Contents xiii
8.5.3
High-gain FELs
156
8.6 FEL designs and properties
157
8.6.1
FEL beam emittance requirements
157
8.6.2
FEL and laser comparison
158
8.6.3
FEL radiation properties
158
8.6.4
Typical FEL design and accelerator challenges
159
8.7 Beyond the fourth-generation light sources
160
9
Proton and Ion Laser Plasma Acceleration
165
9.1 Bragg peak
166
9.2 DNA response to radiation
169
9.3 Conventional proton therapy facilities
171
9.3.1
Beam generation and handling at proton facilities
172
9.3.2
Beam injectors in proton facilities
173
9.4 Plasma acceleration of protons and ions — motivation
176
9.5 Regimes of proton laser plasma acceleration
176
9.5.1
Sheath acceleration regime
177
9.5.2
Hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration regime
179
9.5.3
Light-sail radiation pressure acceleration regime
180
9.5.4
Emerging mechanisms of acceleration
181
9.6 Glimpse into the future
182
10
Advanced Beam Manipulation, Cooling, Damping and Stability
185
10.1 Short and narrow-band
185
10.1.1 Bunch compression
185
10.1.2 CSR — coherent synchrotron radiation
188
10.1.3 CSR effects on the beam longitudinal phase space
189
10.1.4 Short laser pulse and Q-switching techniques
192
10.1.5 Q-switching methods
193
10.1.6 Regenerative amplifiers
194
10.1.7 Mode locking
195
10.1.8 Self-seeded FEL
196
10.2 Laser–beam interaction
196
10.2.1 Beam laser heating
197
10.2.2 Beam laser slicing
198
10.2.3 Beam laser harmonic generation
199
10.3 Stability of beams
200
10.3.1 Stability of relativistic beams
200
10.3.2 Beam–beam effects
200
10.3.3 Beam break-up and BNS damping
203
10.3.4 Landau damping
205
10.3.5 Stability and spectral approach
207
10.4 Beam or pulse addition
209
10.4.1 Optical cavities
210
10.4.2 Accumulation of charged particle bunches
211
10.4.3 Coherent addition of laser pulses
212
10.4.4 Resonant plasma excitation
213
10.5 Cooling and phase transfer
214
10.5.1 Beam cooling methods
214
8.5.3
High-gain FELs
156
8.6 FEL designs and properties
157
8.6.1
FEL beam emittance requirements
157
8.6.2
FEL and laser comparison
158
8.6.3
FEL radiation properties
158
8.6.4
Typical FEL design and accelerator challenges
159
8.7 Beyond the fourth-generation light sources
160
9
Proton and Ion Laser Plasma Acceleration
165
9.1 Bragg peak
166
9.2 DNA response to radiation
169
9.3 Conventional proton therapy facilities
171
9.3.1
Beam generation and handling at proton facilities
172
9.3.2
Beam injectors in proton facilities
173
9.4 Plasma acceleration of protons and ions — motivation
176
9.5 Regimes of proton laser plasma acceleration
176
9.5.1
Sheath acceleration regime
177
9.5.2
Hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration regime
179
9.5.3
Light-sail radiation pressure acceleration regime
180
9.5.4
Emerging mechanisms of acceleration
181
9.6 Glimpse into the future
182
10
Advanced Beam Manipulation, Cooling, Damping and Stability
185
10.1 Short and narrow-band
185
10.1.1 Bunch compression
185
10.1.2 CSR — coherent synchrotron radiation
188
10.1.3 CSR effects on the beam longitudinal phase space
189
10.1.4 Short laser pulse and Q-switching techniques
192
10.1.5 Q-switching methods
193
10.1.6 Regenerative amplifiers
194
10.1.7 Mode locking
195
10.1.8 Self-seeded FEL
196
10.2 Laser–beam interaction
196
10.2.1 Beam laser heating
197
10.2.2 Beam laser slicing
198
10.2.3 Beam laser harmonic generation
199
10.3 Stability of beams
200
10.3.1 Stability of relativistic beams
200
10.3.2 Beam–beam effects
200
10.3.3 Beam break-up and BNS damping
203
10.3.4 Landau damping
205
10.3.5 Stability and spectral approach
207
10.4 Beam or pulse addition
209
10.4.1 Optical cavities
210
10.4.2 Accumulation of charged particle bunches
211
10.4.3 Coherent addition of laser pulses
212
10.4.4 Resonant plasma excitation
213
10.5 Cooling and phase transfer
214
10.5.1 Beam cooling methods
214