Measurement of the energy loss of an electron bunch passing in a chicane-type bunch compressor due to the coherent synchrotron radiation

The energy loss of an electron beam due to the coherent synchrotron radiation in the components for beam transportation possibly degrades the quality of the beam. In this work the energy loss of an intense single-bunch electron beam passing through a chicane-type bunch compressor has been investigated. The single-bunch beams are being used for self-amplified spontaneous emission experiments in Osaka University. At a beam energy of 27 MeV and the charge of electrons in a bunch of 22 nC the peak shift on the energy spectrum of the beam by 1% and the energy loss of about 0.5% have been observed. In order to evaluate the energy of the coherent synchrotron radiation emitted in the bunch compressor a form factor of the electron bunch has been assumed, according to the results for the measurements of the time profile of the electron bunch with a streak camera and the spectrum of the coherent transition radiation.