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Andonian, G.

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TUOBAB02 Experimental Characterization of the Transverse Phase Space of a 60-MeV Electron Beam through a Compressor Chicane 788
 
  • F. Zhou, A. C. Kabel
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California
  • R. B. Agustsson, G. Andonian, D. B. Cline, A. Y. Murokh, J. B. Rosenzweig
    UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  • V. Yakimenko
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
 
  Funding: U. S. DOE of Sciences

Space charge and coherent synchrotron radiation may deteriorate electron beam quality when the beam passes through a magnetic bunch compressor. This paper presents the transverse phase-space tomographic measurements for a compressed beam at 60 MeV, around which energy the first stage of magnetic bunch compression takes place in most advanced linacs. Transverse phase-space bifurcation of a compressed beam is observed at that energy, but the degree of the space charge-induced bifurcation is appreciably lower than the one observed at 12 MeV. The Trafic4 simulation confirms the observation.

The paper was published at PRST-AB, November 2006

 
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TUPMS033 Chicane Radiation Measurements with a Compressed Electron Beam at the BNL ATF 1254
 
  • G. Andonian, R. B. Agustsson, A. M. Cook, M. P. Dunning, E. Hemsing, A. Y. Murokh, S. Reiche, J. B. Rosenzweig
    UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  • M. Babzien, K. Kusche, R. Malone, V. Yakimenko
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
 
  The radiation emitted from a chicane compressor has been studied at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Accelerator Test Facility (ATF). Coherent edge radiation (CER)is emitted from a compressed electron beam as it traverses sharp edge regions of a magnet. The compression is accompanied by strong self-fields, which are manifested as distortions in the momentum space called beam bifurcation. Recent measurements indicate that the bunch length is approximately 100 fs rms. The emitted THz chicane radiation displays strong signatures of CER. This paper reports on the experimental characterization and subsequent analysis of the chicane radiation measurements at the BNL ATF with a discussion of diagnostics development and implementation. The characterization includes spectral analysis, far-field intensity distribution, and polarization effects. Experimental data is benchmarked to a custom developed start-to-end simulation suite.  
TUPMS034 Seeded VISA: A 1064 nm Laser-Seeded FEL Amplifier at the BNL ATF 1257
 
  • M. P. Dunning, G. Andonian, E. Hemsing, S. Reiche, J. B. Rosenzweig
    UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  • M. Babzien, V. Yakimenko
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
 
  An experimental study of a seeded free electron laser (FEL) using the VISA undulator and a Nd:YAG seed laser will be performed at the Accelerator Test Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The study is motivated by the demand for a short Rayleigh length FEL amplifier at 1 micron for high power transmission with minimal damage of transport optics. Planned measurements include transverse and longitudinal coherence, angular distribution, and wavelength spectrum of the FEL radiation. The effects of detuning the electron beam energy will be studied, with an emphasis on control of the radiation emission angles and increase of the amplifier efficiency. Results of start-to-end simulations will be presented with preliminary experimental results.  
TUPMS036 Characterization of Orbital Angular Momentum Modes in FEL Radiation 1263
 
  • E. Hemsing, G. Andonian, J. B. Rosenzweig
    UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  • M. Babzien, V. Yakimenko
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  • A. Gover
    University of Tel-Aviv, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv
 
  Optical guiding of the radiation pulse through the source electron bunch in a free-electron laser is a well known phenomena that suppresses diffraction of the output radiation, and thus enhances the gain. The resulting radiation can be described by an expansion of orthogonal modes that are also composed of eigenstates of orbital angular momentum (OAM). In the VISA-FEL experiment at the ATF-BNL, gain guiding has been observed under self-amplified spontaneous emission conditions at 840 nm with a strongly chirped input electron beam. The resulting far-field transverse radiation profiles are observed to contain multiple modes in the angular intensity spectrum, and exhibit both hollow and spiral structures characteristic of single or multiply interfering OAM modes. Current efforts to characterize the transverse radiation profile both experimentally and through start-to-end simulations are presented.