IPAC2015 - List of Authors (Maier, A.R.)

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MOAC2	Laser-Plasma Acceleration in Hamburg
	A.R. Maier CFEL, Hamburg, Germany
	Plasma-based accelerators promise ultra-compact sources of highly relativistic electron beams, especially suited for driving novel x-ray light sources. The stability and reproducability of laser-plasma generated beams is, however, still not comparable to conventional machines. Within the LAOLA Collaboration, the University of Hamburg and DESY work closely together to combine university research with the expertise of a large and well-established accelerator facility. We will discuss the experimental programm and plasma-related activities in Hamburg, with a special focus on the recently commissioned 200 TW laser ANGUS. It drives two beamlines, REGAE and LUX, to study external injection of electrons from a conventional gun into a plasma stage, as well as plasma-driven undulator radiation. We present our progress in integrating the laser into the accelerator infrastructure at DESY, progress towards stable laser operation, as well as the commissioning of the LUX and REAGE beamlines. As an outlook, we will discuss the experimental strategies in Hamburg towards a first proof-of-principle FEL experiment using plasma-driven electron beams available today. on behalf of the LAOLA collaboration
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MOPHA026	Present and Future Optical-to-Microwave Synchronization Systems at REGAE Facility for Electron Diffraction and Plasma Acceleration Experiments	833
	M. Titberidze, F.J. Grüner, A.R. Maier, B. Zeitler CFEL, Hamburg, Germany S.W. Epp MPSD, Hamburg, Germany M. Felber, K. Flöttmann, T. Lamb, U. Mavrič, J.M. Müller, H. Schlarb, C. Sydlo DESY, Hamburg, Germany F.J. Grüner, A.R. Maier, M. Titberidze Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany E. Janas Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland
	Relativistic Electron Gun for Atomic Explorations (REGAE) is a Radio Frequency (RF) driven linear accelerator. It uses frequency tripled short photon pulses (~ 35 fs) from the Titanium Sapphire (Ti:Sa.) Laser system in order to generate electron bunches from the photo-cathode. The electron bunches are accelerated up to ~ 5 MeV kinetic energy and compressed down to sub-10 fs using the so called ballistic bunching technique. REGAE currently is used for electron diffraction experiments (by Prof. R.J.D. Miller's Group). In near future within the collaboration of Laboratory for Laser- and beam-driven plasma Acceleration (LAOLA), REGAE will also be employed to externally inject electron bunches into laser driven linear plasma waves. Both experiments require very precise synchronization (sub-50 fs) of the photo-injector laser and RF reference. In this paper we present experimental results of the current and new optical to microwave synchronization systems in comparison. We also address some of the issues related to the current system and give an upper limit in terms of its long-term performance.
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MOAC2

Laser-Plasma Acceleration in Hamburg

A.R. Maier
CFEL, Hamburg, Germany

Plasma-based accelerators promise ultra-compact sources of highly relativistic electron beams, especially suited for driving novel x-ray light sources. The stability and reproducability of laser-plasma generated beams is, however, still not comparable to conventional machines. Within the LAOLA Collaboration, the University of Hamburg and DESY work closely together to combine university research with the expertise of a large and well-established accelerator facility. We will discuss the experimental programm and plasma-related activities in Hamburg, with a special focus on the recently commissioned 200 TW laser ANGUS. It drives two beamlines, REGAE and LUX, to study external injection of electrons from a conventional gun into a plasma stage, as well as plasma-driven undulator radiation. We present our progress in integrating the laser into the accelerator infrastructure at DESY, progress towards stable laser operation, as well as the commissioning of the LUX and REAGE beamlines. As an outlook, we will discuss the experimental strategies in Hamburg towards a first proof-of-principle FEL experiment using plasma-driven electron beams available today.
on behalf of the LAOLA collaboration

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MOPHA026

Present and Future Optical-to-Microwave Synchronization Systems at REGAE Facility for Electron Diffraction and Plasma Acceleration Experiments

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M. Titberidze, F.J. Grüner, A.R. Maier, B. Zeitler
CFEL, Hamburg, Germany
S.W. Epp
MPSD, Hamburg, Germany
M. Felber, K. Flöttmann, T. Lamb, U. Mavrič, J.M. Müller, H. Schlarb, C. Sydlo
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
F.J. Grüner, A.R. Maier, M. Titberidze
Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany
E. Janas
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland

Relativistic Electron Gun for Atomic Explorations (REGAE) is a Radio Frequency (RF) driven linear accelerator. It uses frequency tripled short photon pulses (~ 35 fs) from the Titanium Sapphire (Ti:Sa.) Laser system in order to generate electron bunches from the photo-cathode. The electron bunches are accelerated up to ~ 5 MeV kinetic energy and compressed down to sub-10 fs using the so called ballistic bunching technique. REGAE currently is used for electron diffraction experiments (by Prof. R.J.D. Miller's Group). In near future within the collaboration of Laboratory for Laser- and beam-driven plasma Acceleration (LAOLA), REGAE will also be employed to externally inject electron bunches into laser driven linear plasma waves. Both experiments require very precise synchronization (sub-50 fs) of the photo-injector laser and RF reference. In this paper we present experimental results of the current and new optical to microwave synchronization systems in comparison. We also address some of the issues related to the current system and give an upper limit in terms of its long-term performance.

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