Laser-wakefield acceleration and brilliant radiation sources -- A brief virtual tour of our work the Helmholtz-Center Dresden-Rossendorf

Laser-wakefield acceleration and brilliant radiation sources -- A brief virtual tour of our work the Helmholtz-Center Dresden-Rossendorf

Debus, A.; Irman, A.; Couperus, J. P.; Jochmann, A.; Zarini, O.; Köhler, A.; Bussmann, M.; Kluge, T.; Pausch, R.; Steiniger, K.; Hübl, A.; Zeil, K.; Metzkes, J.; Krafft, S.; Richter, C.; Siebold, M.; Bock, S.; Helbig, U.; Röser, F.; Loeser, M.; Schramm, U.; Cowan, T.; Sauerbrey, R.

We show a broad overview on our experimental facilities at the HZDR (ELBE, Draco, Penelope) with the experimental and theoretical activities with respect to RF and laser-accelerated electrons and derived secondary radiation sources. On the experimental part we feature the Thomson source PHOENIX at ELBE and our spectrometer diagnostics for measuring electron bunch durations at sub-fs resolution at single shots. On the theoretical part we feature synthetic diagnostics in radiative particle-in-cell simulations for linking experimental observations and theory and our project of an optical free-electron laser based on traveling-wave Thomson scattering. (This is a summary, as there was no official abstract.)

Keywords: PHOENIX; OFEL; TWTS; Traveling-wave Thomson scattering; electron bunch duration measurements; radiative PIC; synthetic diagnostics; Laser wakefield accelerator; LWFA

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