INITIAL PERFORMANCE OF LOS-ALAMOS ADVANCED FREE-ELECTRON LASER

被引:17
作者
NGUYEN, DC
AUSTIN, RH
CHAN, KCD
FORTGANG, C
JOHNSON, WJD
GOLDSTEIN, J
GIERMAN, SM
KINROSSWRIGHT, J
KONG, SH
MEIER, KL
PLATO, JG
RUSSELL, SJ
SHEFFIELD, RL
SHERWOOD, BA
TIMMER, CA
WARREN, RW
WEBER, ME
机构
[1] Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos
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10.1016/0168-9002(94)90311-5
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The Los Alamos compact Advanced Free Electron Laser (AFEL) has lased at 4.7 and 5.2 mum with a 1-cm period wiggler and a high-brightness electron beam at 16.8 and 15.8 MeV, respectively. The measured electron beam normalized emittance is 1.3 pi mm mrad at a peak current of 100 A, corresponding to a beam brightness greater than 2 X 10(12) A/m2rad2. Initial results indicate that the AFEL small signal gain is approximately 8% at 0.3 nC (30 A peak). The maximum output energy is 7 mJ over a 2-mus macropulse. The AFEL performance can be significantly enhanced by improvements in the rf and drive laser stability.
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