IPAC2013 - List of Authors (Emamian, M.)

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MOPEA078	Commissioning and Operation of Wiggler Switchyard System for Duke FEL and HIGS	267
	Y.K. Wu, M.D. Busch, M. Emamian, J.F. Faircloth, H. Hao, J.Y. Li, S.F. Mikhailov, V. Popov, G. Swift, P.W. Wallace, P. Wang, J. Yan FEL/Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA A.L. Wu USTC/NSRL, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China
	Funding: This work is supported in part by the US DOE grant no. DE-FG02-97ER41033. To enable the Duke storage ring FEL to operate in VUV with adequate gain, a major storage ring upgrade was carried out in 2012 to install two additional helical FEL wigglers with a wiggler switchyard system. Using the switchyard, a quick changeover can be made between two planar OK-4 wigglers and two helical OK-5 wigglers in the middle of the FEL straight section. This system preserves the linear polarization capabilities of the Duke FEL and gamma-ray beams at the High Intensity Gamma-ray Source (HIGS), while enabling VUV FEL operation with a higher gain using a longer FEL with as many as four helical wigglers. The wiggler switchyard upgrade was completed in Summer 2012, followed by a rapid and successful commissioning of the Duke storage ring, FEL system, and HIGS. In this paper, we will present the results of accelerator and light source commissioning with the wiggler switchyard. We will also present preliminary results of operating the OK-5 FEL in different configurations. With the wiggler switchyard, we are well positioned to realize the operation of a VUV FEL below 190 nm and production of Compton gamma-ray beams above 100 MeV in circular polarization.

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Commissioning and Operation of Wiggler Switchyard System for Duke FEL and HIGS

267

Y.K. Wu, M.D. Busch, M. Emamian, J.F. Faircloth, H. Hao, J.Y. Li, S.F. Mikhailov, V. Popov, G. Swift, P.W. Wallace, P. Wang, J. Yan
FEL/Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
A.L. Wu
USTC/NSRL, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Funding: This work is supported in part by the US DOE grant no. DE-FG02-97ER41033.
To enable the Duke storage ring FEL to operate in VUV with adequate gain, a major storage ring upgrade was carried out in 2012 to install two additional helical FEL wigglers with a wiggler switchyard system. Using the switchyard, a quick changeover can be made between two planar OK-4 wigglers and two helical OK-5 wigglers in the middle of the FEL straight section. This system preserves the linear polarization capabilities of the Duke FEL and gamma-ray beams at the High Intensity Gamma-ray Source (HIGS), while enabling VUV FEL operation with a higher gain using a longer FEL with as many as four helical wigglers. The wiggler switchyard upgrade was completed in Summer 2012, followed by a rapid and successful commissioning of the Duke storage ring, FEL system, and HIGS. In this paper, we will present the results of accelerator and light source commissioning with the wiggler switchyard. We will also present preliminary results of operating the OK-5 FEL in different configurations. With the wiggler switchyard, we are well positioned to realize the operation of a VUV FEL below 190 nm and production of Compton gamma-ray beams above 100 MeV in circular polarization.