17–22 May 2026
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Simulation of plasma dechirper and lens for laser wakefield acceleration

SUP3011
17 May 2026, 14:00
4h
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Student Poster Presentation MC3.A22: Advanced techniques/Novel sources: Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Student poster session

Speaker

Lodewyk Steyn (Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas)

Description

The quality of electron beams produced by Laser Wakefield Acceleration (LWFA), is controlled through laser parameters and plasma density distribution during the injection and acceleration phases, and in some cases, a specific device providing beam selection or shaping to achieve the electron beam quality needed the envisaged application.

A major challenge in the generation of LWFA electron sources is reducing energy and transverse momentum spread to enhance spectral brightness, requiring advanced techniques to optimize beam quality.

We design plasma density profiles to control electron injection and acceleration, specifically to improve the electron beam phase space characteristics in a compact way. This works presents our numerical study using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Particle-In-Cell (PIC) simulations. These simulation results are in good agreement with experimental results obtained at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf.

Funding Agency

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 871124 Laserlab-Europe, an was granted access to the HPC resources

Footnotes

arXiv:2604.26486 https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.26486

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Author

Lodewyk Steyn (Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas)

Co-authors

Abhishek Panchal (Laboratoire Interactions, Dynamiques et Lasers) Arie Irman (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) Brigitte CROS (Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas) Charles Ballage (Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas) Francesco Massimo (Université Paris-Saclay) Franziska Herrmann (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) Ioaquin Moulanier (Université Paris-Saclay) M Samir (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) Maxwel Laberge (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) Mohamad Masckala (Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas) Oleksandra Khomyshyn (Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas) Ovidiu Vasilovici (Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas) Patrick Ufer (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) Prof. Pierre Desesquelles (Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas) Sandrine Dobosz Dufrénoy (Laboratoire Interactions, Dynamiques et Lasers) Ulrich Schramm (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) Yen-Yu Chang (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) susanne schoebel, (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

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