| Title |
Electron-bunch Shaping for Coherent Compton Scattering |
| Authors |
- J.E. Thorne, P. Piot, I. Viti
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
- P. Piot
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
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| Abstract |
Producing high-quality x rays could have important applications to high-precision medical imaging and national security. Inverse Compton scattering involving the head-on collision of a relativistic electron bunch with a high-power laser offers a viable path toward the realization of a compact x-ray source. A method consisting in reflecting a short-pulse laser onto a “relativistic mirror” (a moving thin sheet of electrons) has been proposed and recently demonstrated as a way to enhance the back-scattered photon flux by operating in the coherent regime. In this contribution we present particle-in-cell numerical simulations of the inverse Compton scattering process and especially investigate the impact of the laser-pulse and electron-beam distributions that could substantially improve the x-ray production via coherent emission.
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| Conference |
IPAC2014, Dresden, Germany |
| Series |
International Particle Accelerator Conference (5th) |
| Proceedings |
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| Session |
Poster Session, Ronaldo Area |
| Date |
19-Jun-14 16:00–18:00 |
| Main Classification |
02 Synchrotron Light Sources and FELs |
| Sub Classification |
A06 Free Electron Lasers |
| Keywords |
electron, laser, radiation, simulation, scattering |
| Publisher |
JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Christine Petit-Jean-Genaz (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Gianluigi Arduini (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Peter Michel (HZDR, Dresden, Germany); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-132-8 |
| Published |
July 2014 |
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