Saturation of the NSLS DUV-FEL at BNL

Author

Doyuran, A. ; DiMauro, L. ; Graves, W. ; Heese, R. ; Johnson, E.D. ; Krinsky, S. ; Loos, H. ; Murphy, J.B. ; Rakowsky, G. ; Rose, J. ; Shaftan, T. ; Sheehy, B. ; Shen, Y. ; Skaritka, J. ; Wang, X.J. ; Wu, Z. ; Yu, L.H.

Author_Institution

Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

12-16 May 2003

Firstpage

217

Abstract

The Deep Ultra Violet Free Electron Laser (DUV-FEL) experiment has reached a milestone by saturating the Free Electron Laser using High Gain Harmonic Generation (HGHG) method in the Source Development Laboratory (SDL) at NSLS. It utilizes the 10 m long, 3.9 cm period NISUS wiggler. The goal of the project is to produce radiation at a wavelength less than 100 nm, utilizing the HGHG method. HGHG at 266 nm has been accomplished by seeding with the 800 nm Ti:Sapphire laser and observed saturation. The third harmonic at 88 nm accompanying the 266 nm is being used in an ion pair imaging experiment in chemistry. We discuss the measurement of energy, gain, spectrum, and pulse length of the FEL output. We also describe the diagnostics used for operating the FEL.

Keywords

electron accelerators; free electron lasers; particle beam diagnostics; wigglers; 10 m; 100 nm; 266 nm; 3.9 cm; 800 nm; 88 nm; Deep Ultra Violet Free Electron Laser; High Gain Harmonic Generation method; NISUS wiggler; NSLS DUV-FEL at BNL; energy; gain; pulse length; spectrum; Chemical lasers; Chemistry; Energy measurement; Free electron lasers; Frequency conversion; Gain measurement; Laboratories; Length measurement; Pulse measurements; Undulators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the

ISSN

1063-3928

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7738-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2003.1288883

Filename

1288883