Coherent radiation sources based on laser driven plasma waves
- Jaroszynski, D.A.
- Ersfeld, B.
- Islam, M.R.
- Brunetti, E.
- Shanks, R.P.
- Grant, P.A.
- Tooley, M.P.
- Grant, D.W.
- Reboredo Gil, D.
- Lepipas, P.
- McKendrick, G.
- Cipiccia, S.
- Wiggins, S.M.
- Welsh, G.H.
- Vieux, G.
- Chen, S.
- Aniculaesei, C.
- Manahan, G.G.
- Anania, M-P
- Noble, A.
- Yoffe, S.R.
- Raj, G.
- Subiel, A.
- Yang, X.
- Sheng, Z.M.
- Hidding, B.
- Issac, R.C.
- Cho, M-H.
- Hur, M.S.
Publication date
August 2015
DOI Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Abstract
Here we explore ways of converting laser radiation into coherent electromagnetic radiation using laser-driven plasma waves. Several schemes are presented, including colliding laser pulses in magnetized plasma and utilizing ultra-short electron bunches from laser wakefield accelerators to produce intense single-cycle pulses through coherent transition radiation and few-cycle coherent synchrotron radiation in undulators and plasma channels. These sources rely on high current electron bunches with femtosecond durations, which can result in radiation over a broad range of frequencies from 1 to 10^5 THz
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