Vicario, C.

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MOPPH028	Future Seeding Experiments at SPARC	95
	L. Giannessi, S. Ambrogio, F. Ciocci, G. Dattoli, A. Doria, G. P. Gallerano, E. Giovenale, M. Quattromini, A. Renieri, C. Ronsivalle, I. P. Spassovsky ENEA C. R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma) D. Alesini, M. E. Biagini, R. Boni, M. Castellano, A. Clozza, A. Drago, M. Ferrario, V. Fusco, A. Gallo, A. Ghigo, M. Migliorati, L. Palumbo, C. Sanelli, F. Sgamma, B. Spataro, S. Tomassini, C. Vaccarezza, C. Vicario INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma) M. Bougeard, B. Carré, D. Garzella, M. Labat, G. Lambert, H. Merdji, P. Salieres, O. Tcherbakoff CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette M.-E. Couprie SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette A. Dipace, E. Sabia ENEA Portici, Portici (Napoli) M. Mattioli Università di Roma I La Sapienza, Roma P. Musumeci, M. Petrarca INFN-Roma, Roma M. Nisoli, G. Sansone, S. Stagira, S. de Silvestri Politecnico/Milano, Milano P. L. Ottaviani, S. Pagnutti, M. Rosetti ENEA-Bologna, Bologna L. P. Poletto, G. T. Tondello Univ. degli Studi di Padova, Padova L. Serafini INFN-Milano, Milano
	Sources based on high order harmonics generated in gas with high power Ti:Sa lasers pulses represent promising candidates as seed for FEL amplifiers for several reasons, as spatial and temporal coherence, wavelength tunability and spectral range, which extends down to the 10-9m wavelength scale. This communication is devoted to the description of a research work plan that is under implementation at the SPARC FEL facility in the framework of the EUROFEL programme. The main goal of the collaboration is to study and test the amplification and the FEL harmonic generation process of an input seed signal obtained as higher order harmonics generated both in crystal (400nm and 266 nm) and in gas (266nm, 160nm, 114nm) from a high intensity Ti:Sa laser pulse.
THPPH031	Commissioning of the SPARC Photo-Injector	637
	M. Bellaveglia, D. Alesini, S. Bertolucci, M. E. Biagini, R. Boni, M. Boscolo, M. Castellano, A. Clozza, L. Cultrera, G. Di Pirro, A. Drago, A. Esposito, M. Ferrario, L. Ficcadenti, D. Filippetto, V. Fusco, A. Gallo, G. Gatti, A. Ghigo, S. Guiducci, M. Incurvati, C. Ligi, M. Migliorati, A. Mostacci, L. Palumbo, L. Pellegrino, M. A. Preger, R. Ricci, C. Sanelli, F. Sgamma, B. Spataro, F. Tazzioli, C. Vaccarezza, M. Vescovi, C. Vicario INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma) A. Bacci, I. Boscolo, F. Broggi, S. Cialdi, D. Giove, M. Mauri, A. R. Rossi, L. Serafini INFN-Milano, Milano L. Catani, E. Chiadroni, A. Cianchi, S. Tazzari INFN-Roma II, Roma L. Giannessi, M. Quattromini, A. Renieri, C. Ronsivalle ENEA C. R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma) M. Mattioli, P. Musumeci, M. Petrarca INFN-Roma, Roma A. Perrone INFN-Lecce, Lecce J. B. Rosenzweig UCLA, Los Angeles, California
	The SPARC project is born to perform R&D activity headed to realize SASE-FEL experiments at 500nm and higher harmonic generation. The project foresees the realization of a high brightness photo-injector able to produce a 150-200MeV electron beam to drive FEL process inside a dedicated 14m long undulator. The machine is going to be assembled at LNF and its final configuration is made up of an RF gun, driven by a Ti:Sa laser, injecting into three SLAC type accelerating sections. Nowadays we are working in a photo-injector test phase, aiming to characterize the main hardware components and to investigate the behavior of the e-beam dynamics in the first meters of drift. To do this we utilize the emittance-meter, a home designed diagnostic device placed just after the RF gun, able to move 1.2 meters along the longitudinal axis to measure beam parameters. In this paper we report a more accurate description of the project, the status of the single systems constituting the machine and the most important results we obtained in the e-meter phase.
THPPH070	Optimum Beam Creation In Photoinjectors Using Space-Charge Expansion	752
	M. P. Dunning, A. M. Cook, R. J. England, J. B. Rosenzweig UCLA, Los Angeles, California M. Bellaveglia, M. Boscolo, L. Catani, A. Cianchi, G. Di Pirro, M. Ferrario, D. Filippetto, G. Gatti, L. Palumbo, C. Vicario INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma) S. M. Jones Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California P. Musumeci INFN-Roma, Roma
	It has recently been shown that by illuminating a photocathode with an ultra-short laser pulse of appropriate transverse profile, a uniform density, ellipsoidally shaped bunch is dynamically formed, which then has linear space-charge fields in all dimensions inside of the bunch. We study here this process, and its marriage to the standard emittance compensation scenario that is implemented in most modern photoinjectors. It is seen that the two processes are compatible, with simulations indicating that a very high brightness beam can be obtained. The scheme has produced stimulus for a series of experiments at the SPARC injector at Frascati in 2006-2007. An initial time-resolved experiment has been performed involving Cerenkov radiation produced at an aerogel. We discuss the results of this preliminary experiment, as well as plans for future experiments to resolve the ellipsoidal bunch shape at low energy. Future measurements at high energy based on fs resolution RF sweepers are discussed, and prospects for using the very low longitudinal emittance beam in a future bunch compressor to produce 10 micron long beams are evaluated.
THCAU03	Operational Experience with the Emittance-Meter at SPARC	777
	L. Catani, E. Chiadroni, A. Cianchi INFN-Roma II, Roma M. Bellaveglia, R. Boni, M. Boscolo, M. Castellano, L. Cultrera, G. Di Pirro, A. Drago, M. Ferrario, D. Filippetto, V. Fusco, A. Gallo, G. Gatti, F. Tazzioli, C. Vaccarezza, M. Vescovi, C. Vicario INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma) M. Migliorati, L. Palumbo Rome University La Sapienza, Roma P. Musumeci, M. Petrarca INFN-Roma, Roma C. Ronsivalle ENEA C. R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma)
	We report the operational experience of the movable emittance meter at SPARC. This device is based on the well-known technique of pepper pot (1-D slits in our case) but it allows moving the measuring device along the beam line from about 840 mm to 2200 mm from the cathode, following the emittance oscillations. More than a simple improvement over conventional, though non-trivial, beam diagnostic tools this device defines a new strategy for the characterization of high performance photoinjectors, providing a tool for detailed analysis of the beam dynamics, over a section of the accelerator where emittance compensation take place. With this device we performed detailed and systematic studies on beam dynamics with particular attention to the transverse parameters as well as longitudinal. We report also the operating experience at the PITZ facility.
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