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| MOPC037 | Single Spike Operation in SPARC SASE-FEL | 154 |
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| We describe in this paper a possible experiment with the existing SPARC photoinjector to test the generation of sub-picosecond high brightness electron bunches able to produce single spike radiation pulses at 500 nm in the SPARC self-amplified spontaneous emission free-electron laser (SASE-FEL). The main purpose of the experiment will be the production of short electron bunches as long as few SASE cooperation lengths and to validate scaling laws to foresee operation at shorter wavelength in the future operation with SPARX. The basic physics, the experimental parameters and 3-D simulations are discussed. Complete start-to-end simulations with realistic SPARC parameters are presented, in view of an experiment for tests on superradiant theory with the existing hardware. | ||
| MOPC038 | Ultra-high Brightness Electron Beams by All-optical Plasma-based Injectors | 157 |
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| We study the generation of low emittance high current mono-energetic beams from plasma waves driven by ultra-short laser pulses, in view of achieving beam brightness of interest for FEL applications. The aim is to show the feasibility of generating nC charged beams carrying peak currents much higher than those attainable with photoinjectors, together with comparable emittances and energy spread, compatibly with typical FEL requirements. We identified a particularly suitable regime which is based on a LWFA plasma driving scheme on a gas jet modulated in areas of different densities with sharp density gradients. Simulations show that in the first regime, using a properly density modulated gas jet, it is possible to generate beams at energies of about 30 MeV with peak currents of 20 kA, slice transverse emittances as low as 0.3 mm.mrad and energy spread around 0.4%. This beams break the barrier of 1018 A/(mm.mrad)2 in brightness, a value definitely above the ultimate performances of photo-injectors, therefore opening a new range of opportunities for FEL applications. A few examples of FELs driven by such kind of beams injected into laser undulators are finally shown. | ||
| WEPC075 | Recent Results and Future Perspectives of the SPARC Project | 2169 |
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| The SPARC project foresees the realization of a high brightness photo-injector to produce a 150-200 MeV electron beam to drive 500 nm FEL experiments in various configurations, a Thomson backscattering source and a plasma accelerator experiment. The SPARC photoinjector is also the test facility for the recently approved VUV FEL project named SPARX. As a first stage of the commissioning a complete characterization of the photoinjector has been accomplished with a detailed study of the emittance compensation process downstream the gun-solenoid system and the demonstration of the emittance oscillation in the drift. The second stage of the commissioning, that is currently underway, foresees a detailed analysis of the beam matching with the linac in order to confirm the theoretically prediction of emittance compensation based on the “invariant envelope” matching and the demonstration of the “velocity bunching” technique in the linac. In this paper we report the experimental results obtained so far and the scientific program for the near future. | ||
| WEPC069 | A Possible THz Radiation Source with a Train of Short Pulses in the SPARC High Brightness Photoinjector | 2154 |
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| A radiofrequency electron gun followed by a compressor can generate trains of THz sub-picosecond electron pulses by illuminating the photocathode with a comb laser pulse. This structure of the beam can be used to produce coherent radiation. A feasibility study for a possible experiment at SPARC to be realized with the addition of a dedicated magnetic chicane is discussed. An optimization study of a magnetic chicane with a negative and variable R56 is studied, together with a set of parameters relative to the SPARC machine with the intent of demonstrating the feasibility of this experiment. The dynamics is studied within the SPARC system with the PARMELA code and with the RETAR code for the evaluation of the radiation. |