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Results from the Nocibur Experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Accelerator Test Facility

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N.S. Sudar, J.P. Duris, I.I. Gadjev, P. Musumeci
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
M. Babzien, M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, I. Pogorelsky, M.N. Polyanskiy, C. Swinson
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

Conversion efficiencies of electrical to optical power in a Free Electron Laser are typically limited by their Pierce parameter, ρ ~0.1%. Introducing strong undulator tapering can increase this efficiency greatly, with simulations showing possible conversion efficiencies of ~40%. Recent experiments performed with the Rubicon Inverse Free Electron Laser have demonstrated acceleration gradients of ~ 100 MeV/m and high particle trapping efficiency by coupling a pre-bunched electron beam to a high power CO2 laser pulse in a strongly tapered helical undulator. By reversing the undulator period tapering and re-optimizing the field strength along the Rubicon undulator, we obtain an Inverse Free Electron Laser decelerator, which we have aptly renamed Nocibur. This tapering profile is chosen so that the change in beam energy defined by the ponderomotive decelerating gradient matches the change in resonant energy defined by the undulator parameters, allowing the conversion of a large fraction of the electron beam power into coherent narrow-band radiation. We discuss this mechanism as well as results from a recent experiment performed with the Nocibur undulator at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Accelerator Test Facility.

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WEC02

High Gradient IFEL Acceleration and Deceleration in Strongly Tapered Undulators

J.P. Duris, P. Musumeci
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

Efficient coupling of relativistic electron beams with high power radiation lies at the heart of advanced accelerator and light source research and development. Recent inverse free electron laser experiments using strongly tapered undulators have demonstrated high-gradient acceleration of >50% of injected electrons, producing beams of high-quality. By accommodating the evolving radiation field in the design of the undulator tapering, a large fraction of energy may be transferred between the electrons and laser, enabling compact, high-current GeV accelerators and various wavelength light-sources of unprecedented peak powers.

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TUP074	Results from the Nocibur Experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Accelerator Test Facility	540
	N.S. Sudar, J.P. Duris, I.I. Gadjev, P. Musumeci UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA M. Babzien, M.G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, I. Pogorelsky, M.N. Polyanskiy, C. Swinson BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	Conversion efficiencies of electrical to optical power in a Free Electron Laser are typically limited by their Pierce parameter, ρ ~0.1%. Introducing strong undulator tapering can increase this efficiency greatly, with simulations showing possible conversion efficiencies of ~40%. Recent experiments performed with the Rubicon Inverse Free Electron Laser have demonstrated acceleration gradients of ~ 100 MeV/m and high particle trapping efficiency by coupling a pre-bunched electron beam to a high power CO2 laser pulse in a strongly tapered helical undulator. By reversing the undulator period tapering and re-optimizing the field strength along the Rubicon undulator, we obtain an Inverse Free Electron Laser decelerator, which we have aptly renamed Nocibur. This tapering profile is chosen so that the change in beam energy defined by the ponderomotive decelerating gradient matches the change in resonant energy defined by the undulator parameters, allowing the conversion of a large fraction of the electron beam power into coherent narrow-band radiation. We discuss this mechanism as well as results from a recent experiment performed with the Nocibur undulator at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Accelerator Test Facility.
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WEC02	High Gradient IFEL Acceleration and Deceleration in Strongly Tapered Undulators
	J.P. Duris, P. Musumeci UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
	Efficient coupling of relativistic electron beams with high power radiation lies at the heart of advanced accelerator and light source research and development. Recent inverse free electron laser experiments using strongly tapered undulators have demonstrated high-gradient acceleration of >50% of injected electrons, producing beams of high-quality. By accommodating the evolving radiation field in the design of the undulator tapering, a large fraction of energy may be transferred between the electrons and laser, enabling compact, high-current GeV accelerators and various wavelength light-sources of unprecedented peak powers.
	Slides WEC02 [5.405 MB]
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