Photocathode driven linac at UCLA for FEL and plasma wakefield acceleration experiments

Author

Hartman, S. ; Aghamir, F. ; Barletta, W. ; Cline, D. ; Dodd, J. ; Katsouleas, T. ; Kolonko, J. ; Park, S. ; Pellegrini, C. ; Rosenzweig, J. ; Smolin, J. ; Terrien, J. ; Davis, J. ; Hairapetian, G. ; Joshi, C. ; Luhmann, N., Jr. ; McDermott, D.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

6-9 May 1991

Firstpage

2967

Abstract

The UCLA compact 20-MeV/c electron linear accelerators is designed to produce a single electron bunch with a peak current of 200 A, an RMS energy spread of 0.2% or less, and a short 1.2-ps RMS pulse duration. The linac is also designed to minimize emittance growth down the beamline so as to obtain emittances on the order of 8 pi mm-mrad in the experimental region. The linac will feed two beamlines, the first will run straight into the undulator for FEL experiments while the second will be used for diagnostics, longitudinal bunch compression and other electron beam experiments. A description is given of the considerations that went into the design of the accelerating structures and the transport to the experimental areas.<>

Keywords

electron accelerators; linear accelerators; photocathodes; FEL experiments; accelerating structures; electron bunch; emittance growth; linear accelerators; longitudinal bunch compression; undulator; Acceleration; Cathodes; Copper; Electron beams; Laser beams; Linear particle accelerator; Optical pulses; Plasma accelerators; Solenoids; Space charge;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1991. Accelerator Science and Technology., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0135-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1991.165156

Filename

165156