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| MOPP035 | Electron Beam Diagnostics Concept for the LWFA Driven FEL at ELI-Beamlines | electron, diagnostics, FEL, cavity | 184 |
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| Uniquely short high energy electron bunches produced by compact Laser Wakefield Accelerators (LWFA) are attractive for the development of new generation Free Electron Lasers (FEL). Although the beam quality of LWFA is still significantly lower than provided by conventional accelerators, with persistent progress seen in the area of laser plasma acceleration, they have a great potential to be considered the new generation drivers for FELs and even colliders. A new LWFA based FEL project called "LUIS" is currently being commissioned at ELI-beamlines in Czech Republic. LUIS aims to demonstrate a stable generation of X-ray photons with a wavelengths of 6 nm and lower, suitable for user applications. Electron beam diagnostics are absolutely crucial for achieving LUIS’s aims. Low charge, poor beam stability and other beam properties inherent for a LWFA require rethinking and adaptation of the conventional diagnostic tools and, in some cases, development of new ones. In this paper we provide an overview of the electron beam instrumentation in LUIS with a focus on the current challenges and some discussion of the foreseen future developments. | |||
| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2019-MOPP035 | ||
| About • | paper received ※ 04 September 2019 paper accepted ※ 07 September 2019 issue date ※ 10 November 2019 | ||
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| WEPP018 | THz Generation by Optical Rectification for a Novel Shot to Shot Synchronization System Between Electron Bunches and Femtosecond Laser Pulses in a Plasma Wakefield Accelerator | laser, electron, wakefield, optics | 555 |
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Funding: The work of S. Mattiello is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the Project ¿ MAKE-PWA. We investigate the influence of the optical properties and of the theoretical description of the THz generation on the conversion efficiency of the generation of short THz pulses. The application is a feedback-system for SINBAD with a time resolution of less than 1 fs for the synchronization of the electron bunch and of the plasma wake field in a laser driven plasma particle accelerator*. Here stable THz pulses are generated by optical rectification of a fraction of the plasma generating high energy laser pulses in a nonlinear lithium niobate crystal. Then the generated THz pulses will energy modulate the electron bunches shot to shot before the plasma to achieve the required time resolution. In this contribution we compare different approximations for the modeling of the generation dynamics using second order or first order equations as well as considering pump depletion effects. Additionally, the dependence of the efficiency of the THz generation on the choice of the dielectric function has been investigated. *The feedback system will be tested at the Accelerator R&D facility SINBAD (Short Innovative Bunches and Accelerators at DESY). |
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| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2019-WEPP018 | ||
| About • | paper received ※ 04 September 2019 paper accepted ※ 09 September 2019 issue date ※ 10 November 2019 | ||
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