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MOPAC12 | Analysis of High Repetition Rate Effects in Dielectric Wakefield Accelerators | 93 |
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Recently the question has arisen of whether dielectric charging might become a significant limiting effect on the performance of the dielectric wakefield undulator, leading either to deflection of the beam by the static electric field generated, or to catastrophic breakdown of the structure. In experiments to date this has not been problematic with appropriate choice of dielectric material. However, given the high repetition rate that would be required, the device would be subjected to essentially a dc bombardment from the beam halo and thus be vulnerable to these effects because there is no time between machine pulses for discharge of the dielectric. We have begun reexamining this problem, emphasizing the expected charging rate and charge distribution in a thin walled dielectric device and the physics of conductivity and discharge phenomena in a dielectric medium. Simulations of the charging process and halo formation will be presented. We will review early work on beam-induced charging of dielectric structures and also results from deep charging of satellite components by cosmic rays. Ageing and induced conductivity under large radiation doses are also investigated. | ||
MOPHO19 | A Tunable Energy Chirp Correction | 279 |
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Funding: DOE SBIR Short (subpicosecond) pulses are central to many of the next generation light source initiatives that are based on linear accelerators. Beam compression is performed by means of a chicane utilizing a correlated linear energy chirp. The small energy chirp is kept as the beam goes through the remaining accelerating stage to compensate for wakefield effects. It is necessary to compensate the residual energy spread before the beam enters the undulator stage. We present here a concept for a passive wakefield device- the wakefield silencer- to perform this compensation. We have recently demonstrated a passive energy chirp correction by self-wakefield at the Brookhaven ATF facility. In this paper we present a progress report on development of these tunable chirp correction devices. |
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TUPMA08 | Subpicosecond Bunch Train Production for High Power Tunable THz Source | 604 |
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Funding: DOE SBIR An effective method of introducing an energy modulation in an electron bunch by passing it through a dielectric-lined waveguide was recently demonstrated. In the follow up experiment we successfully converted this energy modulation into a density modulation by means of a chicane beamline. The density modulated beam was sent through a foil target, producing THz transition radiation which was characterized using interferometeric techniques. By changing the initial energy chirp of the beam we tuned the center frequency of the generated THz radiation in the range 0.5 - 1 THz. A table top high power narrowband tunable THz source based on this technique is proposed |
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