LINAC2014 - List of Authors (Beaudoin, B.)

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THPP059	Z-Shaper: A Picosecond UV Laser Pulse Shaping Channel at the Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator	986
	J.C.T. Thangaraj, D.R. Edstrom, A.H. Lumpkin, J. Ruan Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA B. Beaudoin UMD, College Park, Maryland, USA
	Many accelerator applications require a longitudinally shaped electron beam profile for studies ranging from THz generation to dielectric wakefield acceleration. An electron beam profile can be shaped through many techniques in both electron beam generation, such as with a DAZZLER or in ellipsoidal pulse generation, and beam transport, using an emittance exchanger or linearizing harmonic cavity. In this paper, shaping of a UV pulse with length on the order of picoseconds is examined using alpha-BBO crystals in the Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator (ASTA) drive laser. A relatively economical solution to effect a predictable and tunable longitudinal bunch shape, profiles have been generated and observed using a Hamamatsu C5680 streak camera, and the results are compared with the analytical theory.

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Z-Shaper: A Picosecond UV Laser Pulse Shaping Channel at the Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator

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J.C.T. Thangaraj, D.R. Edstrom, A.H. Lumpkin, J. Ruan
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
B. Beaudoin
UMD, College Park, Maryland, USA

Many accelerator applications require a longitudinally shaped electron beam profile for studies ranging from THz generation to dielectric wakefield acceleration. An electron beam profile can be shaped through many techniques in both electron beam generation, such as with a DAZZLER or in ellipsoidal pulse generation, and beam transport, using an emittance exchanger or linearizing harmonic cavity. In this paper, shaping of a UV pulse with length on the order of picoseconds is examined using alpha-BBO crystals in the Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator (ASTA) drive laser. A relatively economical solution to effect a predictable and tunable longitudinal bunch shape, profiles have been generated and observed using a Hamamatsu C5680 streak camera, and the results are compared with the analytical theory.