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| THPKF073 | CIRCE, the Coherent InfraRed CEnter at the ALS | 2433 |
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| CIRCE (Coherent InfraRed Center) is a new electron storage ring to be built at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). The ring design is optimized for the generation of coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR) in the terahertz frequency range. CIRCE operation includes three possible modes: ultra stable CSR, femtosecond laser slicing CSR and broadband SASE. CSR will allow CIRCE to produce an extremely high flux in the terahertz frequency region. The many orders of magnitude increase in the intensity is the basis of our project and enables new kinds of science. The characteristics of CIRCE and of the different modes of operation are described in this paper. | ||
| THPKF075 | LUX - A Recirculating Linac-based Facility for Ultrafast X-ray Science | 2436 |
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| We present design concepts for LUX - a proposed source of ultra-fast synchrotron radiation pulses based on a recirculating superconducting linac. The source produces high-flux VUV-x-ray pulses with duration of 100 fs or less at a 10 kHz repetition rate, optimized for the study of ultra-fast dynamics across many fields of science. Cascaded harmonic generation in free-electron lasers (FEL's) produces coherent radiation in the VUV-soft x-ray regime, and a specialized technique is used to compress spontaneous emission for ultra-short-pulse photon production in the 1 - 10 keV range. High-brightness electron bunches of 2-3 mm-mrad emittance at 1 nC charge in 30 ps duration are produced in an rf photocathode gun and compressed to 3 ps duration following an injector linac, and recirculated three times through a 1 GeV main linac. In each return path, harmonic cascades are inserted to produce seeded FEL radiation in selected photon energy ranges from approximately 20 eV with a single stage of harmonic generation, to 1 keV with a four-stage cascade. The lattice is designed to minimize emittance growth from effects such as coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR), and to propagate electron beams carrying nm-scale density modulation in the final stages of cascaded harmonic generation. Synchronization of tens of femtoseconds is achieved by use of an optical master oscillator distributing timing signals over actively stabilized fiber, and generation of rf signals from the optical master oscillator. We describe technical developments in key areas including injection from a high repetition rate rf photocathode gun, lattice design, UV and soft x-ray production by high-gain harmonic generation, a kicker design for rapid transfer of the electron beam between radiator beamlines, lasers systems concepts, and synchronization between experimental pump lasers and the x-ray pulse. | ||
| THPLT142 | A Laser-Based Longitudinal Density Monitor for the Large Hadron Collider | 2786 |
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We report on the development of an instrument for the measurement of the longitudinal beam profile in the Large Hadron Collider. The technique used, which has been successfully demonstrated at the Advanced Light Source, mixes the synchrotron radiation with the light from a mode-locked solid state laser oscillator in a non-linear crystal. The up-converted radiation is then detected with a photomultiplier and processed to extract, store and display the required information. A 40 MHz laser, phase-locked to the ring radiofrequency system, with a 50 ps pulse length, would be suitable for measuring the dynamics of the core of each of the LHC 2808 bunches in a time span much shorter then the synchrotron period. The same instrument could also monitor the evolution of the bunch tails, the presence of untrapped particles and their diffusion into nominally empty RF buckets ("ghost bunches") as required by the CERN specifications. We also specify the required characteristics of the diagnostic light port in the LHC where our instrument would be installed.
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| THPLT143 | Development of an Abort Gap Monitor for the Large Hadron Collider | 2789 |
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| The Large Hadron Collider, presently under construction at CERN, requires a monitor of the parasitic charge in the 3.3 ?s long gap in the machine fill structure, referred to as the abort gap, which corresponds to the raise time of the abort kickers. Any circulating particle present in the abort gap at the time of the kickers firing is lost inside the ring, rather than in the beam dump, and can potentially damage a number of the LHC components. CERN specifications indicate a linear density of 6x106 protons over a 100 ns interval as the maximum charge safely allowed in the abort gap at 7 TeV. We present a study of an abort gap monitor, based on a photomultiplier with a gated microchannel plate, which would allow for detecting such low charge densities by monitoring the synchrotron radiation emitted in the superconducting undulator dedicated to the measurement of the longitudinal beam properties. We show results of beam test experiments at the Advanced Light Source using an Hamamatsu 5916U MCP-PMT which indicate that such an instrument has the required sensitivity to meet LHC specifications. |