, W Farabolini, D Gamba, R Corsini

Abstract:

© 2018 The Author(s). Discharge capillary-based active plasma lenses are a promising new technology for strongly focusing charged particle beams, especially when combined with novel high gradient acceleration methods. Still, many questions remain concerning such lenses, including their transverse field uniformity, limitations due to plasma wakefields and whether they can be combined in multi-lens lattices in a way to cancel chromaticity. These questions will be addressed in a new plasma lens experiment at the CLEAR User Facility at CERN. All the subsystems have been constructed, tested and integrated into the CLEAR beam line, and are ready for experiments starting late 2017.

Overview of the CLEAR plasma lens experiment

(2018)

Authors:

CA Lindstrøm, KN Sjobak, E Adli, J-H Röckemann, L Schaper, J Osterhoff, AE Dyson, SM Hooker, W Farabolini, D Gamba, R Corsini

Hydrodynamic, Optically-Field-Ionized (HOFI) Plasma Channels

(2018)

Authors:

Robert Shalloo, Christopher Arran, Laura Corner, James Holloway, Jakob Jonnerby, Roman Walczak, Howard Milchberg, Simon Hooker

Quasi-phase-matched high harmonic generation in gas-filled photonic crystal fibers

2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2017 - Proceedings 2017-January (2017) 1-2

Authors:

PN Anderson, F Wiegandt, F Yu, DJ Treacher, DT Lloyd, PJ Mosley, SM Hooker, IA Walmsley

Abstract:

© 2017 IEEE. We investigate HHG in gas-filled PCFs with microjoule driving lasers. QPM is implemented for the first time, enhancing the flux at 30 eV by a factor of 60.

Excitation and Control of Plasma Wakefields by Multiple Laser Pulses

(2017)

Authors:

James Cowley, Christopher Thornton, Christopher Arran, Robert J Shalloo, Laura Corner, Gavin Cheung, Christopher D Gregory, Stuart PD Mangles, Nicholas H Matlis, Daniel R Symes, Roman Walczak, Simon M Hooker