Characterisation techniques for temporally structured pulses in high-repetition-rate laser-plasma wakefield accelerators

Multi-pulse laser-plasma wakefield accelerators (MP-LWFA) provide an alternative way towards compact and multi-kilohertz operation of GeV-scale laser-electron accelerators for advanced light sources and future particle accelerators. However, an appropriate pulse characterisation technique has not be...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Wang, W
مؤلفون آخرون: Hooker, S
التنسيق: أطروحة
اللغة:English
منشور في: 2024
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Wang, W
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description Multi-pulse laser-plasma wakefield accelerators (MP-LWFA) provide an alternative way towards compact and multi-kilohertz operation of GeV-scale laser-electron accelerators for advanced light sources and future particle accelerators. However, an appropriate pulse characterisation technique has not been developed for examining and optimising temporal structures of multi-pulse trains in MP-LWFA. The aim of this research is to understand whether the spectral and temporal structures of ps-long pulse trains with fine structures on the fs-scale can be characterised with a frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) technique. A FROG device with a single-shot beam geometry was developed to measure various pulse train structures generated by the temporal interference of two chirped pulses. It was experimentally demonstrated that the single-shot FROG device, using the extended ptychographic iterative engine phase retrieval algorithm, could retrieve pulse trains with 11 pulses, a time-bandwidth-product of (16 ± 1), average pulse spacing of (232 ± 7) fs, and local pulse spacing increment of (27 ± 7) fs. The results indicate that the single-shot FROG technique could characterise pulse trains with various temporal structures. Therefore, this framework, accompanied by cross-referenced spectral interferometry, can be employed for the complete pulse characterisation of pulse trains in a novel electron acceleration scheme known as plasma-modulated plasma accelerators.
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spelling oxford-uuid:a2e4d4c7-e639-4ee5-90bd-9622a8b190d52024-08-19T11:26:17ZCharacterisation techniques for temporally structured pulses in high-repetition-rate laser-plasma wakefield acceleratorsThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:a2e4d4c7-e639-4ee5-90bd-9622a8b190d5Laser-plasma interactionsUltrafast opticsPicosecond pulsesLasers in plasma researchPulse MeasurementEnglishHyrax Deposit2024Wang, WHooker, SWalczak, RMulti-pulse laser-plasma wakefield accelerators (MP-LWFA) provide an alternative way towards compact and multi-kilohertz operation of GeV-scale laser-electron accelerators for advanced light sources and future particle accelerators. However, an appropriate pulse characterisation technique has not been developed for examining and optimising temporal structures of multi-pulse trains in MP-LWFA. The aim of this research is to understand whether the spectral and temporal structures of ps-long pulse trains with fine structures on the fs-scale can be characterised with a frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) technique. A FROG device with a single-shot beam geometry was developed to measure various pulse train structures generated by the temporal interference of two chirped pulses. It was experimentally demonstrated that the single-shot FROG device, using the extended ptychographic iterative engine phase retrieval algorithm, could retrieve pulse trains with 11 pulses, a time-bandwidth-product of (16 ± 1), average pulse spacing of (232 ± 7) fs, and local pulse spacing increment of (27 ± 7) fs. The results indicate that the single-shot FROG technique could characterise pulse trains with various temporal structures. Therefore, this framework, accompanied by cross-referenced spectral interferometry, can be employed for the complete pulse characterisation of pulse trains in a novel electron acceleration scheme known as plasma-modulated plasma accelerators.
spellingShingle Laser-plasma interactions
Ultrafast optics
Picosecond pulses
Lasers in plasma research
Pulse Measurement
Wang, W
Characterisation techniques for temporally structured pulses in high-repetition-rate laser-plasma wakefield accelerators
title Characterisation techniques for temporally structured pulses in high-repetition-rate laser-plasma wakefield accelerators
title_full Characterisation techniques for temporally structured pulses in high-repetition-rate laser-plasma wakefield accelerators
title_fullStr Characterisation techniques for temporally structured pulses in high-repetition-rate laser-plasma wakefield accelerators
title_full_unstemmed Characterisation techniques for temporally structured pulses in high-repetition-rate laser-plasma wakefield accelerators
title_short Characterisation techniques for temporally structured pulses in high-repetition-rate laser-plasma wakefield accelerators
title_sort characterisation techniques for temporally structured pulses in high repetition rate laser plasma wakefield accelerators
topic Laser-plasma interactions
Ultrafast optics
Picosecond pulses
Lasers in plasma research
Pulse Measurement
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