Speaker
Dr
Ming Zeng
(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)
Description
Focusing petawatt-level laser beams to a variety of spot sizes for different applications is expensive in cost, labor and space. In this talk, we present a plasma lens, similar to an adjustable eyepiece in a telescope, to flexibly resize the laser beam by utilizing the laser self-focusing effect. Using a fixed conventional focusing system to focus the laser a short distance in front of the plasma, one can adjust the effective laser beam waist within a certain range, as if a variety of focusing systems were used. Such a setup is a powerful tool for laser wakefield accelerator experiments in state-of-art petawatt laser projects and allows for scanning focal spot parameters.
| Working group | Laser-driven electron acceleration |
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Primary author
Dr
Ming Zeng
(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)
Co-authors
Dr
Alberto Martinez de la Ossa
(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)
Dr
Kristjan Poder
(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)
Dr
Jens Osterhoff
(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)
