IPAC2012 - List of Authors (Raubenheimer, T.O.)

Paper	Title	Page
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.

TUPPC051	FACET Tolerances for Static and Dynamic Misalignment	1284
	J.T. Frederico, M.J. Hogan, T.O. Raubenheimer SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
	Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC02-76SF00515. The Facility for Advanced Accelerator and Experimental Tests (FACET) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is designed to deliver a beam with a transverse spot size on the order of 10 μm x 10 μm in a new beamline constructed at the two kilometer point of the SLAC linac. Commissioning the beamline requires mitigating alignment errors and their effects, which can be significant and result in spot sizes orders of magnitude larger. Sextupole and quadrupole alignment errors in particular can introduce errors in focusing, steering, and dispersion which can result in spot size growth, beta mismatch, and waist movement. Alignment errors due to static misalignments, mechanical jitter, energy jitter, and other physical processes can be analyzed to determine the level of accuracy and precision that the beamline requires. It is important to recognize these effects and their tolerances in order to deliver a beam as designed.

TUPPP082	Optimization of a Terawatt Free Electron Laser	1780
	J. Wu, X. Huang, Y. Jiao, A.U. Mandlekar, T.O. Raubenheimer, S. Spampinati, G. Yu SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA P. Chu FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA J. Qiang LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
	Funding: Work supported by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515. There is great interest in generating a terawatt (TW) hard X-ray free electron laser (FEL) that will enable coherent diffraction imaging of complex molecules like proteins and probe fundamental high-field physics. A feasibility study of producing such pulses was carried out em- ploying a configuration beginning with an SASE amplifier, followed by a "self-seeding" crystal monochromator, and finishing with a long tapered undulator. The undulator tapering profile, the phase advance in the undulator break sections, the quadrupole focusing strength, etc. are parameters to be optimized. A genetic algorithm (GA) is adopted for this multi-dimensional optimization. Concrete examples are given for LCLS/LCLS-II systems.

WEPPP056	Positron PWFA Simulations for FACET	2834
	S.J. Gessner, E. Adli, S. Corde, R.J. England, J.T. Frederico, M.J. Hogan, S.Z. Li, M.D. Litos, T.O. Raubenheimer, D.R. Walz, Z. Wu SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA W. An, W.B. Mori UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
	Funding: Work supported [optional: in part] by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC02-76SF00515. When a positron beam enters a plasma, plasma electrons are drawn in toward the beam axis, creating a region of extremely large charge density with complicated, nonlinear fields. Few analytic solutions exist to describe these fields, and this necessitates the use of simulations to model positron beam and plasma interactions. This presentation should cover recent work on positron PWFA simulations using the QuickPIC* particle-in-cell code. I will discuss the computational challenges associated with positron PWFA and specific applications of the simulations for future experimental tests at the FACET user facility at SLAC. * C. Huang et al., "QuickPIC: A highly efficient particle-in-cell code for modeling wakefield acceleration in plasmas," J. Comp. Phys. 217, 658 (2006).

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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.

TUPPC051

FACET Tolerances for Static and Dynamic Misalignment

1284

J.T. Frederico, M.J. Hogan, T.O. Raubenheimer
SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA

Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC02-76SF00515.
The Facility for Advanced Accelerator and Experimental Tests (FACET) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is designed to deliver a beam with a transverse spot size on the order of 10 μm x 10 μm in a new beamline constructed at the two kilometer point of the SLAC linac. Commissioning the beamline requires mitigating alignment errors and their effects, which can be significant and result in spot sizes orders of magnitude larger. Sextupole and quadrupole alignment errors in particular can introduce errors in focusing, steering, and dispersion which can result in spot size growth, beta mismatch, and waist movement. Alignment errors due to static misalignments, mechanical jitter, energy jitter, and other physical processes can be analyzed to determine the level of accuracy and precision that the beamline requires. It is important to recognize these effects and their tolerances in order to deliver a beam as designed.

TUPPP082

Optimization of a Terawatt Free Electron Laser

1780

J. Wu, X. Huang, Y. Jiao, A.U. Mandlekar, T.O. Raubenheimer, S. Spampinati, G. Yu
SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
P. Chu
FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
J. Qiang
LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA

Funding: Work supported by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515.
There is great interest in generating a terawatt (TW) hard X-ray free electron laser (FEL) that will enable coherent diffraction imaging of complex molecules like proteins and probe fundamental high-field physics. A feasibility study of producing such pulses was carried out em- ploying a configuration beginning with an SASE amplifier, followed by a "self-seeding" crystal monochromator, and finishing with a long tapered undulator. The undulator tapering profile, the phase advance in the undulator break sections, the quadrupole focusing strength, etc. are parameters to be optimized. A genetic algorithm (GA) is adopted for this multi-dimensional optimization. Concrete examples are given for LCLS/LCLS-II systems.

WEPPP056

Positron PWFA Simulations for FACET

2834

S.J. Gessner, E. Adli, S. Corde, R.J. England, J.T. Frederico, M.J. Hogan, S.Z. Li, M.D. Litos, T.O. Raubenheimer, D.R. Walz, Z. Wu
SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
W. An, W.B. Mori
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

Funding: Work supported [optional: in part] by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC02-76SF00515.
When a positron beam enters a plasma, plasma electrons are drawn in toward the beam axis, creating a region of extremely large charge density with complicated, nonlinear fields. Few analytic solutions exist to describe these fields, and this necessitates the use of simulations to model positron beam and plasma interactions. This presentation should cover recent work on positron PWFA simulations using the QuickPIC* particle-in-cell code. I will discuss the computational challenges associated with positron PWFA and specific applications of the simulations for future experimental tests at the FACET user facility at SLAC.
* C. Huang et al., "QuickPIC: A highly efficient particle-in-cell code for modeling wakefield acceleration in plasmas," J. Comp. Phys. 217, 658 (2006).