Author: Craievich, P.
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TUPEA010 FERMI Seeded FEL Progress Report 1182
 
  • M. Svandrlik, E. Allaria, F. Bencivenga, C. Callegari, F. Capotondi, D. Castronovo, P. Cinquegrana, P. Craievich, I. Cudin, G. D'Auria, M. Dal Forno, M.B. Danailov, R. De Monte, G. De Ninno, A.A. Demidovich, S. Di Mitri, B. Diviacco, A. Fabris, R. Fabris, W.M. Fawley, M. Ferianis, E. Ferrari, P. Finetti, L. Fröhlich, P. Furlan Radivo, G. Gaio, L. Giannessi, M. Kiskinova, G.L. Loda, M. Lonza, B. Mahieu, N. Mahne, C. Masciovecchio, F. Parmigiani, G. Penco, O. Plekan, M. Predonzani, E. Principi, L. Raimondi, F. Rossi, L. Rumiz, C. Scafuri, C. Serpico, P. Sigalotti, S. Spampinati, C. Spezzani, L. Sturari, C. Svetina, M. Trovò, A. Vascotto, M. Veronese, R. Visintini, D. Zangrando, M. Zangrando
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
  • P. Craievich
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
  • B. Mahieu
    CEA/DSM/DRECAM/SPAM, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
 
  Funding: Work supported in part by the Italian Ministry of University and Research under grants FIRB-RBAP045JF2 and FIRB-RBAP06AWK3
FERMI, the seeded Free Electron Laser located at the Elettra laboratory in Trieste, Italy, welcomed in December 2012 the first external users on the FEL-1 line. This line is based on a single stage of High Gain Harmonic Generation (HGHG), seeded by a UV laser, and covers wavelengths between 80 and 20 nm. The photon energy reached more than 300 μJ. The second FEL line, FEL-2, covering the lower wavelength range between 20 and 4 nm thanks to a double stage cascaded HGHG scheme, has generated its first coherent photons in October 2012. This is the first experimental demonstration of a seeded free electron laser configured as a two stages cascade operating in the "fresh bunch injection” mode, where the second stage is seeded by the light produced by the first stage. This paper describes the status of the operation and user experiments with FEL-1 and reports about the progress in the commissioning of FEL-2.
 
 
TUPEA011 Double Stage Seeded FEL with Fresh Bunch Injection Technique at FERMI@Elettra 1185
 
  • S. Di Mitri, E. Allaria, D. Castronovo, P. Cinquegrana, P. Craievich, G. D'Auria, M.B. Danailov, G. De Ninno, A.A. Demidovich, B. Diviacco, W.M. Fawley, M. Ferianis, E. Ferrari, L. Fröhlich, G. Gaio, L. Giannessi, R. Ivanov, B. Mahieu, N. Mahne, I. Nikolov, F. Parmigiani, G. Penco, L. Raimondi, C. Serpico, P. Sigalotti, S. Spampinati, C. Spezzani, M. Svandrlik, C. Svetina, M. Trovò, A. Vascotto, M. Veronese, D. Zangrando, M. Zangrando
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
  • D. Gauthier
    University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
 
  During the month of October 2012 the commissioning of the light source FEL-2 at FERMI was successfully concluded. Fermi FEL-2 is the first seeded FEL operating with a double stage cascade in the "fresh bunch injection" mode*. The two stages are two high gain harmonic generation FELs where the first stage is seeded by the 3rd harmonic of a Ti:Sa laser system, which is up converted to the 4th-12th harmonic. The output of the first stage is then used to seed the second stage. A final wavelength of 10.8 nm was obtained as the 24th harmonic of the seed wavelength at the end of the two frequency conversion processes, demonstrating that the FEL is capable of producing single mode narrow bandwidth pulses with an energy of several tens ofμjoules. We report on the experimental characterisation of the FEL performances in this configuration.
* I. Ben-Zvi, K. M. Yang, L. H. Yu, ”The ”fresh-bunch” technique in FELs”, NIM A 318 (1992), p 726-729
 
 
WEPFI015 Design and Field Measurements of a Linear Accelerator Endowed with Single Feed with Movable Short Coupler 2732
 
  • M. Dal Forno, R. Vescovo
    University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
  • P. Craievich, M. Dal Forno, G. Penco
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
  • P. Craievich
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
 
  The free electron laser performances strongly depend on the beam quality. The dipolar field present in the linac coupler causes the beam emittance degradation. This paper studies an alternative solution for reducing the dipolar field, by using a symmetrical coupler with single feed input and a movable short circuit placed on the opposite waveguide. The structure has been simulated and optimized with the Ansys HFSS simulation code. An aluminum prototype has been machined in the workshop of “Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.”. After matching and tuning the accelerating structure, the phase advance and the coupler field asymmetries have been measured by means of the bead-pull method and have been compared with the simulation results.  
 
