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| TUPPP004 | Low-alpha Operation for the SOLEIL Storage Ring | 1608 |
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The low momentum compaction factor (alpha) operation has been recently established on the SOLEIL Storage Ring. Both time resolved X-ray and THz radiation user communities are taking benefit from a hybrid filling pattern with a 4.7 ps RMS bunch length. At a value of 1.7 10-5 (nominal alpha /25) and a current per bunch of 65 μA, stable THz radiation is produced in the range of 8 - 20 cm-1 (measurements and comparison with Coherent Synchrotron Radiation (CSR) modeling are reported elsewhere*, **). Several low-alpha optics have been investigated and the optics presented at IPAC’11 has been selected for the operation. This paper presents the comprehensive experimental characterization of this optics. Specificities of the low-alpha operation, driven by the very demanding user experiments, are reviewed: closed orbit stability issues, extremely tight injected current step when refilling which implies a specific Linac tuning, low current diagnostics optimization, short bunch measurements, insertion devices effect on the CSR characteristics and radiation safety aspects justified by beam losses at injection.
* C. Evain, A. Loulergue et al., this conference. ** E. Roussel et al., this conference. |
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| TUPPP050 | FEL Performances of the French LUNEX5 Project | 1712 |
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| LUNEX5 is a french FEL test facility project based on two types of accelerators: a 400 MeV Conventional Linear Accelerator (CLA) and a Laser WakeField Accelerator (LWFA). The FEL performances will be presented at 20 nm and at 12 nm, wavelengths of interest for the pilot experiments. Results are obtained with GENESIS simulations in time-dependent mode. With the CLA, we compare different seeded schemes as EEHG scheme (Echo Enabled Harmonic Generation) or HGHG scheme (High Gain Harmonic Generation) using HHG source (High Harmonic in Gaz). In parallel, LWFA FEL performances will be presented as a function of the electron bunch characteristics, in particular the bunch length and the energy-spread. The transport of the LWFA output beams into undulators which is found to be a critical issue will be also discussed. | ||
| TUPPP005 | LUNEX5: A French FEL Test Facility Light Source Proposal | 1611 |
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| LUNEX5 is a new synchrotron FEL source project aiming at delivering short and coherent X-ray pulses to probe ultrafast phenomena at the femto-second scale, to investigate extremely low density samples as well as to image individual nm scale objects. The proposed machine layout is based on a 400 MeV super-conducting Conventional Linear Accelerator (CLA) mainly composed of 2 XFEL type cryo-modules together with a normal-conducting high brightness photo RF gun. This present mature and reliable technology is able to deliver high quality electron bunches up to few kHz suitable for user experiments. Further more, the last decade improvement in synchronization and stability offer a fertile land to explore the different and innovative seeded FEL operations aiming at producing higher coherence and energetic X-rays for the pilot user full benefits. In parallel of the CLA branch, the very promising and highly innovative Laser Wake-Field Accelerator (LWFA) able to produce very short electron bunches in the range of the femto-second and high peak current up to few GeV is foreseen as a FEL bench test using the same undulator lines. | ||