Experimental observation of IFEL micro-bunching using coherent transition radiation

Author

Liu, Y. ; Cline, D.B. ; Wang, X.J. ; Babzien, M. ; Fang, J.-M. ; Gallardo, J. ; Kusche, K. ; Pogorelsky, I. ; Skaritka, J. ; van Steenbergen, A.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

12-16 May 1997

Firstpage

621

Abstract

Electron beam bunching in the optical wavelength was observed experimentally for the first time at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) using the inverse free electron (IFEL) accelerator. The micro-bunched electron beam has been studied by measuring the coherent transition radiation (CTR). We have experimentally observed a quadratic dependency of the CTR signal with the charge of the electron beam and the observation distance

Keywords

electron accelerators; free electron lasers; linear accelerators; particle beam bunching; test facilities; transition radiation; Accelerator Test Facility; IFEL; IFEL accelerator; coherent transition radiation; electron beam bunching; inverse free electron accelerator; micro-bunched electron beam; micro-bunching; Acceleration; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Electron optics; Laboratories; Laser transitions; Life estimation; Plasma accelerators; Testing; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4376-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1997.749783

Filename

749783