IPAC2012 - List of Authors (Kusche, K.)

Paper	Title	Page
MOPPP012	Experimental Observation of Energy Modulation in Electron Beams Passing through Terahertz Dielectric Wakefield Structures	595
	S.P. Antipov, C.-J. Jing, A. Kanareykin, P. Schoessow Euclid TechLabs, LLC, Solon, Ohio, USA M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, V. Yakimenko BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA W. Gai, A. Zholents ANL, Argonne, USA B.C. Jiang SINAP, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
	Funding: DOE SBIR. We report observation of a strong wakefield induced energy modulation in an energy-chirped electron bunch passing through a terahertz dielectric-lined waveguide. This modulation can be effectively converted into a spatial modulation by means of a chicane, forming micro-bunches (density modulation) with a periodicity of 0.5 - 1 picosecond, hence capable of driving coherent THz radiation. The experimental results agree well with theoretical predictions.

MOPPP013	Passive Momentum Spread Compensation by a “Wakefield Silencer”	598
	S.P. Antipov, C.-J. Jing, A. Kanareykin, P. Schoessow Euclid TechLabs, LLC, Solon, Ohio, USA M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, V. Yakimenko BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA W. Gai, A. Zholents ANL, Argonne, USA
	Funding: DOE SBIR. We report an observation of de-chirping of a linearly chirped (in energy) electron bunch by its passage through a 5 cm long dielectric loaded waveguide structure. The experiment was conducted at the ATF facility at BNL according to a concept dubbed a wakefield silencer originally developed at the ANL AATF, which involves defining the electron bunch peak current distribution and selecting the optimal waveguide structure suitable for chirp cancellation using self-induced wakefields of the electron bunch. Our experiment has been carried out with a 247 micron triangular beam with a 200 keV energy spread, which was reduced by a factor of three to approximately 70 keV by passing it through a 0.95 THz dielectric-lined structure. Theoretical analysis supports the experimental results. Further exploration and applications of this technique will be discussed as well. M. Rosing, J. Simpson, Argonne Wakefield Accelerator Note, WF -144 (1990).

WEPPP008	Vacuum Laser Acceleration Experiment Perspective at Brookhaven National Lab-Accelerator Test Facility	2735
	X.P. Ding, D.B. Cline, L.S. Shao UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, I. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA Y.K. Ho, Q. Kong Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China J.J. Xu Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
	Funding: Supported by the DOE under award number DE-FG02-92ER40695 (UCLA) This paper presents the pre-experiment plan and prediction of the first stage of Vacuum Laser Acceleration (VLA) collaborating by UCLA, Fudan University and ATF-BNL. This first stage experiment is a Proof-of-Principle to support our previously posted novel VLA theory. Simulations show that based on ATF’s current experimental conditions, the electron beam with initial energy of 15MeV can get net energy gain from intense CO2 laser beam. The difference of electron beam energy spread is observable by ATF beam line diagnostics system. Further this energy spread expansion effect increases along with the laser intensity increasing. The proposal has been approved by ATF committee and experiment will be the next project.

WEPPP037	Experimental Study of Self Modulation Instability of ATF Electron Beam	2807
	Y. Fang USC, Los Angeles, California, USA M. Babzien, M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, R. Malone, V. Yakimenko BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA W.B. Mori UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA P. Muggli MPI, Muenchen, Germany L.O. Silva, J. Vieira Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
	Funding: US. Department of Energy. We demonstrate experimentally for the first time the self-modulation of a relativistic electron bunch in a plasma. This demonstration serves as a proof-of-principle test for the mechanisms of transverse self-modulation of particle bunches in plasmas. It indicates the possibility of using long electron or proton bunches as drivers for plasma based accelerators. The long (~5ps) bunch available at BNL-ATF is used in this experiment and in the particle-in-cell OSIRIS. We use the 2D version for cylindrically symmetric geometries. The energy of the beam particles is measured after the plasma exit in the experiment. The obvious energy gain and loss by electrons indicates the excitation of longitudinal wakefields, and hence of transverse focusing fields. Both simulations and experiments show that the electron beamlets are formed at the scale of the plasma wavelength, and the number of beamlets changes as the plasma density is varied. We also measured the variation in beam transverse size downstream from the plasma as well as the variations in coherent transition radiation energy to demonstrate the effect of transverse self–modulation.

WEPPP042	Experimental Demonstration of Wakefield Effects in a 250 GHz Planar Diamond Accelerating Structure	2816
	S.P. Antipov, J.E. Butler, C.-J. Jing, A. Kanareykin, P. Schoessow, S.S. Zuo Euclid TechLabs, LLC, Solon, Ohio, USA M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, V. Yakimenko BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA W. Gai ANL, Argonne, USA
	Funding: DOE SBIR We have directly measured the mm-wave wake fields induced by subpicosecond, intense relativistic electron bunches in a diamond loaded accelerating structure via the dielectric wake-field acceleration mechanism. Fields produced by a first, drive, beam were used to accelerate a second, witness, electron bunch which followed the driving bunch at an adjustable distance. The energy gain of the witness bunch as a function of its separation from the drive bunch is a direct measurement of the wake potential. We also present wakefield mapping results for THz quartz structures. In this case decelerating wake inside the bunch is inferred from the drive beam energy modulation.

