IPAC2021 - List of Authors (Mohr, C.)

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WEPAB378	Near-Infrared Laser System for Dielectric Laser Acceleration Experiments at SINBAD	3596
	C. Mahnke, U. Grosse-Wortmann, I. Hartl, C.M. Heyl, Y. Hua, T. Lamb, Y. Ma, C. Mohr, J. Müller, S.H. Salman, S. Schulz, C. Vidoli DESY, Hamburg, Germany H. Çankaya CFEL, Hamburg, Germany
	The technique of dielectric laser acceleration (DLA) utilizes the strong field gradients generated by intense laser light near the surfaces of microscopic photonic structures, possibly allowing compact accelerator devices. We report on the infrared laser system at the SINBAD facility at DESY, where first DLA experiments with relativistic electrons pre-accelerated by the ARES linear accelerator started in late 2020. We constructed a low-noise Holmium fiber oscillator producing pulses at a wavelength of 2050 nm, seeding a Ho:YLF regenerative amplifier. Pulses of 2 mJ and 2 ps duration from the amplifier are transported over a distance of about 30 m to the DLA interaction point. The laser system is synchronized to the accelerator by locking the laser repetition rate to an RF master oscillator using an all-digital phase-locked loop, giving a residual timing jitter of about 45 fs. The digital locking scheme allows precise shifting of the relative timing between laser pulses and electrons without need for a dedicated optical delay line. It is planned to lock the system to the UV photocathode laser by means of an optical cross correlator further to improve the locking performance.
	Poster WEPAB378 [1.445 MB]
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WEPAB379	Photocathode Laser Development for Superconducting X-Ray Free Electron Lasers at DESY	3599
	C. Li, O. Akcaalan, U. Grosse-Wortmann, I. Hartl, C. Mohr, M. Seidel, H. Tuennermann, C. Vidoli, L. Winkelmann DESY, Hamburg, Germany M. Frede, O. Puncken neoLASE GmbH, Hanover, Germany
	Funding: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, 22609, Germany Modern X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers (XFEL) are a key tool to enable a variety of scientific research. Those large-scale machines rely on robust and reliable deep ultraviolet (DUV) laser sources to drive electrons from their RF photocathode gun. In this paper we present a new photocathode laser prototype, which offers more flexibility in duration and shape of the 257.5 nm pulses for driving the CsTe Photocathodes of DESY’s superconducting burst-mode FELs. The laser matches the FEL pulse structure, which are 800 µs bursts at up to 4.5 MHz intraburst-rate with 10 Hz burst-repetition-rate. In a first version the system will offer variable DUV pulse durations, tunable from 1 ps to 20 ps to address different operational regimes of the XFEL. The laser system comprises a high-resolution spectral shaper with the option of generating flat-top DUV pulses for reducing electron-beam emittance at a later version. The laser is constructed in a hybrid Yb:fiber and Yb:YAG architecture. Our prototype delivers 180 uJ pulse energy at 1030 nm and 1 MHz intra-burst rate and we demonstrated conversion of 50µJ of the NIR beam to DUV, resulting 11.5µJ at 21ps (FWHM) and 6.15 µJ at 1.05 ps (FWHM) pulse duration.
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Near-Infrared Laser System for Dielectric Laser Acceleration Experiments at SINBAD

3596

C. Mahnke, U. Grosse-Wortmann, I. Hartl, C.M. Heyl, Y. Hua, T. Lamb, Y. Ma, C. Mohr, J. Müller, S.H. Salman, S. Schulz, C. Vidoli
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
H. Çankaya
CFEL, Hamburg, Germany

The technique of dielectric laser acceleration (DLA) utilizes the strong field gradients generated by intense laser light near the surfaces of microscopic photonic structures, possibly allowing compact accelerator devices. We report on the infrared laser system at the SINBAD facility at DESY, where first DLA experiments with relativistic electrons pre-accelerated by the ARES linear accelerator started in late 2020. We constructed a low-noise Holmium fiber oscillator producing pulses at a wavelength of 2050 nm, seeding a Ho:YLF regenerative amplifier. Pulses of 2 mJ and 2 ps duration from the amplifier are transported over a distance of about 30 m to the DLA interaction point. The laser system is synchronized to the accelerator by locking the laser repetition rate to an RF master oscillator using an all-digital phase-locked loop, giving a residual timing jitter of about 45 fs. The digital locking scheme allows precise shifting of the relative timing between laser pulses and electrons without need for a dedicated optical delay line. It is planned to lock the system to the UV photocathode laser by means of an optical cross correlator further to improve the locking performance.

Poster WEPAB378 [1.445 MB]

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WEPAB379

Photocathode Laser Development for Superconducting X-Ray Free Electron Lasers at DESY

3599

C. Li, O. Akcaalan, U. Grosse-Wortmann, I. Hartl, C. Mohr, M. Seidel, H. Tuennermann, C. Vidoli, L. Winkelmann
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
M. Frede, O. Puncken
neoLASE GmbH, Hanover, Germany

Funding: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, 22609, Germany
Modern X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers (XFEL) are a key tool to enable a variety of scientific research. Those large-scale machines rely on robust and reliable deep ultraviolet (DUV) laser sources to drive electrons from their RF photocathode gun. In this paper we present a new photocathode laser prototype, which offers more flexibility in duration and shape of the 257.5 nm pulses for driving the CsTe Photocathodes of DESY’s superconducting burst-mode FELs. The laser matches the FEL pulse structure, which are 800 µs bursts at up to 4.5 MHz intraburst-rate with 10 Hz burst-repetition-rate. In a first version the system will offer variable DUV pulse durations, tunable from 1 ps to 20 ps to address different operational regimes of the XFEL. The laser system comprises a high-resolution spectral shaper with the option of generating flat-top DUV pulses for reducing electron-beam emittance at a later version. The laser is constructed in a hybrid Yb:fiber and Yb:YAG architecture. Our prototype delivers 180 uJ pulse energy at 1030 nm and 1 MHz intra-burst rate and we demonstrated conversion of 50µJ of the NIR beam to DUV, resulting 11.5µJ at 21ps (FWHM) and 6.15 µJ at 1.05 ps (FWHM) pulse duration.

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reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB379

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paper received ※ 27 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 02 July 2021 issue date ※ 23 August 2021

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