Title :
Status of the inverse free electron laser experiment at the Neptune Laboratory
Author :
Musumeci, P. ; Pellegrini, C. ; Rosenzweig, J.B. ; Tochitsky, S. ; Travish, G. ; Yoder, R. ; Varfolomeevm A ; Tolmachev, S. ; Varfolomeev, A. ; Yarovoi, T.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report on the status of the Inverse Free Electron Laser accelerator experiment under construction at the UCLA Neptune Laboratory. This experiment will use a 400 GW CO2 laser to accelerate through a tapered undulator an electron beam from 14.5 MeV up to 55 MeV. The scheme proposed is the diffraction dominated IFEL interaction where the Rayleigh range of the laser beam is 3.5 cm, much shorter than the interaction length (the undulator length is 50 cm). The undulator is strongly tapered in both field and period. The present status of the experiment is reported.
Keywords :
collective accelerators; electron accelerators; wigglers; 14.5 to 55 MeV; 3.5 cm; 400 GW; 50 cm; CO2 laser; Inverse Free Electron Laser accelerator experiment; Neptune Laboratory; diffraction dominated IFEL interaction; electron beam; interaction length; laser beam; tapered undulator; Acceleration; Diffraction; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Free electron lasers; Laboratories; Laser beams; Particle accelerators; Structural beams; Undulators;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7738-9
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2003.1288702
