Progress toward an integrated 100 TW laser-100 MeV electron linac experiment

Author

Hays, G.R. ; Cowan, T. ; Crane, J.K. ; Le Sage, G.P. ; Perry, M.D. ; Powell, H.T. ; Roth, M. ; Wharton, K.B. ; Yanovsky, V.P. ; Ditmire, T.

Author_Institution

Laser Program, Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

293

Abstract

Summary form only given. Advances in the chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) technique on solid state lasers have made it possible to achieve very high peak powers (>10 TW) at high repetition rates (>1 Hz). These high peak power ultrafast lasers systems are of great interest to laser-plasma interaction research and ultrafast X-ray generation. We are developing a Ti:sapphire based CPA laser system which is located near a high current 100 MeV RF linear accelerator. We are working to couple the laser to the accelerator in order to perform laser pulse interactions with a high current relativistic electron bunches. This requires that the laser be synchronized to the linear accelerator to a subpicosecond accuracy.

Keywords

X-ray production; accelerator RF systems; beam handling equipment; chirp modulation; integrated optics; laser beams; linear accelerators; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; particle beam diagnostics; plasma light propagation; relativistic electron beams; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 1 Hz; 10 TW; 100 MeV; 100 TW; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; Ti:sapphire based CPA laser system; chirped-pulse amplification; electron linac experiment; high current RF linear accelerator; high current relativistic electron bunches; integrated laser-electron linac system; laser pulse interactions; laser-plasma interaction; linear accelerator; peak powers; repetition rates; solid state lasers; subpicosecond accuracy; synchronized laser; ultrafast X-ray generation; ultrafast lasers systems; Chirp; Electrons; Linear accelerators; Linear particle accelerator; Optical coupling; Power generation; Power lasers; Radio frequency; Solid lasers; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907030

Filename

907030