A high duty factor electron linac for FEL

Author

Hayward, T.D. ; Dowell, D.H. ; Vetter, A.M. ; Lancaster, C. ; Milliman, L. ; Smith, D. ; Adamski, J. ; Parazzoli, C.

Author_Institution

Boeing Defence & Space Group, Seattle, WA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1995

Firstpage

248

Abstract

An 18-MeV, 433-MHz linac capable of operating at 25% RF duty factor (DF) is being commissioned for FEL applications. Comprising a two-cell RF photocathode injector followed by four new multicell cavities, the linac is an extension of the photoinjector which previously delivered 5 nC at 27 MHz micropulse repetition frequency, and 25% DF. The system is constructed using equipment from the Ground Based Laser and the Average Power Laser Experiment (APLE). The linac can serve as the driver for an infrared FEL or as the preaccelerator for a higher energy linac driving a visible FEL

Keywords

accelerator cavities; electron accelerators; free electron lasers; photocathodes; 18 MeV; 27 MHz; 433 MHz; Average Power Laser Experiment; Ground Based Laser; high duty factor electron linac; infrared FEL; micropulse repetition frequency; multicell cavities; photoinjector; preaccelerator; two-cell RF photocathode injector; visible FEL; Cathodes; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Linear particle accelerator; Particle beams; Power lasers; Radio frequency; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2934-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1995.504625

Filename

504625