Author: MacArthur, J.P.
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MOPAB096 Rocking Curve Imaging Experiment at SSRL 10-2 Beamline 357
 
  • A. Halavanau, R. Arthur, B. Johnson, J.P. MacArthur, G. Marcus, R.A. Margraf, Z. Qu, T. Rabedeau, T. Sato, C.J. Takacs, D. Zhu
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
 
  Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) serves a wide scientific community with its variety of X-ray capabilities. Recently, we have employed a wiggler source located at beamline 10-2 to perform high resolution rocking curve imaging (RCI) of diamond and silicon crystals. In-house X-ray RCI capability is important for the upcoming cavity-based x-ray source development projects at SLAC, such as cavity-based XFEL (CBXFEL) and X-ray laser oscillator (XLO). In this proceeding, we describe theoretical considerations, and provide experimental results, validating the design of our apparatus. We also provide a plan for future improvements of the RCI@SSRL program.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-MOPAB096  
About • paper received ※ 19 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 27 July 2021       issue date ※ 10 August 2021  
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TUPAB109 Characterization of the X-Ray Angular Pointing Jitter in the LCLS Hard X-ray Undulator Line 1640
 
  • R.A. Margraf, Z. Huang, J.P. MacArthur, G. Marcus, T. Sato, D. Zhu
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • Z. Huang
    Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the Department of Energy, Laboratory Directed Research and Development program at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, under contract DE-AC02-76SF00515.
The angular pointing jitter of X-ray pulses produced by an X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) depends on both intrinsic properties of the SASE (Self-amplified spontaneous emission) process and jitters in beamline variables such as electron orbit. This jitter is of interest to the Cavity-Based XFEL (CBXFEL)* project at SLAC, which will lase seven undulators inside an X-ray cavity of four diamond Bragg mirrors. The CBXFEL cavity has a narrow angular bandwidth, thus large angular jitters cause X-rays to leak out of the cavity and degrade cavity efficiency. To understand contributors to angular pointing jitter, we studied the pointing jitter of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) Hard X-ray Undulator line (HXU). Monochromatic and pink X-rays were characterized at the X-ray Pump Probe (XPP) instrument. We found pulses with high monochromatized pulse energy and small electron beam orbit in the undulator have the lowest angular pointing jitter. We present here our measurement results, discuss why these factors correlate with pointing stability, and propose a strategy for CBXFEL to reduce angular pointing jitter and account for angular pointing jitter in cavity efficiency measurements.
*Gabriel Marcus et al. "CBXFEL Physics Requirements Document for the Optical cavity Based X-Ray Free Electron Lasers Research and Development Project." SLAC-I-120-103-121-00. Apr 2020.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-TUPAB109  
About • paper received ※ 19 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 14 June 2021       issue date ※ 14 August 2021  
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WEPAB072 PAX: A Plasma-Driven Attosecond X-Ray Source 2755
 
  • C. Emma, J. Cryan, M.J. Hogan, K. Larsen, J.P. MacArthur, A. Marinelli, G.R. White, X.L. Xu
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • A.C. Fisher, R.M. Hessami, P. Musumeci
    UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • R. Robles
    Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC02-76SF00515. This work was also partially supported by DOE grant DESC0009914
Plasma accelerators can generate ultra high brightness electron beams which open the door to light sources with smaller physical footprint and properties unachievable with conventional accelerator technology. In this work * we show that electron beams from Plasma WakeField Accelerators (PWFAs) can generate coherent tunable soft X-ray pulses with TW peak power and duration of tens of attoseconds in a meter-length undulator. These X-ray pulses are an order of magnitude more powerful, shorter and can be produced with better stability than state-of-the-art X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs). The X-ray emission in this approach is driven by coherent radiation from a pre-bunched, near Mega Ampere (MA) current electron beam of attosecond duration rather than the SASE FEL process starting from noise. This approach significantly relaxes the restrictive requirements on emittance, energy spread, and pointing stability which has thus far hindered the realization of a high-gain FEL driven by a plasma accelerator. We discuss the approach and progress towards the experimental realization of this concept at the FACET-II accelerator facility.
* C. Emma, X. Xu, A. Fisher, J. P. MacArthur, J. Cryan, M. J. Hogan, P. Musumeci, G. White, A. Marinelli, "Terawatt attosecond X-ray source driven by a plasma accelerator", arXiv:2011.07163 (2020)
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB072  
About • paper received ※ 20 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 24 June 2021       issue date ※ 31 August 2021  
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FRXA07
Ringdown Measured in a Four-Bounce, 20 Meter Hard X-Ray Cavity  
 
  • J.P. MacArthur, Z. Huang, J. Krzywiński, G. Marcus, R.A. Margraf, T. Sato, D. Zhu
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the Department of Energy under contract DE-AC02-76SF00515
A cavity-based hard x-ray free-electron laser (CBXFEL) could produce fully coherent pulses with a bandwidth several orders of magnitude below the intrinsic bandwidth of SASE. A cavity-based FEL is not a new concept - the first FEL was an oscillator operating at 3.4 um - but single-pass amplification of spontaneous radiation was the fastest path to gigawatt x-ray powers. One unproven component of a CBXFEL is a stable, high reflectivity cavity. To address this deficit we present ring-down measurements in a 20 m round-trip cold cavity operating at 9.8 keV. The cavity is composed of four strain-relief-cut diamond 400 Bragg mirrors and a transmission grating for in/out-coupling. It is a testbed for alignment protocols and component performance under realistic experimental conditions like source instability, optics imperfections, and thermal drift.
 
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