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| Title | Tunable High-power Terahertz Free-Electron Laser Amplifier | |||||
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| Abstract | In the THz spectrum, radiation sources are relatively scarce. Although recent advancement on optical technologies has enabled THz radiation generation covering a broad spectral range, free-electron laser (FEL) continues to be the most importance source for generating high-power THz radiation. Here we present an ongoing collaboration between Peking University (PKU) and National Tsinghua University (NTHU) to demonstrate high peak and average powers from a THz free-electron laser amplifier driven by a superconducting accelerator system at PKU. The superconducting accelerator comprises the DC-SRF photoinjector and a linac utilizing two 1.3 GHz Tesla-type cavities. It is expected to deliver high repetition rate electron beam with the energy of 10-25 MeV and rms bunch length of about 3 ps. The driver laser of the photoinjector is a mode-locked frequency-quadrupled Nd:YVO4 laser at 266 nm. We use the remaining gun driver laser power at 1064 nm to pump a THz parametric amplifier (TPA) which designed at NTHU and generate the THz seed radiation for the FEL amplifier. The signal laser of the TPA is tunable over 2 THz, permitting generation of radiation between 0.5 and 2.5 THz to seed the FEL amplifier. With our design parameters and computer simulation in GENESIS, we expect to generate narrow-band, wavelength-tunable THz radiation with sub-MW peak power and Watt-level average power. | |||||
| Paper | download TUB05.PDF [0.612 MB / 3 pages] | |||||
| Slides | download TUB05_TALK.PDF [2.349 MB] | |||||
| Conference | FEL2015, Daejeon, Republic of Korea | |||||
| Series | International Free Electron Laser Conference (37th) | |||||
| Proceedings | Link to full FEL2015 Proccedings | |||||
| Session | Seeded FELs | |||||
| Date | 25-Aug-15 10:30–12:00 | |||||
| Main Classification | Seeded FELs | |||||
| Keywords | FEL, laser, electron, radiation, simulation | |||||
| Publisher | JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland | |||||
| Editors | Heung-Sik Kang (PAL, Pohang, Republic of Korea); Dong Eon Kim (PAL, Pohang, Republic of Korea); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany); | |||||
| ISBN | 978-3-95450-134-2 | |||||
| Published | December 2015 | |||||
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