Author: Betts, M.
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WEPPD053 The LLNL/UCLA High Gradient Inverse Free Electron Laser Accelerator 2639
 
  • J.T. Moody, P. Musumeci
    UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • G.G. Anderson, S.G. Anderson, M. Betts, S.E. Fisher, D.J. Gibson, A.M. Tremaine, S.S.Q. Wu
    LLNL, Livermore, California, USA
 
  Funding: This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.
We describe the Inverse Free Electron Accelerator currently under construction at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Upon completion of this accelerator, high brightness electrons generated in the photoinjector blowout regime and accelerated to 50 MeV by S-band accelerating sections will interact with > 4 TW peak power Ti:Sapphire laser in a highly tapered 50 cm undulator and experience an acceleration gradient of >200 MeV/m. We present the final design of the accelerator as well as the results of start to end simulations investigating preservation of beam quality and tolerances involved with this accelerator.