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| TUPMA049 | Development of an Injector to Generate a Very Short Bunch for a Super Coherent Terahertz Light Source Project | 178 |
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| A project to develop a coherent Terahertz (THz) light source is in progress at Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Tohoku University. The coherent synchrotron light in the THz region is emitted from electron bunches with a very short bunch less than 100 fs (rms) generated by a thermionic RF gun and a sophisticated bunch compressor. As an injector of this ring, we have developed an independently tunable cells (ITC) RF gun and a magnetic bunch compressor. The longitudinal phase space extracted from the ITC-RF gun can be manipulated by feeding RF microwave to cells independently. To generate a short bunch with a significant bunch charge, a magnetic compressor is used downstream from the gun. Two kinds of bunch compressors have been studied. From simulation of an injector, we have got a very short bunch length about 42 fs (rms). A prototype of the gun has been manufactured. Results of low power tests of the gun will be presented. |