Colliding Pulse Injection of Polarized Electron Bunches in a Laser-Plasma Accelerator

Bohlen, Simon; Gong, Zheng; Tamburini, Matteo; Quin, Michael J.; Põder, Kristjan

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PUBDB-2023-01801

Colliding Pulse Injection of Polarized Electron Bunches in a Laser-Plasma Accelerator

Bohlen, S.DESY* ; Gong, Z. ; Quin, M. J. ; Tamburini, M. ; Põder, K. (Corresponding author)DESY*

2023

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Report No.: arXiv:2304.02922

Abstract: Highly polarized, multi-kiloampere-current electron bunches from compact laser-plasma accelerators are desired for numerous applications. Current proposals to produce these beams suffer from intrinsic limitations to the reproducibility, charge, beam shape and final polarization degree. In this Letter, we propose colliding pulse injection as a technique for the generation of highly polarized electron bunches from pre-polarized plasma sources. Using particle-in-cell simulations, we show that colliding pulse injection enables trapping and precise control over electron spin evolution, resulting in the generation of high-current (multi-kA) electron bunches with high degrees of polarization (up to 95 % for > 2 kA). Bayesian optimization is employed to optimize the multidimensional parameter space associated with colliding pulse injection to obtain percent-level energy spread, sub-micron normalized emittance electron bunches with 90 % polarization using 100-TW class laser systems.

Keyword(s): electron, spin ; injection ; polarization ; accelerator ; capture ; laser ; beam profile ; higher-dimensional ; optimization ; Bayesian ; plasma