Author: Cultrera, L.
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WEOB3
Seeding Experiments at SPARC  
 
  • M. Labat, F. Briquez, M.-E. Couprie
    SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • D. Alesini, M. Bellaveglia, M. Castellano, E. Chiadroni, G. Di Pirro, A. Drago, M. Ferrario, L. Ficcadenti, A. Gallo, G. Gatti, A. Ghigo, E. Pace, B. Spataro, C. Vaccarezza
    INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma), Italy
  • A. Bacci, V. Petrillo, A.R. Rossi, L. Serafini
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milano, Italy
  • M. Bougeard, B. Carré, D. Garzella
    CEA/DSM/DRECAM/SPAM, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • A. Cianchi
    Università di Roma II Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
  • F. Ciocci, G. Dattoli, M. Del Franco, L. Giannessi, A. Petralia, M. Quattromini, C. Ronsivalle, E. Sabia, I.P. Spassovsky, V. Surrenti
    ENEA C.R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma), Italy
  • L. Cultrera
    CLASSE, Ithaca, New York, USA
  • D. Filippetto
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
  • F. Frassetto, L. P. Poletto
    LUXOR, Padova, Italy
  • G. Lambert
    LOA, Palaiseau, France
  • G. Marcus, J.B. Rosenzweig
    UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • M. Migliorati, A. Mostacci, L. Palumbo
    Rome University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
  • J.V. Rau
    ISM-CNR, Rome, Italy
  • M. Serluca
    INFN-Roma, Roma, Italy
  • C. Vicario
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
 
  The SPARC FEL amplifier has been configured as a single stage HGHG FEL with a modulator and a radiator operating at the second harmonic. The HGHG cascade has been seeded with harmonics generated in a gas cell where a Ti:Sa laser pulse of 120 fs of duration is converted into higher harmonics. The cascaded FEL configuration obtained by tuning the undulator gaps has been studied by varying the number of modulators and radiators to optimize the conversion efficiency. The process of harmonic generation in a free electron laser operating in superradiant regime has been also analysed. Harmonic generation is expected to be efficient because of the quasi steady-state distribution of the e-beam phase space predicted in this regime. Harmonics up to the 11th have been experimentally observed.  
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WEOCI2
Ultrashort Single Spike Pulse Generation at the SPARC Test Facility  
 
  • D. Filippetto
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
  • A. Bacci, M. Bellaveglia, M. Castellano, E. Chiadroni, L. Cultrera, G. Di Pirro, M. Ferrario, L. Ficcadenti, A. Gallo, G. Gatti, E. Pace, B. Spataro, C. Vaccarezza, C. Vicario
    INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma), Italy
  • A. Cianchi
    Università di Roma II Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
  • F. Ciocci, G. Dattoli, M. Del Franco, L. Giannessi, A. Petralia, M. Quattromini, C. Ronsivalle, E. Sabia, I.P. Spassovsky, V. Surrenti
    ENEA C.R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma), Italy
  • F. Frassetto, L. P. Poletto
    LUXOR, Padova, Italy
  • M. Moreno, M. Serluca
    INFN-Roma, Roma, Italy
  • A. Mostacci
    Rome University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
  • V. Petrillo, A.R. Rossi
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milano, Italy
  • J.V. Rau, V. Rossi Albertini
    ISM-CNR, Rome, Italy
 
  We report the first experimental implementation of a method based on simultaneous use of an energy chirp in the electron beam and a tapered undulator, for the generation of ultrashort pulses in a Self Amplified Spontaneous Emission mode Free Electron Laser (SASE FEL). The experiment, performed at the SPARC FEL test facility, demonstrates the possibility of compensating the nominally detrimental effect of the chirp by a proper taper of the undulator gaps. Longitudinal phase space rotation via velocity bunching is used to generate the energy chirp, which also increases the peak current and the FEL performances. An increase of more than one order of magnitude in the pulse energy is observed in comparison to the untapered case, accompanied by FEL spectra where the typical SASE spiking is suppressed.  
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