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Seeding the FEL of the SCSS Phase 1 Facility with the 13th Laser Harmonic of a Ti: Sa Laser Produced in Gas
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- G. Lambert, M. Bougeard, W. Boutu, P. Breger, B. Carré, D. Garzella, M. Labat, H. Merdji, P. Monchicourt, P. Salieres
CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette
- O.V. Chubar, M.-E. Couprie
SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette
- T. Hara, H. Kitamura, T. Shintake
RIKEN Spring-8 Harima, Hyogo
- D. Nutarelli
LAC, Orsay
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A seeding configuration, in which the 13th harmonic (60 nm) of a Ti: Sa laser (50 mJ, 10 Hz, 130 fs) generated in a gas cell is used as the external source, will be tested in 2006 on the SCSS test facility (SPring-8 Compact Sase Source, Japan). This facility is based on a thermionic cathode electron gun (1 nC of bunch charge), a C-band LINAC (5712 MHz, 35 MV/m) and two in-vacuum undulators (15 mm of period). The maximum electron beam energy is 250 MeV and the SASE emission from visible to 60 nm can be obtained. The High order Harmonic Generation (HHG) experiment was mounted off-line at the end of last December. A first chamber is dedicated to harmonic generation. A second one is used for spectral selection and adaptation of the harmonic waist in the modulator. The tests are performed in Saclay with the LUCA (Laser Ultra Court Accordable) laser (15 mJ, 10 Hz, 50 fs) from January to March at 266 nm, 160 nm and 60 nm and its results are presented here. Also, before performing the real tests in SPring-8 FEL presence, final theoretical estimations of the performances relying on 1D simulations using PERSEO code and 3D simulations using GENESIS and SRW codes are given.
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Seeding SPARC Facility with Harmonic Generation in Gases: Preliminary Tests of the Harmonic Generation in Gas Chamber
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- O. Tcherbakoff, M. Bougeard, P. Breger, B. Carré, D. Garzella, M. Labat, G. Lambert, H. Merdji, P. Monchicourt, P. Salieres
CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette
- M.-E. Couprie
SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette
- A. Doria, L. Giannessi
ENEA C.R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma)
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In High Gain Harmonic Generation Free Electron Laser configuration, an external light source is injected in the first part of an undulator. The electron-photon interaction leads to a coherent light emission in the second part of the undulator. We propose to use the High Order Harmonic Generation in gases process as the seed for SPARC project (Frascati, Italy). With this facility, the electron beam is accelerated to 200 MeV and passes through an undulator of 6 sections. The preliminary tests on the seeding chambers presented in this paper have been realised at the CEA (Saclay, France). The experiment is based on three vacuum chambers. In the first one, a Ti: Sa laser (800 nm, 2.5 mJ, 50 fs, 10 Hz) is focussed in a 10 Hz pulsed gas jet (Argon or Xenon), producing harmonics of the fundamental. Filters in the second chamber enable the selection of the harmonic (3rd or 5th). Finally, a telescope focuses the harmonic beam at a given position. The whole module is to be moved to the SPARC facility. Appropriate tuning of the undulator gaps will amplify the 3rd and 5th harmonics seeded, as well as non-linear harmonics of those wavelengths, allowing the perspective of producing a FEL at 53 nm
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