Author: Campbell, L.T.
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MOPSO08 Unaveraged Modelling of a LWFA Driven FEL 43
 
  • L.T. Campbell, B.W.J. MᶜNeil
    USTRAT/SUPA, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • F.J. Grüner, A.R. Maier
    CFEL, Hamburg, Germany
  • F.J. Grüner, A.R. Maier
    Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany
  • F.J. Grüner
    LMU, Garching, Germany
 
  Preliminary simulations of a Laser Wakefield Field Accelerator driven FEL are presented using the 3D unaveraged, broad bandwidth FEL simulation code Puffin. The radius of the matched low emittance electron beam suggests that the FEL interaction will be strongly affected by radiation diffraction. The parameter scaling and comparison between 3D and equivalent 1D simulations appears to confirm the interaction is diffraction dominated. Nevertheless, output powers are predicted to be greater than those of similar unaveraged FEL models. Possible reasons for the discrepancies between the averaged and unaveraged simulation results are discussed.
[1] - AR Maier, A Meseck, S Reiche, CB Schroeder, T Seggebrock, and F Gruner, Phys Rev X 2, 031019 (2012)
 
 
MOPSO09 Investigation of a 2-Colour Undulator FEL Using Puffin 47
 
  • L.T. Campbell, B.W.J. MᶜNeil
    USTRAT/SUPA, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • S. Reiche
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
 
  The unaveraged FEL code Puffin* is used to investigate a 2 color FEL. In the scheme under investigation, undulator modules are tuned alternately to generate 2 frequencies quasi-simultaneously, which should result in greater stability than generating them consecutively. The advantage of using Puffin is that it provides the capability of modelling a broad bandwidth spectrum. For example, radiation at 1nm and 2.4nm is difficult to model simultaneously in standard averaged FEL codes. An unaveraged code like Puffin is able to model 2 (or more) wavelengths with a much wider spacing.
* LT Campbell and BWJ McNeil, Phys. Plasmas 19, 093119 (2012)
 
 
WEPSO04 The Conceptual Design of CLARA, a Novel FEL Test Facility for Ultra-short Pulse Generation 496
 
  • J.A. Clarke, D. Angal-Kalinin, R.K. Buckley, S.R. Buckley, P.A. Corlett, L.S. Cowie, D.J. Dunning, B.D. Fell, P. Goudket, A.R. Goulden, S.P. Jamison, J.K. Jones, A. Kalinin, B.P.M. Liggins, L. Ma, K.B. Marinov, P.A. McIntosh, J.W. McKenzie, K.J. Middleman, B.L. Militsyn, A.J. Moss, B.D. Muratori, H.L. Owen, R.N.C. Santer, Y.M. Saveliev, R.J. Smith, S.L. Smith, E.W. Snedden, M. Surman, T.T. Thakker, N. Thompson, R. Valizadeh, A.E. Wheelhouse, P.H. Williams
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • R. Appleby, R.J. Barlow, H.L. Owen, M. Serluca, G.X. Xia
    UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • R. Appleby, G. Burt, S. Chattopadhyay, D. Newton, A. Wolski
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • R. Bartolini, S.T. Boogert, A. Lyapin
    JAI, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
  • N. Bliss, R.J. Cash, G. Cox, G.P. Diakun, A. Gallagher, D.M.P. Holland, B.G. Martlew, M.D. Roper
    STFC/DL, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • S.T. Boogert
    Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom
  • G. Burt
    Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • L.T. Campbell, B.W.J. MᶜNeil
    USTRAT/SUPA, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • A.M. Kolano
    University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
  • I.P.S. Martin
    Diamond, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
  • D. Newton, A. Wolski
    The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • V.V. Paramonov
    RAS/INR, Moscow, Russia
 
  The conceptual design of CLARA, a novel FEL test facility focussed on the generation of ultra-short photon pulses with extreme levels of stability and synchronisation is described. The ultimate aim of CLARA is to experimentally demonstrate that sub-coherence length pulse generation with FELs is viable, and to compare the various schemes being championed. The results will translate directly to existing and future X-ray FELs, enabling them to generate attosecond pulses, thereby extending the science capabilities of these intense light sources. This paper will describe the design of CLARA, pointing out the flexible features that will be incorporated to allow multiple novel FEL schemes to be proven.