2021/06/14 by S. A. Antipov, A. Ferran Pousa, Antipov, S. A. +23 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #physics.acc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2106.07367
arxiv created 2021/07/12 · arxiv updated 2021/07/13
The present state of progress in laser wakefield acceleration encourages considering it as a practical alternative to conventional particle accelerators. A promising application would be to use a laser-plasma accelerator as an injector for a synchrotron light source. Yet, the energy spread and jitter of the laser-plasma beam pose a significant difficulty for an efficient injection. In this paper we propose a design of a prototype injector to deliver 500 MeV low-intensity electron bunches to the DESY-II electron synchrotron. The design utilizes presently available conventional accelerator technology, such as a chicane and an X-band radio frequency cavity, to reduce the energy spread and jitter of the electron beam down to a sub-per-mille level.