• J.C. McNeur, R. Dusad, Z.B. Hoyer, J.B. Rosenzweig, G. Travish, N. Vartanian, J. Xu, J. Zhou
  UCLA, Los Angeles
• E.R. Arab
  PBPL, Los Angeles
• R.B. Yoder
  Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York

This paper extends the physics of the Micro-Accelerator Platform (MAP), which is in development as an optical structure for laser acceleration of relativistic electrons. The MAP is a resonant, optical-scale, slab-symmetric device that is fabricated from dielectric materials using layer-deposition techniques. For stand-alone applications, low-energy electrons (beta ~ 0.3) must be synchronously accelerated to relativistic speeds for injection into the MAP. Even lower energies are desired for other particle species (e.g. protons or muons). In this paper, we present design and simulation studies on a tapered geometry and associated coupling scheme that can produce synchronous acceleration at beta < 1 within a MAP-like structure.