Author: Lindberg, R.R.
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MOPOW039 An Oscillator Configuration for Full Realization of Hard X-ray Free Electron Laser 801
 
  • K.-J. Kim, T. Kolodziej, R.R. Lindberg, D. Shu, Yu. Shvyd'ko, S. Stoupin
    ANL, Argonne, Ilinois, USA
  • V.D. Blank, S. Terentiev
    TISNCM, Troitsk, Russia
  • Y. Ding, W.M. Fawley, J.B. Hastings, Z. Huang, J. Krzywinski, G. Marcus, T.J. Maxwell
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • N.A. Medvedev
    CFEL, Hamburg, Germany
  • W. Qin
    PKU, Beijing, People's Republic of China
  • J. Zemella
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  Funding: Work at ANL supported under US Department of Energy contract DE-AC02-76SF00515 and at SLAC by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, under Contract No. DE-ACO2-O6CH11357
An X-ray free electron laser can be built in an oscillator (XFELO) configuration by employing an X-ray cavity with Bragg mirrors such as diamond*. An XFELO at the 5th harmonic frequency may be implemented at the LCLS II using its 4 GeV superconducting linac. The XFELO will provide stable, coherent, high-spectral-purity hard x-rays. In addition, portions of its output may be enhanced by the LCLS amplifier for stable pulses of ultrashort duration determined by the electron bunch length. Much progress has been made recently on the feasibility of an XFELO: Analytical and numerical methods have been developed to compute the performance of a harmonic XFELO. The energy spread requirement over a sufficient length of the bunch can be met by temporal shaping of the photo-cathode drive laser**. Experiments at the APS have shown that Be-compound refractive lenses are suitable for a low-loss focusing and that the synthetic diamond crystals can withstand the intense x-ray exposure, in accord with estimates based on molecular dynamics considerations***. A strain-free mounting of thin diamond crystal (< 100 microns) can be realized by shaping a thick diamond into a blind alley****.
* R. R. Lindberg et al., PRSTAB 1010701 (2011)
** W. Qin et al., this conference
*** N. Medvedev et al., Phys. Rev. B 88, 224304 (2013)
**** S. Terentyev, private communication
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-MOPOW039  
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TUPOW054 Characterization of a Sub-THz Radiation Source Based on a 3 MeV Electron Beam and Future Plans 1892
 
  • A.V. Smirnov, R.B. Agustsson, T.J. Campese, Y.C. Chen, J.J. Hartzell, B.T. Jacobson, A.Y. Murokh, M. Ruelas
    RadiaBeam, Santa Monica, California, USA
  • W. Berg, J.C. Dooling, L. Erwin, R.R. Lindberg, S.J. Pasky, N. Sereno, Y.-E. Sun, A. Zholents
    ANL, Argonne, Ilinois, USA
  • Y. Kim
    KAERI, Jeongeup-si, Republic of Korea
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (award No. DE-SC-FOA-0007702)
Design features and some past experimental results are presented for a sub-THz wave source employing the Advanced Photon Source's RF thermionic electron gun. The setup includes a compact alpha-magnet, four quadrupoles, a novel radiator, a THz transport line, and THz diagnostics. The radiator is composed of a dielectric-free, planar, over-sized structure with gratings. The gratings are integrated into a combined horn antenna and ~90° permanent bending magnet. The magnetic lattice enables operation in different modes, including conversion to a flat beam for efficient interaction with the radiating structure. The experiment described demonstrated the generation of narrow bandwidth THz radiation from a compact, laser and undulator-free, table-top system. This concept could be scaled to create a THz-sub-THz source capable of operating in long-pulse, multi-bunch, and CW modes. Additionally, the system can be used to remove unwanted time-dependent energy variations in longitudinally compressed electron bunches or for various time-dependent beam diagnostics. Plans for future experiments and upgrades are also discussed.
 
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WEPOY019 Beam Optimization Study for an X-ray FEL Oscillator at the LCLS-II 3020
 
  • W. Qin, S. Huang, K.X. Liu
    PKU, Beijing, People's Republic of China
  • K.L.F. Bane, Y. Ding, Z. Huang, T.J. Maxwell
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • K.-J. Kim, R.R. Lindberg
    ANL, Argonne, Ilinois, USA
 
  The 4 GeV LCLS-II superconducting linac with high repetition beam rate enables the possibility to drive an X-Ray FEL oscillator at harmonic frequencies *. Compared to the regular LCLS-II machine setup, the oscillator mode requires a much longer bunch length with a relatively lower current. Also a flat longitudinal phase space distribution is critical to maintain the FEL gain since the X-ray cavity has extremely narrow bandwidth. In this paper, we study the longitudinal phase space optimization including shaping the initial beam from the injector and optimizing the bunch compressor and dechirper parameters. We obtain a bunch with a flat energy chirp over 400 fs in the core part with current above 100 A. The optimization was based on LiTrack and Elegant simulations using LCLS-II beam parameters.
* T. J. Maxwell et al., Feasibility study for an X-ray FEL oscillator at the LCLS-II, IPAC15, TUPMA028.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-WEPOY019  
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