Author: Zolotorev, M.S.
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MOPB19 Using Laser Harmonics to Increase Bunching Factor in EEHG 45
 
  • G.V. Stupakov
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • M.S. Zolotorev
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported by U.S. DOE Contracts No. DE-AC02-76SF00515 and DE-AC02-05CH11231
Echo-enabled harmonic generation (EEHG) is one of most promising approaches to seeding of soft x-ray FELs. It allows one to obtain beam bunching at high harmonics (of order of 100) of the laser frequency at a level of a few percent. In this paper we demonstrate that using the second and third harmonics of the laser radiation one can substantially increase the beam bunching: for a cold beam one can obtain values approaching 0.4 in the range of harmonic numbers 100~200. Such bunching factors are close to those achieved at saturation in the FEL process, which means that one can eliminate the lasing process and use coherent radiation of the pre-bunched beam in the undulator-radiator as a bright source of x-rays. We also discuss an option of using nonlinear dispersive elements to increase the bunching factor.
 
 
THPB14 APEX Project Phase 0 and I Status and Plans and Activities for Phase II 582
 
  • F. Sannibale, B.J. Bailey, K.M. Baptiste, J.M. Byrd, A.L. Catalano, D. Colomb, C.W. Cork, J.N. Corlett, S. De Santis, L.R. Doolittle, J. Feng, D. Filippetto, G. Huang, S. Kwiatkowski, W.E. Norum, H.A. Padmore, C. F. Papadopoulos, G. Penn, G.J. Portmann, S. Prestemon, J. Qiang, D.G. Quintas, J.W. Staples, M.E. Stuart, T. Vecchione, M. Venturini, M. Vinco, W. Wan, R.P. Wells, M.S. Zolotorev, F.A. Zucca
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
  • M. J. Messerly, M.A. Prantil
    LLNL, Livermore, California, USA
  • C. Pellegrini
    UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • M. Yoon
    POSTECH, Pohang, Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the Director of the Office of Science of the US Department of Energy under Contract no. DEAC02-05CH11231
The APEX project at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is devoted to the development of a high repetition rate (MHz-class) electron injector for X-ray FEL applications. The injector is based on a new concept photo-gun, utilizing a normal conducting 187 MHz RF cavity operating in CW mode in conjunction with high quantum efficiency photocathodes able to deliver the required repetition rates with available laser technology. The APEX activities are staged in two phases. In Phase I, the electron photo-gun is constructed, tested and several different photo-cathodes, such as alkali antimonides, Cs2Te [1], diamond amplifiers [2], and metals, are tested at full repetition rate. In Phase II, a pulsed linac is added for accelerating the beam at several tens of MeV to prove the high brightness performance of the gun when integrated in an injector scheme. Based on funding availability, after Phase II, the program could also include testing of new undulator technologies and FEL studies. The status of Phase I, in its initial experimental phase, is described together with plans and activities for Phase II and beyond.
[1] In collaboration with INFN-LASA, Milano, Italy.
[2] In collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY, USA