Emma, P.
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| MOPP004 | Effects of Tapered Betafunction in the LCLS Undulators | 31 |
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The Linac coherent Light Source (LCLS) is an x-ray free-electron laser (FEL) project based on the SLAC linac. With its nominal set of electron beam, focusing and undulator parameters, it is designed to achieve SASE saturation at an undulator length of about 100m with an average power of 10GW. In order to keep the electron beam focused in the undulators, a FODO lattice is integrated along the entire length of the undulators. Nominally, the quadrupoles strengths are chosen to produce nearly constant beta function and beam size along the undulator, optimized for the FEL interaction in the exponential growth regime. Since these quadrupoles are electromagnetic, it is possible to adjust the individual quadrupole strength to vary the beta function and the beam size along the undulator, tailoring the FEL interaction in the startup and the saturation regimes. In this paper, we present simulation studies of the tapered beta function in the LCLS undulator and discuss the generated x-ray properties. |
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| MOPP040 | Optimization and Modeling of the Accelerator for the FERMI @ Elettra FEL | 130 |
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Funding: Sincrotrone Trieste and Director, Office of Science, of the U.S. Department of Energy, under contract No. DE-AC03-76SF00098. Design studies are in progress to use the existing FERMI@Elettra linear accelerator for a seeded harmonic cascade FEL facility [1]. This accelerator will be upgraded to 1.2 GeV and equipped with a low-emittance RF photocathode gun, laser heater, two bunch compressors, and beam delivery system. We present an optimization study for all the components following the gun, with the aim of achieving high peak current, low energy spread and low emittance electron beam necessary for the FEL. Various operational scenarios are discussed. Results of accelerator simulations including effects of space charge, coherent synchrotron radiation, and wakefields are reported. [1] C. Bocchetta, et al., FERMI@Elettra - A Seeded Harmonic Cascaded FEL for EUV and Soft X-rays, this conference. |
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| THPP027 | LCLS X-Ray FEL Output Performance in the Presence of Highly Time-Dependent Undulator Wakefields | 510 |
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Funding: Work supported in part by the Office of Science,U.S. Dept. of Energy under Contracts DE-AC02-76F00515 and DE-AC03-76SF0098. Energy loss due to wakefields within a long undulator, if not compensated by an appropriate tapering of the magnetic field strength, can degrade the FEL process by detuning the resonant FEL frequency. The wakefields arise from the vacuum chamber wall resistivity, its surface roughness, and abrupt changes in its aperture. For LCLS parameters, the resistive component is the most critical and depends upon the chamber wall material (e.g. Cu) and its radius. Of recent interest [1] is the so-called "AC" component of the resistive wake which can lead to strong variations on very short timescales (e.g. ~20 fs). To study the expected performance of the LCLS in the presence of these wakefields, we have made an extensive series of start-to-end SASE simulations with tracking codes PARMELA and ELEGANT, and time-dependent FEL simulation codes GENESIS1.3 and GINGER. We discuss the impact of the wakefield losses upon output energy, spectral bandwidth, and temporal envelope of the output FEL pulse, as well as the benefits of a partial compensation of the time-dependent wake losses obtained with an undulator field taper. We compare these results to those predicted analytically [2]. [1] K.Bane and G. Stupakov, SLAC PUB-10707 (2004). [2] Z. Huang and G. Stupakov, Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 8, 040702 (2005). |
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| THPP045 | Advanced Electron Beam Diagnostics for the FERMI FEL | |
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Fermi is the fourth generation light source currently under design at ELETTRA: based on the Harmonic Generation (HG) scheme it will generate FEL radiation in the 100-10nm range. The successful implementation of the HG scheme calls also for precise knowledge of electron beam emittances and energy spread as well as for very accurate control on the photon to electron interaction, in the Undulator sections. In this paper we present our design for two fundamental Diagnostics foreseen for the new FERMI LINAC: the Beam Position Monitors (BPM) and the Transverse Deflecting cavity set-up. Sensitivity studies on transverse beam displacement effects on global stability of FEL output radiation dictate the ultimate performance to be provided by the BPM system. Due to non negligible longitudinal occupancy of a cavity type BPM, some efforts have been put to study compact cavity BPM configuration. A proper set-up of RF deflecting cavity combined with the vertical ramp foreseen at the end of the LINAC provide a powerful tool for multiple beam measurement. Furthermore, by implementing the two bunch compressors in the vertical plane the effect of the Coherent Synchrotron Radiation (CSR) on the vertical emittance can be checked for. |
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| THPP067 | Analysis of Longitudinal Space Charge Effects With Radial Dependence | 636 |
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Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515. Longitudinal space charge (LSC) force can be a main effect driving the microbunching instability in the linac for an x-ray free-electron laser (FEL). In this paper, the LSC-induced beam modulation is studied using an integral equation approach that takes into account the transverse (radial) variation of LSC field. Changes of beam energy and the transverse beam size can be also incorporated. We discuss the validity of this approach and compare it with other analyses as well as numerical simulations. We apply this approach to study the LSC effect in the LCLS accelerator |
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| THPP019 | Status of the SPARX FEL Project | 491 |
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The first phase of the SPARX project, now funded by MIUR (Research Department of Italian Government), is an R&D activity focused on developing techniques and critical components for future X-ray FEL facilities. This project is the natural extension of the activities under development within the ongoing SPARC collaboration. The aim is the generation of electron beams characterized by an ultra-high peak brightness with a linear accelerator based on the upgrade of the existing Frascati 800 MeV LINAC and to drive a single pass FEL experiment in the range of 3-5 nm, both in SASE and SEEDED FEL configurations, exploiting the use of superconducting and exotic undulator sections. In this paper we discuss the present status of the collaboration. |
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| FROA003 | FERMI @ Elettra: A Seeded Harmonic Cascade FEL for EUV and Soft X-Rays | 682 |
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We describe the machine layout and major performance parameters for the FERMI FEL project funded for construction at Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy. The project will be the first user facility based on seeded harmonic cascade FELs, providing controlled, high peak-power pulses. With a high-brightness rf photocathode gun, and using the existing 1.2 GeV S-band linac, the facility will provide tunable output over a range from ~100 nm to ~10 nm, with pulse duration from 40 fs to ~ 1ps, and with fully variable output polarization. Initially, two FEL cascades are planned; a single-stage harmonic generation to operate > 40 nm, and a two-stage cascade operating from ~40 nm to ~10 nm or shorter wavelength. The output is spatially and temporally coherent, with peak power in the GW range. Lasers provide modulation to the electron beam, as well as driving the photocathode and other systems, and the facility will integrate laser systems with the accelerator infrastructure, including a state-of-the-art optical timing system providing synchronization of rf signals, lasers, and x-ray pulses. Major systems and overall facility layout are described, and key performance parameters summarized. |
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