WEPPP051	Excitation of Plasma Wakefields with Designer Bunch Trains	2828
	P. Muggli MPI, Muenchen, Germany B.A. Allen, Y. Fang USC, Los Angeles, California, USA M. Babzien, M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, R. Malone, C. Swinson, V. Yakimenko BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	Funding: Work supported by US Department of Energy. Plasma can sustain multi-GV/m longitudinal electric fields that can be used for particle acceleration. In the plasma wakefield accelerator, or PWFA, the wakefields are driven by a single or a train of electron bunches with length comparable to the plasma wavelength. A train of bunches resonantly driving the wakefields can lead to energy gain by trailing particles many times the energy of the incoming drive train particles (large transformer ratio). In proof-of-principle experiments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Accelerator Test Facility, we demonstrate by varying the plasma density over four orders of magnitude, and therefore the accelerator frequency over two orders of magnitude (~100GHz to a few THz), that trains with ~ps period resonantly drive wakefields in ~10¹⁶/cc density plasmas. We also demonstrate energy gain by a trailing witness electron bunch that follows the drive train with a variable delay. Detailed experimental results will be presented.

WEPPR089	Experimental Progress: Current Filamentation Instability Study	3141
	B.A. Allen, P. Muggli USC, Los Angeles, California, USA M. Babzien, M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, V. Yakimenko BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA C. Huang LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA J.L. Martins, L.O. Silva IPFN, Lisbon, Portugal W.B. Mori UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
	Funding: Work supported by: National Science Foundation and US Department of Energy. Current Filamentation Instability, CFI, is of central importance for the propagation of relativistic electron beams in plasmas. CFI has potential relevance to astrophysics, magnetic field and radiation generation in the afterglow of gamma ray bursts, and inertial confinement fusion, energy transport in the fast-igniter concept. An experimental study of this instability is underway at the Accelerator Test Facility, ATF, at Brookhaven National Laboratory with the 60MeV electron beam and centimeter length capillary discharge plasma. The experimental program includes the systematic study and characterization of the instability as a function of beam (charge, transverse and longitudinal profile) and plasma (plasma density) parameters. Specifically, the transverse beam profile is measured directly at the plasma exit using optical transition radiation from a thin gold-coated silicon window. Experimental results show the reduction of the beam transverse size and the appearance of multiple (1-4) filaments and are a function of the plasma density. We will present simulation and experimental results, provide discussion of these results and outline next steps in the experiment.

Paper

Title

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Experimental Observation of Energy Modulation in Electron Beams Passing through Terahertz Dielectric Wakefield Structures

595

S.P. Antipov, C.-J. Jing, A. Kanareykin, P. Schoessow
Euclid TechLabs, LLC, Solon, Ohio, USA
M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, V. Yakimenko
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
W. Gai, A. Zholents
ANL, Argonne, USA
B.C. Jiang
SINAP, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Funding: DOE SBIR.
We report observation of a strong wakefield induced energy modulation in an energy-chirped electron bunch passing through a terahertz dielectric-lined waveguide. This modulation can be effectively converted into a spatial modulation by means of a chicane, forming micro-bunches (density modulation) with a periodicity of 0.5 - 1 picosecond, hence capable of driving coherent THz radiation. The experimental results agree well with theoretical predictions.

MOPPP013

Passive Momentum Spread Compensation by a “Wakefield Silencer”

598

S.P. Antipov, C.-J. Jing, A. Kanareykin, P. Schoessow
Euclid TechLabs, LLC, Solon, Ohio, USA
M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, V. Yakimenko
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
W. Gai, A. Zholents
ANL, Argonne, USA

Funding: DOE SBIR.
We report an observation of de-chirping of a linearly chirped (in energy) electron bunch by its passage through a 5 cm long dielectric loaded waveguide structure. The experiment was conducted at the ATF facility at BNL according to a concept dubbed a wakefield silencer originally developed at the ANL AATF*, which involves defining the electron bunch peak current distribution and selecting the optimal waveguide structure suitable for chirp cancellation using self-induced wakefields of the electron bunch. Our experiment has been carried out with a 247 micron triangular beam with a 200 keV energy spread, which was reduced by a factor of three to approximately 70 keV by passing it through a 0.95 THz dielectric-lined structure. Theoretical analysis supports the experimental results. Further exploration and applications of this technique will be discussed as well.
* M. Rosing, J. Simpson, Argonne Wakefield Accelerator Note, WF -144 (1990).

