A final focus system for injection into a laser plasma accelerator at the ARES linac
arXiv:2102.08878 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.091602
Abstract
ARES (Accelerator Research Experiment at SINBAD) is a linear accelerator at the SINBAD (Short INnovative Bunches and Accelerators at DESY) facility at DESY. ARES was designed to combine reproducible beams from conventional RF-based accelerator technology with novel but still experimental acceleration techniques. It aims to produce high brightness ultra-short electron bunches in the range of sub fs to few fs, at a beam energy of 100-150 MeV, suitable for injection into novel acceleration experiments like Dielectric Laser Acceleration (DLA) and Laser driven Plasma Acceleration (LPA). This paper reports the conceptual design and simulations of a final focus system for injecting into a LPA experiment at ARES, including permanent magnetic quadrupoles (PMQ), sufficient longitudinal space for collinear laser and electron transport, space for required diagnostics and a LPA setup. Space-charge effects play a significant role and are included. Simulation results on the focusing of the ARES electron bunches into and their transport through the laser-driven plasma are presented. The effects of several errors have been simulated and are reported.
arXiv comment10 pages, 7 figures
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