Author: Vogt, M.
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WEPZ016 Generation and Characterization of Electron Bunches with Ramped Current Profiles at the FLASH Facility 2805
 
  • P. Piot
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
  • C. Behrens, C. Gerth, M. Vogt
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • F. Lemery, D. Mihalcea
    Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Basic Research Award # HDTRA1-10-1-0051, to Northern Illinois University and the German's Bundesministerium f\"ur Bildung und Forschung
We report on the successful generation of electron bunches with current profiles that have a quasi-linear dependency on the longitudinal coordinate. The technique relies on impressing nonlinear correlations in the longitudinal phase space using a linac operating at two frequencies (1.3 and 3.9 GHz) and a bunch compressor. Data taken for various accelerator settings demonstrate the versatility of the method. The produced bunches have parameters well matched to drive high-gradient accelerating field with enhanced transformer ratio in beam-driven accelerators based on sub-mm-sizes dielectric or plasma structures.
 
 
THPC081 Status of the Free-Electron Laser FLASH at DESY 3080
 
  • M. Vogt, B. Faatz, J. Feldhaus, K. Honkavaara, S. Schreiber, R. Treusch
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  The free-electron laser facility FLASH at DESY, Germany has been upgraded in 2010. Now, FLASH delivers an electron beam energy up to 1.25 GeV. The longitudinal phase-space is linearized by 3.9 GHz superconducting cavities. The facility delivers to users ultra-short laser like radiation pulses in the range of less than 50 fs to 200 fs in the soft X-ray wavelenth range from 44 down to 4.1 nm. FLASH provides hundreds to thousands pulses per second to users with unprecedented peak brilliance. FLASH will be upgraded with a second undulator beam line and an additional experimental hall. Construction starts Autumn 2011. We summarize the operational status of the ongoing 3rd user period.