Title :
Design analysis for a 100-MeV inverse Cerenkov laser accelerator
Author :
Fontana, J.R. ; Kimura, W.D. ; Steinhauer, L.C. ; Pogorelsky, I.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
The analysis of a 100-MeV demonstration experiment based upon inverse Cerenkov acceleration (ICA) is presented. This experiment would use the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. With 50-GW of delivered laser peak power from the ATF CO2 laser, our analysis indicates the 65-MeV ATF e-beam can be accelerated to >165 MeV using three stages of acceleration in ~1 m of total length. The number of electrons accelerated can be raised to ~109 by prebunching the e-beam using an already available device
Keywords :
beam handling techniques; electron accelerators; laser beam applications; laser beam effects; linear accelerators; 100 MeV; 50 GW; ATF; Accelerator Test Facility; CO2 laser; inverse Cerenkov laser accelerator; prebunching; Acceleration; Free electron lasers; Gas lasers; Independent component analysis; Laboratories; Laser beams; Life estimation; Optical design; Power lasers; US Department of Energy;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1203-1
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1993.309404
