The NLC L-band bunch compressor

The first stage bunch compressor in the NLC injector complex compresses the e+/e- beams from a bunch length of 5 mm rms to 0.5 mm rms at the beam energy of 2 GeV. To obtain this compression ratio, the compressor rf section operates with an rf frequency of 1.4 GHz and a voltage of about 140 MV while a magnetic wiggler is used to generate an R₅₆ = 0-5 m. The bunch compressor is designed to operate with a beam from the damping ring that has a bunch spacing slew of 20 ps across the bunch train due to the transient loading in the damping rings. The compressor RF section is required to produce a specific energy profile along the bunch train so that the bunch spacing can be corrected in the compressor bending section. Further, the 1-amp beam heavily loads the compressor linac and beam loading compensation is essential to prevent a phase variation along the bunch train in the downstream linacs. In this paper, we will present simulation results of the beam loading compensation using a AT scheme assuming various initial bunch spacing arrangements. We will study the impact of the different compressor energy profiles on the beam energy, energy spread, and bunch length at the IP