Author: Jobe, R.K.
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TUEPPB015 Generation of Narrow-Band Coherent Tunable Terahertz Radiation using a Laser-Modulated Electron Beam 1146
 
  • M.P. Dunning, C. Hast, E. Hemsing, R.K. Jobe, D.J. McCormick, J. Nelson, T.O. Raubenheimer, K. Soong, Z.M. Szalata, D.R. Walz, S.P. Weathersby, D. Xiang
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by US DOE contract DE-AC02-76SF00515.
The technical layout and initial results of an experiment to generate narrow-band, coherent, tunable terahertz (THz) radiation through the down-conversion of the frequency of optical lasers using a laser-modulated electron beam are described. In this experiment a 120 MeV electron beam is first energy modulated by two lasers with different wavelengths. After passing through a dispersive section, the energy modulation is converted into a density modulation at THz frequencies. This density-modulated beam will be used to generate narrow-band THz radiation using a coherent transition radiator inserted into the beam path. The central frequency of the THz radiation can be tuned by varying the wavelength of one of the two lasers or the energy chirp of the electron beam. The experiment is being performed at the NLCTA at SLAC, and will utilize the existing Echo-7 beamline, where echo-enabled harmonic generation (EEHG) was recently demonstrated.
 
 
TUPPR072 Status of ESTB: A Novel Beam Test Facility at SLAC 1990
 
  • M.T.F. Pivi, M.P. Dunning, H. Fieguth, C. Hast, R.H. Iverson, J. Jaros, R.K. Jobe, L. Keller, T.V.M. Maruyama, D.R. Walz, M. Woods
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC02-76SF00515
End Station A Test Beam (ESTB) is a test beam line at SLAC in the large End Station A (ESA) experimental hall. It uses a fraction of the bunches of the 14.7 GeV electron beam from the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). ESTB provides a unique test beam for particle and particle astrophysics detector research, accelerator instrumentation and accelerator R&D, development of radiation-hard detectors, and material damage studies. It has exceptionally clean and well-defined secondary electron beams, a huge experimental area and good existing conventional facilities. Recently, a new kicker magnet has been installed to divert 5 Hz of the LCLS low energy beam into the A-line. The full installation will include 4 kicker magnets to allow diversion of high energy beams. A new beam dump and a new Personnel Protection System (PPS) have been built in ESA. In stage II, a secondary hadron target will be able to produce pions up to about 12 GeV/c at 1 particle/pulse. This paper reports the progress on ESTB construction and commissioning.