Author: Stupakov, G.V.
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MOP014 Status and Upgrades of the NLCTA for Studies of Advanced Beam Acceleration, Dynamics, and Manipulation 130
 
  • M.P. Dunning, C. Adolphsen, T.S. Chu, E.R. Colby, A. Gilevich, C. Hast, R.K. Jobe, C. Limborg-Deprey, D.J. McCormick, B.D. McKee, J. Nelson, T.O. Raubenheimer, K. Soong, G.V. Stupakov, Z.M. Szalata, D.R. Walz, F. Wang, S.P. Weathersby, M. Woodley, D. Xiang
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
 
  The Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA) is a low-energy electron accelerator (120 MeV) at SLAC that is used for ultra-high gradient X-band RF structure testing and advanced accelerator research. Here we give an overview of the current program at the facility, including the E-163 direct laser acceleration experiment, the echo-enabled harmonic generation (EEHG) FEL experiment, narrow-band THz generation, coherent optical transition radiation (COTR) studies, microbunching instability studies, and X-band structure testing. We also present the upgrades that are currently underway and some future programs utilizing these upgrades, including extension of the EEHG experiments to higher harmonics, and an emittance exchange experiment.  
 
WEP179 Calculating Point-Charge Wakefields from Finite Length Bunch Wake-Potentials 1825
 
  • B. Podobedov
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • G.V. Stupakov
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
 
  Starting from analytical properties of high frequency geometric impedance we show how one can accurately calculate short bunch wake-potentials (and even point-charge wakefields) from time domain calculations performed with a much longer bunch. In many practical instances this drastically reduces the need for computer resources, speeds up the calculations, and improves their accuracy. To illustrate this method we give examples for 2D accelerator structures of various complexities.  
 
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Experimental Demonstration of the Echo-enabled Harmonic Generation Technique for Seeded FELs  
 
  • D. Xiang, E.R. Colby, M.P. Dunning, A. Gilevich, C. Hast, R.K. Jobe, D.J. McCormick, J. Nelson, T.O. Raubenheimer, K. Soong, G.V. Stupakov, Z.M. Szalata, D.R. Walz, S.P. Weathersby, M. Woodley
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the US DOE under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515.
Recently the scheme of echo-enabled harmonic generation (EEHG*) was proposed for short wavelength seeded FELs. This scheme allows far higher harmonic numbers to be accessed and makes the generation of coherent soft x-ray directly from a UV seed laser in a single stage possible**. In this paper we present the experimental demonstration*** of this echo harmonic technique at the Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA) at SLAC, where the coherent radiation at the harmonic frequency of the seed laser is generated using the 120 MeV electron beam. The experiment confirms the physics behind this technique and paves the way for applying it for seeded x-ray FELs.
* G. Stupakov, Phys. Rev. Lett, ZeHn2, 074801 (2009).
** D. Xiang and G. Stupakov, Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 12, 030702 (2009).
*** D. Xiang, at al, Phys. Rev. Lett, ZeHn5, 114801 (2010).
 
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THP114 Status of the PEP-X Light Source Design Study 2336
 
  • R.O. Hettel, K.L.F. Bane, K.J. Bertsche, Y. Cai, A. Chao, X. Huang, Y. Jiao, C.-K. Ng, Y. Nosochkov, A. Novokhatski, T. Rabedeau, C.H. Rivetta, J.A. Safranek, G.V. Stupakov, L. Wang, M.-H. Wang, L. Xiao
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported in part by Department of Energy Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515 and Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences.
The SLAC Beam Physics group and collaborators continue to study options for implementing a near diffraction-limited ring-based light source in the 2.2-km PEP-II tunnel that will serve the SSRL scientific program in the future. The study team has completed the baseline design for a 4.5-GeV storage ring having 160-pm-rad emittance with stored beam current of 1.5 A, providing >1022 brightness for multi-keV photon beams from 3.5-m undulator sources. The team is now investigating possible 5-GeV ERL configurations which, similar to the Cornell and KEK ERL plans, would have ~30 pm-rad emittance with 100 mA current, and ~10 pm-rad emittance with 25 mA or less. In the next year, a diffraction-limited storage ring using on-axis injection in order to reach 30 pm-rad or less emittance will be investigated. An overview of the PEP-X design study and SSRL’s plans for defining the performance parameters that will guide the choice of implementation options is presented.