WEPPP008

Vacuum Laser Acceleration Experiment Perspective at Brookhaven National Lab-Accelerator Test Facility

2735

X.P. Ding, D.B. Cline, L.S. Shao
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, I. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
Y.K. Ho, Q. Kong
Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
J.J. Xu
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Funding: Supported by the DOE under award number DE-FG02-92ER40695 (UCLA)
This paper presents the pre-experiment plan and prediction of the first stage of Vacuum Laser Acceleration (VLA) collaborating by UCLA, Fudan University and ATF-BNL. This first stage experiment is a Proof-of-Principle to support our previously posted novel VLA theory. Simulations show that based on ATF’s current experimental conditions, the electron beam with initial energy of 15MeV can get net energy gain from intense CO2 laser beam. The difference of electron beam energy spread is observable by ATF beam line diagnostics system. Further this energy spread expansion effect increases along with the laser intensity increasing. The proposal has been approved by ATF committee and experiment will be the next project.

WEPPP037

Experimental Study of Self Modulation Instability of ATF Electron Beam

2807

Y. Fang
USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
M. Babzien, M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, R. Malone, V. Yakimenko
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
W.B. Mori
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
P. Muggli
MPI, Muenchen, Germany
L.O. Silva, J. Vieira
Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

Funding: US. Department of Energy.
We demonstrate experimentally for the first time the self-modulation of a relativistic electron bunch in a plasma. This demonstration serves as a proof-of-principle test for the mechanisms of transverse self-modulation of particle bunches in plasmas. It indicates the possibility of using long electron or proton bunches as drivers for plasma based accelerators. The long (~5ps) bunch available at BNL-ATF is used in this experiment and in the particle-in-cell OSIRIS. We use the 2D version for cylindrically symmetric geometries. The energy of the beam particles is measured after the plasma exit in the experiment. The obvious energy gain and loss by electrons indicates the excitation of longitudinal wakefields, and hence of transverse focusing fields. Both simulations and experiments show that the electron beamlets are formed at the scale of the plasma wavelength, and the number of beamlets changes as the plasma density is varied. We also measured the variation in beam transverse size downstream from the plasma as well as the variations in coherent transition radiation energy to demonstrate the effect of transverse self–modulation.

WEPPP042

Experimental Demonstration of Wakefield Effects in a 250 GHz Planar Diamond Accelerating Structure

2816

S.P. Antipov, J.E. Butler, C.-J. Jing, A. Kanareykin, P. Schoessow, S.S. Zuo
Euclid TechLabs, LLC, Solon, Ohio, USA
M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, V. Yakimenko
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
W. Gai
ANL, Argonne, USA

Funding: DOE SBIR
We have directly measured the mm-wave wake fields induced by subpicosecond, intense relativistic electron bunches in a diamond loaded accelerating structure via the dielectric wake-field acceleration mechanism. Fields produced by a first, drive, beam were used to accelerate a second, witness, electron bunch which followed the driving bunch at an adjustable distance. The energy gain of the witness bunch as a function of its separation from the drive bunch is a direct measurement of the wake potential. We also present wakefield mapping results for THz quartz structures. In this case decelerating wake inside the bunch is inferred from the drive beam energy modulation.

WEPPP051

Excitation of Plasma Wakefields with Designer Bunch Trains

2828

P. Muggli
MPI, Muenchen, Germany
B.A. Allen, Y. Fang
USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
M. Babzien, M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, R. Malone, C. Swinson, V. Yakimenko
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

Funding: Work supported by US Department of Energy.
Plasma can sustain multi-GV/m longitudinal electric fields that can be used for particle acceleration. In the plasma wakefield accelerator, or PWFA, the wakefields are driven by a single or a train of electron bunches with length comparable to the plasma wavelength. A train of bunches resonantly driving the wakefields can lead to energy gain by trailing particles many times the energy of the incoming drive train particles (large transformer ratio). In proof-of-principle experiments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Accelerator Test Facility, we demonstrate by varying the plasma density over four orders of magnitude, and therefore the accelerator frequency over two orders of magnitude (~100GHz to a few THz), that trains with ~ps period resonantly drive wakefields in ~10¹⁶/cc density plasmas. We also demonstrate energy gain by a trailing witness electron bunch that follows the drive train with a variable delay. Detailed experimental results will be presented.

WEPPR089

Experimental Progress: Current Filamentation Instability Study

3141

B.A. Allen, P. Muggli
USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
M. Babzien, M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, V. Yakimenko
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
C. Huang
LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
J.L. Martins, L.O. Silva
IPFN, Lisbon, Portugal
W.B. Mori
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

Funding: Work supported by: National Science Foundation and US Department of Energy.
Current Filamentation Instability, CFI, is of central importance for the propagation of relativistic electron beams in plasmas. CFI has potential relevance to astrophysics, magnetic field and radiation generation in the afterglow of gamma ray bursts, and inertial confinement fusion, energy transport in the fast-igniter concept. An experimental study of this instability is underway at the Accelerator Test Facility, ATF, at Brookhaven National Laboratory with the 60MeV electron beam and centimeter length capillary discharge plasma. The experimental program includes the systematic study and characterization of the instability as a function of beam (charge, transverse and longitudinal profile) and plasma (plasma density) parameters. Specifically, the transverse beam profile is measured directly at the plasma exit using optical transition radiation from a thin gold-coated silicon window. Experimental results show the reduction of the beam transverse size and the appearance of multiple (1-4) filaments and are a function of the plasma density. We will present simulation and experimental results, provide discussion of these results and outline next steps in the experiment.