Author: Thompson, N.
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MOPWA050 Bunch Train Characterisation for an Infra-red FEL Driven by an Energy Recovery Linac 786
 
  • T.T. Thakker, D. Angal-Kalinin, D.J. Dunning, F. Jackson, S.P. Jamison, J.K. Jones, N. Thompson
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  
  The IR-FEL on the ALICE test facility in the UK first achieved lasing in October 2010 and has since been characterised in terms of its output *. In this work we make a characterisation of electron bunch properties along a complete 100us macropulse to characterise the lasing-induced energy change and its effect on energy recovery. Measurements of bunch energy and timing are correlated with the FEL radiation output and discussed.
* N. R. Thompson et al, ‘First lasing of the ALICE infra-red Free-Electron Laser’, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A, 680 (2012) 117–123 		 
 
TUPEA058 The Conceptual Design of CLARA, A Novel FEL Test Facility for Ultrashort Pulse Generation 1265
 
  • J.A. Clarke, D. Angal-Kalinin, R.K. Buckley, S.R. Buckley, P.A. Corlett, L.S. Cowie, D.J. Dunning, B.D. Fell, P. Goudket, A.R. Goulden, S.P. Jamison, J.K. Jones, A. Kalinin, B.P.M. Liggins, L. Ma, K.B. Marinov, P.A. McIntosh, J.W. McKenzie, K.J. Middleman, B.L. Militsyn, A.J. Moss, B.D. Muratori, H.L. Owen, R.N.C. Santer, Y.M. Saveliev, R.J. Smith, S.L. Smith, E.W. Snedden, M. Surman, T.T. Thakker, N. Thompson, R. Valizadeh, A.E. Wheelhouse, P.H. Williams
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • R. Appleby, M. Serluca, G.X. Xia
    UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • R.J. Barlow, A.M. Kolano
    University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
  • R. Bartolini, I.P.S. Martin
    Diamond, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
  • N. Bliss, R.J. Cash, G. Cox, G.P. Diakun, A. Gallagher, D.M.P. Holland, B.G. Martlew, M.D. Roper
    STFC/DL, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • S.T. Boogert
    Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom
  • G. Burt
    Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • L.T. Campbell, B.W.J. MᶜNeil
    USTRAT/SUPA, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • S. Chattopadhyay
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • A. Lyapin
    JAI, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
  • D. Newton, A. Wolski
    The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • V.V. Paramonov
    RAS/INR, Moscow, Russia
  
  The conceptual design of CLARA, a novel FEL test facility focussed on the generation of ultrashort photon pulses with extreme levels of stability and synchronisation is described. The ultimate aim of CLARA is to experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, that sub-coherence length pulse generation with FELs is viable. The results will translate directly to existing and future X-Ray FELs, enabling them to generate attosecond pulses, thereby extending the science capabilities of these intense light sources. This paper will describe the design of CLARA, pointing out the flexible features that will be incorporated to allow multiple novel FEL schemes to be proven.  
 
TUPEA061 High-Brightness SASE Studies for the CLARA FEL 1274
 
  • R.N.C. Santer, N. Thompson
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  
  The Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications (CLARA) is a proposed 250 MeV FEL test facility to be constructed at STFC Daresbury Laboratory in the UK [1]. This paper presents study of a scheme for the temporal and spectral stabilisation of the SASE output. A feasibility study for the operation of the FEL in a novel High-Brightness SASE mode is presented. Electron beam delays are introduced between undulator sections to disrupt the localised collective FEL process, increase the radiation coherence length and reduce the rms bandwidth. This may extend the range of electron bunch lengths appropriate for the generation of temporally coherent single spike SASE FEL pulses.