Passive Longitudinal-Phase-Space Tailoring of Non-Ultrarelativistic Beams with Dielectric-Lined Waveguides

To date conventional use of dielectric-lined waveguides (DLWs) has mainly concerned high-gradient acceleration. In this paper we investigate an alternative use of such waveguides to impressed wakefield-induced energy correlations on non-ultra-relativistic beams. These correlations are shown to produce density modulations as the beam drifts in a free space. We explore several schemes with a single or multiple DLW structures which can lead to passive compressions and to the formation of sub-picosecond bunch trains. We finally suggest the possible use of multiple structures to bunch the beam at higher frequencies using a scheme similar to a two-stage echo enabled harmonic generation.