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  • Plasma Physics
  • Particle Acceleration
  • Laser-driven acceleration

Background:

  • Laser-plasma accelerators (LPAs) are promising for compact particle sources.
  • Achieving high-quality electron beams (low energy spread, high charge) is critical for LPA applications.
  • Controlled beam loading is essential for flattening accelerating fields and improving beam quality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To optimize electron bunch generation in LPAs using localized ionization injection.
  • To achieve optimal beam loading conditions for enhanced accelerating field dynamics.
  • To reproducibly generate high-quality electron bunches with low energy spread and high charge.

Main Methods:

  • Localized ionization injection technique for electron bunch generation.
  • Optimization of injected current profile and acceleration dynamics.
  • Analysis of shot-to-shot variations and phase space dynamics.
  • Development of a neural network for predicting beam quality.

Main Results:

  • Reproducible production of electron bunches with 1.2% rms energy spread.
  • Achieved electron bunches with 282 MeV energy and 44 pC charge.
  • Estimated energy-transfer efficiency of approximately 19%.
  • Demonstrated correlation between drive laser parameters and beam quality.

Conclusions:

  • Optimized localized ionization injection enables superior beam loading in LPAs.
  • The developed method reproducibly generates high-quality electron beams.
  • Neural network prediction offers a pathway for real-time control and optimization of LPAs.