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| MOP029 | Laser Beat-Wave Microbunching of Relativistic Electron Beam in the THz Range | 100 |
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| Laser-driven plasma accelerators have recently demonstrated a ~1GeV energy gain of self-trapped electrons in a several-centimeter-long plasma channel. Potential staging of such devices will require external injection of an electron beam prebunched on the scale of 1-10 THz into a plasma accelerating structure or plasma LINAC. Seeded FEL/IFEL techniques can be used for modulation of the electron beam longitudinally on the radiation wavelength. However a seed source in this spectral range is not available. At the UCLA Neptune Laboratory a Laser Beat-Wave (LBW) microbunching experiment has begun. Interaction of the electron beam and the LBW results in ponderomotive acceleration and energy modulation on the THz scale. This stage is followed by a ballistic drift of the electrons, where the gained energy modulation transfers to the beam current modulation. Then the beam is sent into a 33-cm long undulator, where a coherent start-up of THz radiation takes place providing efficient bunching of the whole beam. The performance of LBW bunching is simulated and analyzed using 3D FEL code for the parameters of an existing photoinjector and two-wavelength TW CO2 laser system. | ||
| TUP038 | Status of the Sparc Photoinjector | 333 |
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| The SPARC Project is starting the commissioning of its photo-injector. RF gun, RF sources, RF network and control, power supplies, emittance meter, beam diagnostics and control to measure the RF gun beam have been installed. The photocathode drive laser has been characterized in terms of pulse shape and quality. We will report also about first tests made on RF gun and on the emittance meter device. Additional R&D on X-band and S-band structures for velocity bunching are in progress, as well as studies on new photocathode materials . We will also discuss studies on solenoid field defects, beam based alignments and exotic electron bunch production via blow-out of short laser pulses. | ||
| TH2004 | Nuclear Photo-Science and Applications with Thomson-Radiated Extreme X-Ray (T-REX) Sources | 546 |
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| The Thomson scattering of picosecond and femtosecond duration laser pulses off of low emittance electron beams is an effective method of producing mono-chromatic, MeV-range gamma-rays with unprecedented peak brightness. With peak brightness at 1 MeV > 15 orders of magnitude beyond 3rd generation synchrotrons, these sources open the possibility for a host of new nuclear applications based on photons. In this presentation an overview of the requisite photo-gun, short pulse laser and linear accelerator technologies required for production of high brightness gamma-rays will be presented. Potential applications of these unique sources of radiation will be discussed with particular emphasis given to the excitation and use of nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) for isotope detection and imaging of special nuclear materials of importance to homeland security. |