LINAC2012 - Classification: 01 Electron Accelerators and Applications / 1G Other Electron

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SUPB010	Measurements of a Reduced Energy Spread of a Recirculating Linac by Non-Isochronous Beam Dynamics	22
	F. Hug, C. Burandt, M. Konrad, N. Pietralla TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany R. Eichhorn Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
	Funding: supported by DFG through SFB 634 The Superconducting Linear Accelerator S-DALINAC at the University of Darmstadt (Germany) is a recirculating linac with two recirculations providing beams for measurements in nuclear physics at small momentum transfers. For these experiments an energy spread of better than 10^-4 (rms) is needed. Currently acceleration in the linac section is done on crest of the accelerating field. The recirculation path is operated achromatic and isochronous. In this recirculation scheme the energy spread of the resulting beam in the ideal case is determined by the electron bunch length. Taking into account the stability of the RF system the energy spread increases drastically to more than 10^-3 (rms). We will present a new non-isochronous recirculation scheme which helps cancelling out these errors from the rf-control. This scheme uses longitudinal dispersion in the recirculation paths and an acceleration off-crest with a certain phase with respect to the maximum. We will present results of the commissioning of the new system including measurements of the longitudinal dispersion in the recirculation arcs as well as measurements of the resulting energy spread using an electron spectrometer.

SUPB011	Computational Model Analysis for Experimental Observation of Optical Current Noise Suppression Below the Shot-noise Limit	25
	A. Nause, A. Gover University of Tel-Aviv, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel
	Funding: We acknowledge support of the Israel Science Foundation grant We report first demonstration of optical frequency current shot-noise suppression in a relativistic e-beam. This process is made possible by collective Coulomb interaction between the electrons of a cold intense beam during beam drift, and is essentially a process of longitudinal beam-plasma oscillation [1]. Suppression of beam current noise below the classical “shot-noise” level has been known in the microwave tubes art [2]. This is the first time that it is demonstrated in the optical regime. We predict that the scheme can be extended to the XUV and possibly to shorter wavelengths with further development of technology. The fundamental current shot-noise determines the level of incoherent spontaneous radiation emission from electron-beam optical radiation sources and SASE-FELs [3]. Suppressing shot-noise would make it possible to attain spontaneous emission sub-radiance [4] and surpass the classical coherence limits of seed-injected FELs. The effect was demonstrated by measuring sub-linear growth as a function of current of the OTR Radiation. This finding indicates that the beam charge homogenizes due to the collective interaction, and its distribution becomes sub-Poissonian. [1] A. Gover, E. Dyunin, PRL, 102, 154801, 2009 [2] H. Haus, N. Robinson, Proc. IRE, 43, 981 (1955) [3] P. Emma, et al , Nature Photonics 4, 641 (2010) [4] A. Dicke, Phys. Rev. 93, 99 (1954)

TUPB026	Measurements of a Reduced Energy Spread of a Recirculating Linac by Non-isochronous Beam Dynamics	531
	F. Hug, C. Burandt, M. Konrad, N. Pietralla TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany R. Eichhorn Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
	Funding: supported by DFG through SFB 634 The Superconducting Linear Accelerator S-DALINAC at the University of Darmstadt (Germany) is a recirculating linac with two recirculations providing beams for measurements in nuclear physics at small momentum transfers. For these experiments an energy spread of better than 10^-4 (rms) is needed. Currently acceleration in the linac section is done on crest of the accelerating field. The recirculation path is operated achromatic and isochronous. In this recirculation scheme the energy spread of the resulting beam in the ideal case is determined by the electron bunch length. Taking into account the stability of the RF system the energy spread increases drastically to more than 10^-3 (rms). We will present a new non-isochronous recirculation scheme which helps cancelling out these errors from the rf-control. This scheme uses longitudinal dispersion in the recirculation paths and an acceleration off-crest with a certain phase with respect to the maximum. We will present results of the commissioning of the new system including measurements of the longitudinal dispersion in the recirculation arcs as well as measurements of the resulting energy spread using an electron spectrometer.

