| Title |
A Bunch Compression Method for Free Electron Lasers that Avoids Parasitic Compressions |
| Authors |
- S.V. Benson, D. Douglas, C. Tennant, F.G. Wilson
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
- D.C. Nguyen
LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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| Abstract |
Virtually all existing high energy (>few MeV) linac-driven FELs compress the electron bunch length though the use of off-crest acceleration on the rising side of the RF waveform followed by transport through a magnetic chicane. This approach has at least three flaws: 1) it is difficult to correct aberrations- particularly RF curvature, 2) rising side acceleration exacerbates space charge-induced distortion of the longitudinal phase space, and 3) all achromatic "negative compaction" compressors create parasitic compression during the final compression process, increasing the CSR-induced emittance growth. One can avoid these deficiencies by using acceleration on the falling side of the RF waveform and a compressor with M56>0. This approach offers multiple advantages: 1) It is readily achieved in beam lines supporting simple schemes for aberration compensation, 2) Longitudinal space charge (LSC)-induced phase space distortion tends, on the falling side of the RF waveform, to enhance the chirp, and 3) Compressors with M56>0 can be configured to avoid spurious over-compression. We will discuss this bunch compression scheme in detail and give results of a successful beam test in April 2012 using the JLab UV Demo FEL
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| Funding |
This work was supported by U.S. DOE Contract No. DE-AC05-84-ER40150, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, DOE Basic Energy Sciences. |
| Paper |
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| Conference |
IPAC2015, Richmond, VA, USA |
| Series |
International Particle Accelerator Conference (6th) |
| Proceedings |
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| Session |
Tuesday Posters (Madison) |
| Date |
05-May-15 16:00–18:00 |
| Main Classification |
2: Photon Sources and Electron Accelerators |
| Sub Classification |
A06 - Free Electron Lasers |
| Keywords |
electron, dipole, laser, FEL, acceleration |
| Publisher |
JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Stuart Henderson (ANL, Argonne, IL, USA); Evelyn Akers (Jlab, Newport News, VA, USA); Todd Satogata (JLab, Newport News, VA, USA); Volker R.W. Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-168-7 |
| Published |
June 2015 |
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