FLS2023 - List of Authors (Pires, A.)

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TU1C2	Evolution of the Inverse Compton Scattering X-ray Source of the ELSA Accelerator	50
	A. Pires, R. Rosch, J. Touguet CEA, Arpajon, France N. Delerue Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France V. Le Flanchec CEA/DAM/DIF, Arpajon, France
	The Inverse Compton Scattering (ICS) X-ray source of ELSA accelerator at CEA-DAM, presents an efficient approach for generating X-rays with a compact linac. The source consists of a 30 MeV, 15 ps rms, up to 3 nC electron beam; and a table-top Nd:YAG laser. X-rays are produced in the 10-80 keV range, higher X-ray energies achieved with frequency doubling of the laser. The yield is increased by a factor of 8 thanks to an optical mirror system developed at CEA, folding the laser beam path and accumulating successive laser pulses. We present a new version of the device, with improvement of mechanical constraints management, adjunction of motorized mirrors, and a new imaging system. A Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) system was also designed, enabling higher amplification levels without exceeding laser damage threshold. The uniqueness of this CPA system lies in its use of a short wavelength bandwidth, ±250 pm after Self-Phase Modulation (SPM) broadening, and a line density of 1850 lines/mm for the gratings of the compressor. The pulse is stretched with a chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG) before amplification in Nd:YAG amplifiers, and compressed by a double pass grating compressor.
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DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-FLS2023-TU1C2
About •	Received ※ 25 August 2023 — Revised ※ 25 August 2023 — Accepted ※ 30 August 2023 — Issued ※ 02 December 2023
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Evolution of the Inverse Compton Scattering X-ray Source of the ELSA Accelerator

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A. Pires, R. Rosch, J. Touguet
CEA, Arpajon, France
N. Delerue
Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
V. Le Flanchec
CEA/DAM/DIF, Arpajon, France

The Inverse Compton Scattering (ICS) X-ray source of ELSA accelerator at CEA-DAM, presents an efficient approach for generating X-rays with a compact linac. The source consists of a 30 MeV, 15 ps rms, up to 3 nC electron beam; and a table-top Nd:YAG laser. X-rays are produced in the 10-80 keV range, higher X-ray energies achieved with frequency doubling of the laser. The yield is increased by a factor of 8 thanks to an optical mirror system developed at CEA, folding the laser beam path and accumulating successive laser pulses. We present a new version of the device, with improvement of mechanical constraints management, adjunction of motorized mirrors, and a new imaging system. A Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) system was also designed, enabling higher amplification levels without exceeding laser damage threshold. The uniqueness of this CPA system lies in its use of a short wavelength bandwidth, ±250 pm after Self-Phase Modulation (SPM) broadening, and a line density of 1850 lines/mm for the gratings of the compressor. The pulse is stretched with a chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG) before amplification in Nd:YAG amplifiers, and compressed by a double pass grating compressor.

Slides TU1C2 [7.085 MB]

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reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-FLS2023-TU1C2

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Received ※ 25 August 2023 — Revised ※ 25 August 2023 — Accepted ※ 30 August 2023 — Issued ※ 02 December 2023

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