2011 Particle Accelerator Conference - List of Authors (Maxwell, T.J.)

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Synchronization and Jitter Studies of a Titanium-sapphire Laser at the A0 Photoinjector

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T.J. Maxwell, P. Piot
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
M.J. Kucera, J. Ruan
Fermilab, Batavia, USA

Funding: Supported by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under U.S. Dept. of Energy Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, and Northern Illinois Univ. under US Dept. of Defense DURIP program Contract N00014-08-1-1064.
A new titanium-sapphire laser has recently been installed at the A0 photoinjector for use in ongoing beam generation and ultra-fast beam diagnostics experiments. Where the system is used as the photoinjector drive laser, jitter and drift in the laser pulse time of arrival with respect to the low-level RF master oscillator and other beam components are known to degrade beam performance. These same fluctuations can also impact the temporal resolution of laser-based diagnostics. To resolve this, we present the results of some beam-based timing experiments as well as current progress on a synchronization feedback loop being adapted to the new laser system.

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Subpicosecond Electron Bunch Train Production Using a Phase-Space Exchange Technique

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Y.-E. Sun, A.S. Johnson, A.H. Lumpkin, J. Ruan, R.M. Thurman-Keup
Fermilab, Batavia, USA
T.J. Maxwell, P. Piot
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA

Funding: The work was supported by the Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under the DOE Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, and by Northern Illinois University under the DOE Contract No. DE-FG02-08ER41532.
Our recent experimental demonstration of a photoinjector electron bunch train with sub-picosecond structures is reported in this paper. The experiment is accomplished by converting an initially horizontal beam intensity modulation into a longitudinal phase space modulation, via a beamline capable of exchanging phase-space coordinates between the horizontal and longitudinal degrees of freedom. The initial transverse modulation is produced by intercepting the beam with a multislit mask prior to the exchange. We also compare our experimental results with numerical simulations.

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Paper	Title	Page
MOP285	Synchronization and Jitter Studies of a Titanium-sapphire Laser at the A0 Photoinjector	651
	T.J. Maxwell, P. Piot Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA M.J. Kucera, J. Ruan Fermilab, Batavia, USA
	Funding: Supported by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under U.S. Dept. of Energy Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, and Northern Illinois Univ. under US Dept. of Defense DURIP program Contract N00014-08-1-1064. A new titanium-sapphire laser has recently been installed at the A0 photoinjector for use in ongoing beam generation and ultra-fast beam diagnostics experiments. Where the system is used as the photoinjector drive laser, jitter and drift in the laser pulse time of arrival with respect to the low-level RF master oscillator and other beam components are known to degrade beam performance. These same fluctuations can also impact the temporal resolution of laser-based diagnostics. To resolve this, we present the results of some beam-based timing experiments as well as current progress on a synchronization feedback loop being adapted to the new laser system.

TUOCN4	Subpicosecond Electron Bunch Train Production Using a Phase-Space Exchange Technique	755
	Y.-E. Sun, A.S. Johnson, A.H. Lumpkin, J. Ruan, R.M. Thurman-Keup Fermilab, Batavia, USA T.J. Maxwell, P. Piot Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
	Funding: The work was supported by the Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under the DOE Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, and by Northern Illinois University under the DOE Contract No. DE-FG02-08ER41532. Our recent experimental demonstration of a photoinjector electron bunch train with sub-picosecond structures is reported in this paper. The experiment is accomplished by converting an initially horizontal beam intensity modulation into a longitudinal phase space modulation, via a beamline capable of exchanging phase-space coordinates between the horizontal and longitudinal degrees of freedom. The initial transverse modulation is produced by intercepting the beam with a multislit mask prior to the exchange. We also compare our experimental results with numerical simulations.
	Slides TUOCN4 [1.761 MB]