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Measurements of a Reduced Energy Spread of a Recirculating Linac by Non-Isochronous Beam Dynamics

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F. Hug, C. Burandt, M. Konrad, N. Pietralla
TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
R. Eichhorn
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Funding: supported by DFG through SFB 634
The Superconducting Linear Accelerator S-DALINAC at the University of Darmstadt (Germany) is a recirculating linac with two recirculations providing beams for measurements in nuclear physics at small momentum transfers. For these experiments an energy spread of better than 10^-4 (rms) is needed. Currently acceleration in the linac section is done on crest of the accelerating field. The recirculation path is operated achromatic and isochronous. In this recirculation scheme the energy spread of the resulting beam in the ideal case is determined by the electron bunch length. Taking into account the stability of the RF system the energy spread increases drastically to more than 10^-3 (rms). We will present a new non-isochronous recirculation scheme which helps cancelling out these errors from the rf-control. This scheme uses longitudinal dispersion in the recirculation paths and an acceleration off-crest with a certain phase with respect to the maximum. We will present results of the commissioning of the new system including measurements of the longitudinal dispersion in the recirculation arcs as well as measurements of the resulting energy spread using an electron spectrometer.

SUPB011

Computational Model Analysis for Experimental Observation of Optical Current Noise Suppression Below the Shot-noise Limit

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A. Nause, A. Gover
University of Tel-Aviv, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Funding: We acknowledge support of the Israel Science Foundation grant
We report first demonstration of optical frequency current shot-noise suppression in a relativistic e-beam. This process is made possible by collective Coulomb interaction between the electrons of a cold intense beam during beam drift, and is essentially a process of longitudinal beam-plasma oscillation [1]. Suppression of beam current noise below the classical “shot-noise” level has been known in the microwave tubes art [2]. This is the first time that it is demonstrated in the optical regime. We predict that the scheme can be extended to the XUV and possibly to shorter wavelengths with further development of technology. The fundamental current shot-noise determines the level of incoherent spontaneous radiation emission from electron-beam optical radiation sources and SASE-FELs [3]. Suppressing shot-noise would make it possible to attain spontaneous emission sub-radiance [4] and surpass the classical coherence limits of seed-injected FELs. The effect was demonstrated by measuring sub-linear growth as a function of current of the OTR Radiation. This finding indicates that the beam charge homogenizes due to the collective interaction, and its distribution becomes sub-Poissonian.
[1] A. Gover, E. Dyunin, PRL, 102, 154801, 2009
[2] H. Haus, N. Robinson, Proc. IRE, 43, 981 (1955)
[3] P. Emma, et al , Nature Photonics 4, 641 (2010)
[4] A. Dicke, Phys. Rev. 93, 99 (1954)

TUPB026

Measurements of a Reduced Energy Spread of a Recirculating Linac by Non-isochronous Beam Dynamics

531

F. Hug, C. Burandt, M. Konrad, N. Pietralla
TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
R. Eichhorn
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Funding: supported by DFG through SFB 634
The Superconducting Linear Accelerator S-DALINAC at the University of Darmstadt (Germany) is a recirculating linac with two recirculations providing beams for measurements in nuclear physics at small momentum transfers. For these experiments an energy spread of better than 10^-4 (rms) is needed. Currently acceleration in the linac section is done on crest of the accelerating field. The recirculation path is operated achromatic and isochronous. In this recirculation scheme the energy spread of the resulting beam in the ideal case is determined by the electron bunch length. Taking into account the stability of the RF system the energy spread increases drastically to more than 10^-3 (rms). We will present a new non-isochronous recirculation scheme which helps cancelling out these errors from the rf-control. This scheme uses longitudinal dispersion in the recirculation paths and an acceleration off-crest with a certain phase with respect to the maximum. We will present results of the commissioning of the new system including measurements of the longitudinal dispersion in the recirculation arcs as well as measurements of the resulting energy spread using an electron spectrometer.