IPAC2012 - List of Authors (Ortega, J.-M.)

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TUPPP048	Increasing the Spectral Range of the CLIO Infrared FEL User Facility by Reducing Diffraction Losses	1709
	J.-M. Ortega, G. Perilhous, R. Prazeres LCP/CLIO, ORSAY CEDEX, France H.B. Abualrob, P. Berteaud, L. Chapuis, M.-E. Couprie, T.K. El Ajjouri, F. Marteau, J. Vétéran SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France J.P. Berthet, F. Glotin CLIO/ELISE/LCP, Orsay, France
	Funding: CNRS/RTRA The infrared free-electron laser offers a large tunability since the FEL gain remains high throughout the infrared spectral range, and the reflectivity of metal mirrors remains also close to 1. The main limitation comes from the diffraction of the optical beam due to the finite size of the vacuum chamber of the undulator. At CLIO, we have obtained previously* an FEL tunable from 3 to 150 μm by operating the accelerator between 50 and 14 MeV. However, we found that a phenomenon of “power gaps“ is observed in far-infrared : the laser power falls down to zero at some particular wavelengths, whatever the beam adjustments are. We showed that this effect is related to to the waveguiding effect of the vacuum chamber leading to different losses and power outcoupling at different wavelengths*. To alleviate this effect we have designed a new undulator allowing to use a larger vacuum chamber without reducing the spectral tunability and agility of the FEL. From simulations, a large increase of available power is expected in far-infrared. The new undulator has been installed and its performances and first FEL measurement in far-infrared will be presented J.M. Ortega, F. Glotin, R. Prazeres Infrared Physics and Technology, 49, 133 (2006) ** R. Prazeres, F. Glotin, J.-M. Ortega Phys. Rev. STAB12, 010701 (2009)

THPPR042	Optimisation of an Inverse Compton Scattering Experiment with a Real Time Detection Scheme Based on a Radio Luminescent Screen and Comparison of the X-rays Beam Characteristics with Simulations	4068
	A.S. Chauchat, JP. Brasile TCS, Colombes, France A. Binet, V. Le Flanchec, J-P. Nègre CEA/DAM/DIF, Arpajon, France J.-M. Ortega LCP/CLIO, Orsay, Cedex, France
	To optimize the detection of an 11-keV X-Ray beam produced by Inverse Compton Scattering at the ELSA facility, with a 17 MeV electron beam and a 532 nm laser, we demonstrate the use of a very sensitive detection scheme, based on a radio luminescent screen used in the spontaneous emission regime. It has proven to be very sensitive and very effective to detect 11-keV X-Rays while rejecting the overall ambient noise produced in a harder spectral range. It allowed us to optimize the electron-photon interaction probability by observing in real time the effect of both beams transport parameters. We could then compare simulation results with experimental measurements that appear to be in good agreement. A.S. Chauchat et al. Instrumentation developments for production and characterization of Inverse Compton Scattering X-rays and first results with a 17 MeV electron beam, NIMA, V.622, I.1, P.129-135

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Increasing the Spectral Range of the CLIO Infrared FEL User Facility by Reducing Diffraction Losses

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J.-M. Ortega, G. Perilhous, R. Prazeres
LCP/CLIO, ORSAY CEDEX, France
H.B. Abualrob, P. Berteaud, L. Chapuis, M.-E. Couprie, T.K. El Ajjouri, F. Marteau, J. Vétéran
SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
J.P. Berthet, F. Glotin
CLIO/ELISE/LCP, Orsay, France

Funding: CNRS/RTRA
The infrared free-electron laser offers a large tunability since the FEL gain remains high throughout the infrared spectral range, and the reflectivity of metal mirrors remains also close to 1. The main limitation comes from the diffraction of the optical beam due to the finite size of the vacuum chamber of the undulator. At CLIO, we have obtained previously* an FEL tunable from 3 to 150 μm by operating the accelerator between 50 and 14 MeV. However, we found that a phenomenon of “power gaps“ is observed in far-infrared : the laser power falls down to zero at some particular wavelengths, whatever the beam adjustments are. We showed that this effect is related to to the waveguiding effect of the vacuum chamber leading to different losses and power outcoupling at different wavelengths**. To alleviate this effect we have designed a new undulator allowing to use a larger vacuum chamber without reducing the spectral tunability and agility of the FEL. From simulations, a large increase of available power is expected in far-infrared. The new undulator has been installed and its performances and first FEL measurement in far-infrared will be presented
* J.M. Ortega, F. Glotin, R. Prazeres
Infrared Physics and Technology, 49, 133 (2006)
** R. Prazeres, F. Glotin, J.-M. Ortega
Phys. Rev. STAB12, 010701 (2009)

THPPR042

Optimisation of an Inverse Compton Scattering Experiment with a Real Time Detection Scheme Based on a Radio Luminescent Screen and Comparison of the X-rays Beam Characteristics with Simulations

4068

A.S. Chauchat, JP. Brasile
TCS, Colombes, France
A. Binet, V. Le Flanchec, J-P. Nègre
CEA/DAM/DIF, Arpajon, France
J.-M. Ortega
LCP/CLIO, Orsay, Cedex, France

To optimize the detection of an 11-keV X-Ray beam produced by Inverse Compton Scattering at the ELSA facility*, with a 17 MeV electron beam and a 532 nm laser, we demonstrate the use of a very sensitive detection scheme, based on a radio luminescent screen used in the spontaneous emission regime. It has proven to be very sensitive and very effective to detect 11-keV X-Rays while rejecting the overall ambient noise produced in a harder spectral range. It allowed us to optimize the electron-photon interaction probability by observing in real time the effect of both beams transport parameters. We could then compare simulation results with experimental measurements that appear to be in good agreement.
*A.S. Chauchat et al. Instrumentation developments for production and characterization of Inverse Compton Scattering X-rays and first results with a 17 MeV electron beam, NIMA, V.622, I.1, P.129-135