Seeded VISA: A 1064nm laser-seeded FEL amplifier at the BNL ATF

Author

Dunning, M. ; Andonian, G. ; Hemsing, E. ; Reiche, S. ; Rosenzweig, J.

Author_Institution

UCLA, Los Angeles

fYear

2007

fDate

25-29 June 2007

Firstpage

1257

Lastpage

1259

Abstract

An experimental study of a seeded Free Electron Laser (FEL) using the VISA undulator and a Nd:YAG seed laser will be performed at the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The study is motivated by the demand for a short Rayleigh length FEL amplifier at 1 micron to allow for high power transmission with minimal damage of transport optics. Planned measurements include transverse and longitudinal coherence, angular distribution, and wavelength spectrum of the FEL radiation. The effects of detuning the electron beam energy will be studied, with an emphasis on control of the radiation emission angles and increase of the amplifier efficiency. Results of start-to-end simulations are also presented.

Keywords

free electron lasers; wigglers; Nd:YAG seed laser; VISA undulator; electron beam energy detuning; laser-seeded FEL amplifier; seeded VISA; seeded free electron laser; wavelength 1064 nm; Electron accelerators; Free electron lasers; High power amplifiers; Laboratories; Life estimation; Optical amplifiers; Performance evaluation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Test facilities; Undulators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0916-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2007.4441048

Filename

4441048