Considerations for a TeV collider based on dielectric laser accelerators. (1st May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: England, R.J.; Niedermayer, U.; Schächter, L.; Hughes, T.; Musumeci, P.; Li, R.K.; Kimura, W.D.
• Is Part Of: Journal of instrumentation. Volume 17:Number 5(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-05-01
• Subjects: Accelerator Applications -- Accelerator Subsystems and Technologies -- Accelerator modelling and simulations (multi-particle dynamics, single-particle dynamics); Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Periodicals; 502.84
• DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/P05012
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1748-0221

Abstract

Abstract: Particle acceleration in dielectric microstructures powered by infrared lasers, or "dielectric laser acceleration" (DLA), is a promising area of advanced accelerator research with the potential to enable more affordable and higher-gradient accelerators for energy frontier science and a variety of other applications. DLA leverages well-established industrial fabrication capabilities and the commercial availability of tabletop lasers to reduce cost, with axial accelerating fields in the GV/m range. Desirable luminosities would be obtained by operating with very low charge per bunch but at extremely high repetition rates. And as a consequence of its unique operating parameter regime, coupling of the laser to the accelerator can potentially be in the 50% range and with low beamstrahlung energy loss due at the interaction point, making DLA a promising approach for a future multi-TeV linear collider.