Beam dynamics measurements for the slac laser acceleration experiment

The NLC test accelerator (NLCTA) was built to address beam dynamics issues for the Next Linear Collider and beyond. An S-Band RF gun, diagnostics and low energy spectrometer (LES) at 6 MeV together with a large-angle extraction line at 60 MeV have now been built and commissioned for the laser acceleration experiment,E163. Following a four quad matching section after the NLCTA chicane, the extraction section is followed by another matching section, final focus and buncher. The laser-electron interaction point (IP) is followed by a broad range, high resolving power spectrometer (HES) for electron bunch analysis. Optical symmetries in the design of the 25.5deg extraction line provide 1:1 phase space transfer without sextupoles for a large, 6D phase space volume and range of input conditions. Spot sizes down to a few microns at the IP (HES object) allow testing microscale structures with high resolving power at the HES image. Tolerances, tuning sensitivities, diagnostics and the latest commissioning results are discussed and compared to design expectations.