FEL2014 - List of Authors (Kato, R.)

Paper	Title	Page
TUP073	High Power Operation of the THz FEL at ISIR, Osaka University	528
	K. Kawase, M. Fujimoto, S. Funakoshi, K. Furukawa, A. Irizawa, G. Isoyama, R. Kato, K. Kubo, K. Miyazaki, S. Suemine, A. Tokuchi, R. Tsutsumi, M. Yaguchi ISIR, Osaka, Japan
	The THz FEL at Osaka University is based on the L-band linac that provides a multi-bunch electron beam with an 8 us duration in the energy range from 12.5 to 20 MeV. Although the RF frequency of the linac is 1.3 GHz, the bunch intervals are expanded to 9.2 ns for the FEL using a sub-harmonic buncher system that operates at 10⁸ MHz, to enhance the bunch charge to 1 nC/bunch. The FEL covers the wavelength range from 30 to 150 um, and maximum energies of the macropulse and the micropulse are 3.7 mJ and 11 uJ, respectively, at ~70 um measured at an experimental station. To enhance the FEL power further, the electron beam current cannot be increased simply because the beam loading in the acceleration tube is too high. To solve this problem, we have developed a 27 MHz grid pulser for the thermionic electron gun that makes the bunch intervals 4 times longer and increases charge of the bunch 4 times higher whereas the beam loading is the same as that in the 108 MHz mode. In this new operation mode, where a single FEL pulse lases in the cavity, we have succeeded in obtaining the micropulse energy exceeding 100 uJ at a wavelength of 68 um.

THP058	Solid-State Switch for a Klystron Modulator for Stable Operation of a THz- FEL	868
	G. Isoyama, M. Fujimoto, S. Funakoshi, K. Furukawa, A. Irizawa, R. Kato, K. Kawase, K. Miyazaki, A. Tokuchi, R. Tsutsumi, M. Yaguchi ISIR, Osaka, Japan F. Kamitsukasa Osaka University, Graduate School of Science, Osaka, Japan
	We have been conducting studies on upgrade of the THz-FEL and its applications, using the L-band electron linac at ISIR, Osaka University. The stability of the FEL is crucial for these studies and the operation of the FEL depends on characteristics of the electron beam, especially on stability of the electron energy, which is strongly affected by the RF power and its phase provided to the linac. We uses a klystron modulator with the a highly stable charging system to the PFN with a fractional variation of 8×10^-5 (peak-to-peak), but the klystron voltage varies by one order of magnitude larger due probably to the thyratron used as a high voltage and high current switch in the klystron modulator. In order to make the stability of the FEL higher, we have developed a solid-state switch using static induction thyristors. The performance of the switch is as follows; the maximum holding voltage is 25 kV, the maximum current is 6 kA for the pulse duration of 10 us, the switching time is 270 ns, and the maximum repetition frequency is 10 Hz. The intensity fluctuation of the FEL macropulse is reduced to a few percents using the solid state switch.

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High Power Operation of the THz FEL at ISIR, Osaka University

528

K. Kawase, M. Fujimoto, S. Funakoshi, K. Furukawa, A. Irizawa, G. Isoyama, R. Kato, K. Kubo, K. Miyazaki, S. Suemine, A. Tokuchi, R. Tsutsumi, M. Yaguchi
ISIR, Osaka, Japan

The THz FEL at Osaka University is based on the L-band linac that provides a multi-bunch electron beam with an 8 us duration in the energy range from 12.5 to 20 MeV. Although the RF frequency of the linac is 1.3 GHz, the bunch intervals are expanded to 9.2 ns for the FEL using a sub-harmonic buncher system that operates at 10⁸ MHz, to enhance the bunch charge to 1 nC/bunch. The FEL covers the wavelength range from 30 to 150 um, and maximum energies of the macropulse and the micropulse are 3.7 mJ and 11 uJ, respectively, at ~70 um measured at an experimental station. To enhance the FEL power further, the electron beam current cannot be increased simply because the beam loading in the acceleration tube is too high. To solve this problem, we have developed a 27 MHz grid pulser for the thermionic electron gun that makes the bunch intervals 4 times longer and increases charge of the bunch 4 times higher whereas the beam loading is the same as that in the 108 MHz mode. In this new operation mode, where a single FEL pulse lases in the cavity, we have succeeded in obtaining the micropulse energy exceeding 100 uJ at a wavelength of 68 um.

THP058

Solid-State Switch for a Klystron Modulator for Stable Operation of a THz- FEL

868

G. Isoyama, M. Fujimoto, S. Funakoshi, K. Furukawa, A. Irizawa, R. Kato, K. Kawase, K. Miyazaki, A. Tokuchi, R. Tsutsumi, M. Yaguchi
ISIR, Osaka, Japan
F. Kamitsukasa
Osaka University, Graduate School of Science, Osaka, Japan

We have been conducting studies on upgrade of the THz-FEL and its applications, using the L-band electron linac at ISIR, Osaka University. The stability of the FEL is crucial for these studies and the operation of the FEL depends on characteristics of the electron beam, especially on stability of the electron energy, which is strongly affected by the RF power and its phase provided to the linac. We uses a klystron modulator with the a highly stable charging system to the PFN with a fractional variation of 8×10^-5 (peak-to-peak), but the klystron voltage varies by one order of magnitude larger due probably to the thyratron used as a high voltage and high current switch in the klystron modulator. In order to make the stability of the FEL higher, we have developed a solid-state switch using static induction thyristors. The performance of the switch is as follows; the maximum holding voltage is 25 kV, the maximum current is 6 kA for the pulse duration of 10 us, the switching time is 270 ns, and the maximum repetition frequency is 10 Hz. The intensity fluctuation of the FEL macropulse is reduced to a few percents using the solid state switch.