Title :
Progress on STELLA experiment
Author :
Kimura, W.D. ; Campbell, L.P. ; Gottschalk, S.C. ; Quimby, D.C. ; Robinson, K.E. ; Steinhauer, L.C. ; Babzien, M. ; Ben-Zvi, I. ; Gallardo, J.C. ; Kusche, K.P. ; Pogorelsky, I.V. ; Skaritka, J. ; van Steenbergen, A. ; Yakimenko, V. ; Cline, D.B. ; He, P.
Author_Institution :
STI Optronics Inc., Bellevue, WA, USA
Abstract :
Progress is reported on the Staged Electron Laser Acceleration (STELLA) experiment, which has been assembled on the BNL Accelerator Test Facility (ATF). The primary goal of STELLA is to demonstrate staging of the laser acceleration process by using the BNL inverse free electron laser (IFEL) as a prebuncher, which generates ~1-μm long microbunches, and accelerating these microbunches using an inverse Cerenkov acceleration (ICA) stage. Experimental runs are underway to recommission the IFEL and ICA systems separately, and reestablish the microbunching process. Staging will then be examined by running both the IFEL and ICA systems together
Keywords :
collective accelerators; electron accelerators; free electron lasers; particle beam bunching; BNL inverse free electron laser; STELLA experiment; Staged Electron Laser Acceleration; inverse Cerenkov acceleration; laser acceleration process; microbunches; Free electron lasers; Frequency conversion; Gas lasers; Independent component analysis; Large Hadron Collider; Mirrors; Optical surface waves; Test facilities; Testing; Undulators;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5573-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1999.792424
