Author: Emma, P.
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MOPPP040 Resistive Wall Heating of the Undulator in High Repetition Rate FELs 652
 
  • J. Qiang, J.N. Corlett, P. Emma
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
  • J. Wu
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
In next generation high repetition rate FELs, beam energy loss due to resistive wall wakefields will produce significant amount of heat. The heat load for a superconducting undulator (operating at low temperature), must be removed and will be expensive to remove. In this paper, we study this effect in an undulator proposed for a Next Generation Light Source (NGLS) at LBNL. We benchmark our calculations with measurements at the LCLS and carry out detailed parameter studies using beam from a start-to-end simulation. Our preliminary results suggest that the heat load in the undulator is about 2 W/m with an aperture size of 6 mm for nominal NGLS design parameters.
 
 
TUPPP038 Electron Beam Collimation for the Next Generation Light Source 1695
 
  • C. Steier, P. Emma, H. Nishimura, C. F. Papadopoulos, F. Sannibale
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
The Next Generation Light Source will deliver high (MHz) repetition rate electron beams to an array of free electron lasers. Because of the significant average current in such a facility, effective beam collimation is extremely important to minimize radiation damage to undulators, prevent quenches of superconducting cavities, limit dose rates outside of the accelerator tunnel and prevent equipment damage. This paper describes the conceptual design of the collimator system, as well as the results of simulations to test its effectiveness.
 
 
TUPPP070 Next Generation Light Source R&D and Design Studies at LBNL 1762
 
  • J.N. Corlett, B. Austin, K.M. Baptiste, D.L. Bowring, J.M. Byrd, S. De Santis, P. Denes, R.J. Donahue, L.R. Doolittle, P. Emma, D. Filippetto, G. Huang, T. Koettig, S. Kwiatkowski, D. Li, T.P. Lou, H. Nishimura, H.A. Padmore, C. F. Papadopoulos, G.C. Pappas, G. Penn, M. Placidi, S. Prestemon, D. Prosnitz, J. Qiang, A. Ratti, M.W. Reinsch, D. Robin, F. Sannibale, D. Schlueter, R.W. Schoenlein, J.W. Staples, C. Steier, C. Sun, T. Vecchione, M. Venturini, W. Wan, R.P. Wells, R.B. Wilcox, J.S. Wurtele
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the Director, Office of Science, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
LBNL is developing design concepts for a multi-beamline soft x-ray FEL array powered by a superconducting linear accelerator, operating with a high bunch repetition rate of approximately one MHz. The cw superconducting linear accelerator is supplied by an injector based on a high-brightness, high-repetition-rate photocathode electron gun. Electron bunches are distributed from the linac to the array of independently configurable FEL beamlines with nominal bunch rates up to 100 kHz in each FEL, and with even pulse spacing. Individual FELs may be configured for different modes of operation, and each may produce high peak and average brightness x-rays with a flexible pulse format, and with pulse durations ranging from sub-femtoseconds to hundreds of femtoseconds. In this paper we describe conceptual design studies and optimizations. We describe recent developments in the design and performance parameters, and progress in R&D activities.
 
 
TUPPP071 Design Concepts of a Beam Spreader for a Next Generation Free Electron Laser 1765
 
  • M. Placidi, P. Emma, J.-Y. Jung, G.C. Pappas, D. Robin, C. Sun, W. Wan
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  LBNL is developing design concepts for a multi-beamline soft x-ray FEL array powered by a superconducting linear accelerator, operating with a high bunch repetition rate of approximately one MHz. Electron bunches are distributed from the linac to the array (up to 10) independently configurable FEL beamlines with nominal bunch rates up to 100 kHz in each FEL, and with even pulse spacing. This distribution to the different FELs is made by the beam spreader for which the design has to relative compact while not significantly perturbing the quality of the electron beam and subsequent performance of the FELs. We report on our conceptual design for the spreader. The spreader lattice has two distinct parts, namely the beam take-off section and the FEL fan-out distributions section. Each section is achromatic and isochronous. The effect of coherent synchrotron radiation and micro-bunching has been studied when passing through the spreader and simulations show no significant deterioration in the beam quality.  
 
TUPPP073 Machine Parameter Studies for an FEL Facility Using STAFF 1768
 
  • M.W. Reinsch, B. Austin, J.N. Corlett, L.R. Doolittle, P. Emma, G. Penn, D. Prosnitz, J. Qiang, A. Sessler, M. Venturini
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
  • J.S. Wurtele
    UCB, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  Designing an FEL facility requires balancing multiple science needs, FEL and accelerator physics constraints, and engineering limitations. STAFF (System Trade Analysis for an FEL Facility) is a MATLAB program that enables the user to rapidly explore a large range of Linac and FEL design options to meet science requirements. The code uses analytical models such as the Ming Xie formulas when appropriate and look-up tables when necessary to maintain speed and flexibility. STAFF's modular design simplifies the inclusion of new physics models for FEL harmonics, wake fields, cavity higher-order modes and aspects of linac design such as the optimization of a laser heater, harmonic linearizer, and one or more bunch compressors. Code for the microbunching instability has been included as well. STAFF also supports multiple undulator technologies. STAFF permits the user to study error tolerances and multiple beamlines so as to explore the full capabilities of an entire user facility. This makes it possible to optimize the integrated system in terms of performance metrics such as photons/pulse, photons/sec and tunability range.  
 
