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IEEE SCV-Photonics Monthly Technical Meeting on March 2

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PT)

Santa Clara, CA

IEEE SCV-Photonics Monthly Technical Meeting on March 2

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6:00pm: Networking/light dinner
7:00pm: Presentation
8:00pm: Adjourn

Location: Applied Materials Bowers Cafeteria, 3090 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95054 - Please note this new venue is for this event only.

 

Title

Laser plasma accelerators: 1 GeV in 3 cm and beyond

Speaker

Dr. Wim Leemans, Accelerator and Fusion Research Division, LBNL

Abstract

Accelerators are essential tools of discovery and have many practical uses. At the forefront of accelerator technology are the machines that deliver beams for particle physics, for synchrotron and free electron based radiation sources. The technology that drives these accelerators is extremely sophisticated but is limited by the maximum sustainable accelerating field. This impacts the size and cost of the device. More than two decades ago, lasers were proposed as power source for driving novel accelerators based on plasmas as the accelerating medium. An overview will be presented of laser accelerator research at LBNL, including the 2004 demonstration of high quality electron beams [1] and the 2006 demonstration of GeV class beams from a 3 cm long accelerating structure [2]. We then discuss the key challenges for broad applicability of this technology to advanced light sources and high energy physics.

Biography

Dr. Wim Leemans obtained an electrical engineering/applied physics degree from the "Vrije Universiteit Brussel", Belgium in '85, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in '91 from UCLA. He received the '92 American Physical Society (APS) Simon Ramo award for outstanding doctoral thesis research work in plasma physics. In 1991 he joined LBNL and is currently a senior scientist and Head of the LOASIS Program and Director of the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA ) Project. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Physics at the University of Nevada, Reno. He works on laser based advanced accelerator concepts and novel radiation sources. He is a Fellow of the APS, Senior Member of IEEE, and received the 2005 USPAS Prize for Achievement in Accelerator Physics and Technology.

He is also the recipient of the Department of Energy's prestigious E. O. Lawrence Award for 2009, cited for his breakthrough work with laser plasma accelerators.

When & Where


Applied Materials Bowers Cafeteria
3090 Bowers Ave
Santa Clara, CA 95054

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PT)


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IEEE Santa Clara Valley Photonics Society

The Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the IEEE Photonics Society, previously known as IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS), is interested in lasers, optical devices, optical fibers, and associated lightwave technology and their research, development, design, manufacture, and applications in systems and subsystems. The Society is also concerned with the various scientific and technological activities which contribute to the useful expansion of the field.

 

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