Search results for "Physics::Accelerator Physics"
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A dynamic collimation and alignment system for the Helmholtz linear accelerator
2021
Review of scientific instruments 92(11), 113306 - 113306-9 (2021). doi:10.1063/5.0069824
White-light implementation of the Wigner-distribution function with an achromatic processor.
2010
A temporally incoherent optical processor that combines diffractive and refractive components is proposed for performing two different operations simultaneously: an achromatic image along an axis and an achromatic one-dimensional Fourier transformation along the orthogonal axis. These properties are properly employed to achieve the achromatic white-light display of the Wigner-distribution function associated with a one-dimensional real signal, with high redundancy and variable scale.
The optical system of the A4 laser Compton polarimeter
2007
Compton backscattering polarimeters for experiments at sub-mA accelerator facilities use optical cavities to increase the laser light intensity. Therefore, parasitic properties of the optical elements have an increased influence on the polarization state of the light and need to be analyzed carefully. This contribution shows examples of such difficulties and the possible solutions, found during the setup of the A4 Compton backscattering polarimeter at the MAMI accelerator facility of the university of Mainz.
Self-trapping of speckled light beams
2008
A speckle beam of light breaks up into small fragments as it propagates in a standard self-focusing nonlinear material. Now, by exploiting the non-local thermal response of a material, it is possible to trap a speckle beam in a self-induced waveguide.
All-diffractive achromatic Fourier-transform setup
2009
An achromatic Fourier transformation under broadband converging spherical-wave illumination is optically achieved by use of only two on-axis blazed zone plates. The novel optical configuration provides the achromatic Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of an arbitrary input signal with adjustable magnification. Further analysis of the system permits us to obtain a simple analytical expression to evaluate both the longitudinal and the transversal residual chromatic aberration, resulting in a compact achromatic Fourier transformer with low chromatic errors, even for a wide spectral content of the point source.
Collision-induced polarization scattering of dispersion managed solitons
2005
Using a multiscale expansion of coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations we study the role of map strength and channel spacing for two colliding solitons. We numerically study then the depolarization caused by collisions of dispersion-managed vector solitons.
Analytical formulation of the axial behavior of apodized general Bessel beams
1999
We present an analytical formula for the evaluation of the axial-irradiance distribution of general Bessel beams apodized by a radially-nonsymmetric window. Our approach is based on the similarity between the axial behavior of such beams and the propagation properties of a properly modified version of the window transmittance. To illustrate our formalism, we analyze the axial behavior of some complex beams.
X-wave bullets with negative group velocity in vacuum.
2006
Propagation-invariant, X waves with negative group velocity are reported. Beam aperturing allows for a comprehensive analysis concerning the causality of the optical signal and forerunner formation.
Radiation pressure-assisted acceleration of ions using multi-component foils in high-intensity laser–matter interactions
2013
Experimental results on the acceleration of protons and carbon ions from ultra-thin polymer foils at intensities of up to 6x10(19)Wcm(-2) are presented revealing quasi-monoenergetic spectral characteristics for different ion species at the same time. For carbon ions and protons, a linear correlation between the cutoff energy and the peak energy is observed when the laser intensity is increased. Particle-in-cell simulations supporting the experimental results imply an ion acceleration mechanism driven by the radiation pressure as predicted for multi-component foils at these intensities.
Laser instabilities in a Gaussian cavity mode with Gaussian pump profile
1998
We analytically demonstrate that both single-mode and multimode instabilities may occur in a Gaussian-cavity-mode laser model with Gaussian pump profile. As a necessary condition, the ratio of the beam waist to the pump waist must exceed a given limiting value, which depends on the population decay rate. For an infinitely concentrated pump the plane-wave model instability thresholds are recovered, and there exists an optimum value of the waists ratio for which the second laser threshold is minimum.