Title :
The deep-UV operation of the OK-4/Duke storage ring FEL
Author :
Litvinenko, V.N. ; Park, S.H. ; Pinayev, I.V. ; Wu, Y. ; Ememian, M. ; Hower, N. ; Morcombe, P. ; Oakeley, O. ; Swift, G. ; Wang, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we present the result of the deep-UV lasing with the OK-4/Duke storage ring FEL. The OK-4 FEL was initially commissioned in the near-UV at Duke Free Electron Laboratory in November, 1996 followed by a year-long shutdown. After re-establishing the storage ring operation in early 1998, the OK-4 FEL lasing was demonstrated in the wavelength range of 217 to 256 nm in 1998. A number of lasing modes with electron energies ranging from 300 to 750 MeV have been established to accommodate application research. Starting September, 1998, the coherent deep-UV radiation is used for applications in cornea surgery, cell biology, surface physics, and nuclear physics. In this paper we report the results of the deep-UV lasing with the OK-4/Duke storage ring FEL as well as our plans to advance towards the VUV
Keywords :
electron accelerators; free electron lasers; storage rings; 217 to 256 nm; 300 to 750 MeV; OK-4/Duke storage ring FEL; cell biology; coherent deep-UV radiation; cornea surgery; deep-UV lasing; deep-UV operation; nuclear physics; storage ring operation; surface physics; Biological cells; Collaboration; Cornea; Electrons; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laboratories; Mirrors; Nuclear physics; Storage rings; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5573-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1999.795669
