Using particle-in-cell simulations, we show that colliding pulse injection enables accurate control of the spin-polarisation during the trapping of electrons, enabling high-current electron bunches with high degrees of polarisation to be generated. In addition, first multipactor simulations are being carried out, using several coatings to reduce SEY. We consider a relativistic witness electron bunch propagating in an ionized gas background of opposite charge, a simplified configuration similar to the one produced in a capillary discharge where a plasma oscillation has been excited by a driving pulse. Consequently, the community is increasingly leveraging data-driven techniques to augment both understanding and control of laser-based accelerators. Finding an optimal objective definition then requires operators to iterate over many possible objective weights and definitions, a process that can take many times longer than the optimization itself.
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