Conceptual design of a high current injector for the NIST-NRL free electron laser

Author

Cutler, R.I. ; Lindstrom, E.R. ; Penner, S.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

20-23 Mar 1989

Firstpage

328

Abstract

The NIST-LANL (National Institute of Standards and Technology-Los Alamos National Laboratory) racetrack microtron (RTM) is to be used as a driver for a CW free-electron laser. To achieve the peak currents of 2.4 A required for lasing, 15-ps, 120-keV electron pulses at 66.111 MHz with 7-14 pC/pulse will be accelerated to 5 MeV by the existing injector linac for injection into the RTM. The conceptual design of a high-current injection system to produce this beam using a pulsed electron gun and subharmonic chopping and bunching is described, and the results of PARMELA calculations are presented. The new injector uses conventional, proven technology similar to that used in the present injector, which has operated successfully

Keywords

beam handling techniques; electron accelerators; free electron lasers; linear accelerators; microtrons; 120 keV; 15 ps; 5 MeV; 66.111 MHz; NIST-NRL free electron laser; PARMELA calculations; bunching; conceptual design; electron pulses; high current injector; high-current injection system; injector linac; pulsed electron gun; racetrack microtron; subharmonic chopping; Acceleration; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Free electron lasers; Laser beam cutting; Laser beams; NIST; Optical design; Particle beam injection; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1989. Accelerator Science and Technology., Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1989.73165

Filename

73165