WEPFI089 High Gradient Normal Conducting Radio-frequency Photoinjector System for Sincrotrone Trieste 2905
 
  • L. Faillace, R.B. Agustsson, H. Badakov, P. Frigola
    RadiaBeam, Santa Monica, USA
  • F. Cianciosi, P. Craievich, M. Trovò
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
  • A. Fukasawa, J.B. Rosenzweig, A. Yakub
    UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
 
  Radiabeam Technologies, in collaboration with UCLA, presents the development of a high gradient normal conducting radio frequency (NCRF) 1.6 cell photoinjector system for the Sincrotrone Trieste facility. Designed to operate with a 120MV/m accelerating gradient, this single feed, fat lipped racetrack coupler design is modeled after the LCLS photoinjector with a novel demountable cathode which permits cost effective cathode exchange. Full overview of the project to date and installation at Sincrotrone Trieste will be discussed along with basic, design, engineering and manufacturing.  
 
THPFI010 High Energy RF Deflectors for the FERMI@Elettra project 3309
 
  • M. Dal Forno, S. Biedron, D. Castronovo, P. Craievich, S. Di Mitri, D. La Civita, G. Penco, M. Petronio, F. Pradal, L. Rumiz, L. Sturari, D. Wang, D. Zangrando
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
  • P. Craievich
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
  • M. Dal Forno, M. Petronio, R. Vescovo
    University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
  • N. Faure
    PMB-ALCEN, PEYNIER, France
 
  Measuring and controlling the longitudinal phase space and the time-slice emittance of the electron bunch at 1.2 GeV entering in the undulator beam-lines, is crucial to obtain high FEL performances. In the FERMI@Elettra machine, two RF deflecting cavities have been installed at the end of the linac, in order to stretch the electron bunch horizontally and vertically, respectively. The two cavities are individually powered by the same klystron and a switch system is used to choose the deflection plane. This paper reports the RF measurements carried out during the acceptance test, the RF conditioning including the breakdown rate measurements. Finally, the commissioning with electron beam of the deflecting structure and a comparison of the measured electron bunch length evaluated by using the two deflectors are also reported.  
 
MOPFI062 Optimization Studies for the SwissFEL RF-Gun 425
 
  • M. Schaer, A. Adelmann, A. Anghel, S. Bettoni, P. Craievich, L. Stingelin, C. Vicario, R. Zennaro
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
  • Z. Zhang
    TUB, Beijing, People's Republic of China
 
  The 250 MeV SwissFEL injector test facility is in operation since August 2010. Measurements with the "CTF2 Gun 5" photocathode S-band rf-gun show promising beam parameters and satisfy the requirements of the SwissFEL project. Since the performance of the electron source is fundamental for the stability and brightness of a free electron laser, further gun optimization studies are pursued. Under investigation is currently a 3.6 cell C-band gun. First ASTRA simulations indicate that with this gun the peak-current can be increased, thanks to a shorter laser pulse and a higher initial acceleration, by almost a factor of two, at slightly better emittance values than the S-band "PSI Gun 1". Since the beam-quality depends also on the achieved performance of the cathode, several copper cathodes had been tested in the SwissFEL injector test facility to analyze the observed rapid degradation of quantum efficiency.  
 
WEPFI015 Design and Field Measurements of a Linear Accelerator Endowed with Single Feed with Movable Short Coupler 2732
 
  • M. Dal Forno, R. Vescovo
    University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
  • P. Craievich, M. Dal Forno, G. Penco
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
  • P. Craievich
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
 
  The free electron laser performances strongly depend on the beam quality. The dipolar field present in the linac coupler causes the beam emittance degradation. This paper studies an alternative solution for reducing the dipolar field, by using a symmetrical coupler with single feed input and a movable short circuit placed on the opposite waveguide. The structure has been simulated and optimized with the Ansys HFSS simulation code. An aluminum prototype has been machined in the workshop of “Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.”. After matching and tuning the accelerating structure, the phase advance and the coupler field asymmetries have been measured by means of the bead-pull method and have been compared with the simulation results.  
 
THPFI010 High Energy RF Deflectors for the FERMI@Elettra project 3309
 
  • M. Dal Forno, S. Biedron, D. Castronovo, P. Craievich, S. Di Mitri, D. La Civita, G. Penco, M. Petronio, F. Pradal, L. Rumiz, L. Sturari, D. Wang, D. Zangrando
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
  • P. Craievich
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
  • M. Dal Forno, M. Petronio, R. Vescovo
    University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
  • N. Faure
    PMB-ALCEN, PEYNIER, France
 
  Measuring and controlling the longitudinal phase space and the time-slice emittance of the electron bunch at 1.2 GeV entering in the undulator beam-lines, is crucial to obtain high FEL performances. In the FERMI@Elettra machine, two RF deflecting cavities have been installed at the end of the linac, in order to stretch the electron bunch horizontally and vertically, respectively. The two cavities are individually powered by the same klystron and a switch system is used to choose the deflection plane. This paper reports the RF measurements carried out during the acceptance test, the RF conditioning including the breakdown rate measurements. Finally, the commissioning with electron beam of the deflecting structure and a comparison of the measured electron bunch length evaluated by using the two deflectors are also reported.