3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2021
On the robustness of spin polarization for magnetic vortex accelerated proton bunches in density down-ramps
Lars Reichwein, Anna Hützen, Markus Büscher +1
We investigate the effect of density down-ramps on the acceleration of ions via Magnetic Vortex Acceleration (MVA) in a near-critical density gas target by means of particle-in-cel…
physics.plasm-ph2019
Polarized electron-beam acceleration driven by vortex laser pulses
Yitong Wu, Liangliang Ji, Xuesong Geng +15
We propose a new approach based on an all-optical set-up for generating relativistic polarized electron beams via vortex Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) laser-driven wakefield acceleration.…
physics.plasm-ph2018
Polarized Proton Beams from Laser-induced Plasmas
Anna Hützen, Johannes Thomas, Jürgen Böker +7
We report on the concept of an innovative source to produce polarized proton/deuteron beams of a kinetic energy up to several GeV from a laser-driven plasma accelerator. Spin effec…