TUPPP074 Beam Dynamics Studies of a High-repetition Rate Linac Driver for a 4th-generation Light Source 1771
 
  • M. Venturini, J.N. Corlett, P. Emma, C. F. Papadopoulos, G. Penn, M. Placidi, J. Qiang, M.W. Reinsch, F. Sannibale, C. Steier, R.P. Wells
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  We present progress toward the design of a super-conducting linac driver of a high repetition rate FEL-based soft x-ray light source. The machine is intended to accept beams generated by the APEX* photocathode gun, operating in the MHz range, and deliver them to an array of SASE and seeded FEL beamlines. After reviewing the beam-dynamics considerations that are informing specific lattice choices we discuss the expected performance of the proposed machine design and its ability to meet the desired FEL specifications. We consider the merit of possible alternate designs (e.g., a one-stage compressor vs. a two-stage compressor) and the trade-offs between competing demands on the beam attributes (e.g., high peak current vs. acceptable energy spread).
* F. Sannibale et al., this conference.
 
 
WEEPPB004 Status of the APEX Project at LBNL 2173
 
  • F. Sannibale, B.J. Bailey, K.M. Baptiste, J.M. Byrd, C.W. Cork, J.N. Corlett, S. De Santis, L.R. Doolittle, J.A. Doyle, P. Emma, J. Feng, D. Filippetto, G. Huang, H. Huang, T.D. Kramasz, S. Kwiatkowski, W.E. Norum, H.A. Padmore, C. F. Papadopoulos, G.C. Pappas, G.J. Portmann, J. Qiang, D.G. Quintas, J.W. Staples, 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.M. Pogue
    NPS, Monterey, California, USA
 
  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 Advanced Photo-injector Experiment (APEX) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is focused on the development of a high-brightness high-repetition rate (MHz-class) electron injector for X-ray FEL applications. The injector is based on a new concept gun, utilizing a normal conducting 186 MHz RF cavity operating in cw mode in conjunction with high quantum efficiency photocathodes capable of delivering the required repetition rates with available laser technology. The APEX activities are staged in 3 main phases. In Phases 0 and I, the gun will be tested at its nominal energy of 750 keV and several different photocathodes are tested at full repetition rate. In Phase II, a pulsed linac will be added for accelerating the beam at several tens of MeV to reduce space charge effects and measure the high-brightness performance of the gun when integrated in an injector scheme. At Phase II energies, the radiation shielding configuration of APEX limits the repetition rate to a maximum of several Hz. Phase 0 is under commissioning, Phase I under installation, and initial activities for Phase II are underway. This paper presents an update on the status of these activities.
 
 
WEPPP073 Dynamic Feedback Model for High Repetition Rate Linac-driven FELs 2879
 
  • J.M. Byrd, L.R. Doolittle, P. Emma, G. Huang, A. Ratti, C. Serrano
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the Director, Office of Science, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
One of the concepts for the next generation of linac-driven FELs is a cw superconducting linac driving an electron beam with MHz repetition rates. One of the challenges for next generation FELs is improve the shot-to-shot stability of the energy, charge, peak current, and timing jitter of the electron beam. The use of a cw RF system with MHz beam repetition rates presents an opportunity to use broadband feedback to stabilize the beam parameters. To understand the performance of such a feedback system, we are are developing a dynamic feedback model of the machine with a focus on the longitudinal beam properties. The model is being developed as an extension of the LITrack code and will include the dynamics of the beam-cavity interaction, RF feedback, beam-based feedback, and multibunch effects. In this paper, we will present the status of this model along with results.
 
 
WEPPR031 Injector Beam Dynamics for a High-repetition Rate 4th-generation Light Source 3000
 
  • C. F. Papadopoulos, J.N. Corlett, P. Emma, D. Filippetto, G. Penn, J. Qiang, M.W. Reinsch, F. Sannibale, C. Steier, M. Venturini, R.P. Wells
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the Director of the Office of Science of the US Department of Energy under Contract no. DEAC02-05CH11231.
We report on the beam dynamics studies and optimization methods for a high-repetition (1 MHz) photoinjector based on a VHF normal conducting electron source. The simultaneous goals of beam compression and preservation of 6-dimensional beam brightness have to be achieved in the injector, in order to accommodate a linac driven FEL light source. For this, a parallel, multiobjective optimization algorithm is used. We discuss the relative merits of different injector design points, as well as the constraints imposed on the beam dynamics by technical considerations such as the high repetition rate.
 
 
WEYB02
Hard X-ray Self-seeding at the Linac Coherent Light Source  
 
  • P. Emma, J.W. Amann, F.-J. Decker, Y.T. Ding, Y. Feng, J.C. Frisch, D. Fritz, J.B. Hastings, Z. Huang, J. Krzywinski, H. Loos, A.A. Lutman, H.-D. Nuhn, D.F. Ratner, J.A. Rzepiela, S. Spampinati, D.R. Walz, J.J. Welch, J. Wu, D. Zhu
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • W. Berg, R.R. Lindberg, D. Shu, Yu. Shvyd'ko, S. Stoupin, E. Trakhtenberg, A. Zholents
    ANL, Argonne, USA
  • V.D. Blank, S. Terentiev
    TISNCM, Troitsk, Russia
 
  Funding: Work supported by US Department of Energy, contract number DE-AC02-76SF00515.
We report on experimental results of FEL self-seeding with Angstrom wavelengths at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC. The scheme, suggested at DESY*, replaces the 16th 4-m long undulator segment (out of 33 total) with a weak magnetic chicane and a diamond-based monochromator in Bragg transmission geometry. The monochromatized SASE FEL pulse from the first half of the undulator line then seeds the second half. This demonstration of hard x-ray self-seeding is shown to narrow the FEL bandwidth by a factor 40-50, allows longitudinally coherent x-ray pulses near the Fourier-transform limit, and may eventually allow an increases in peak brightness by 1-2 orders of magnitude after applying an aggressive undulator field taper.
* G. Geloni, V. Kocharyan, E. Saldin, DESY 10-133, Aug. 2010.
 
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