Title :
Design and status of the VISA II experiment
Author :
Andonian, G. ; Agustsson, R. ; Murokh, A. ; Pellegrini, C. ; Reiche, S. ; Rosenzweig, J.B. ; Travish, G. ; Babzien, M. ; Ben-Zvi, I. ; Yakimenko, V. ; Palumbo, L. ; Vicario, C.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
VISA II is the follow-up project to the successful Visible to Infrared SASE Amplifier (VISA) experiment at the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) in Brookhaven National Lab (BNL). This paper will report the motivation for and status of the two main experiments associated with the VISA II program. One goal of VISA II is to perform an experimental study of the physics of a chirped beam SASE FEL at the upgraded facilities of the ATF. This requires a linearization of the transport line to preserve energy chirping of the electron beam at injection. The other planned project is a strong bunch compression experiment, where the electron bunch is compressed in the chicane, and the dispersive beamline transport, allowing studies of deep saturation.
Keywords :
X-ray lasers; chirp modulation; electron beam applications; free electron lasers; particle beam bunching; particle beam diagnostics; particle beam injection; Accelerator Test Facility; VISA II experiment; Visible to Infrared SASE Amplifier experiment; chicane; chirped beam SASE FEL; dispersive beamline transport; electron beam injection; electron bunch; strong bunch compression experiment; transport line; Atomic beams; Chirp; Dispersion; Electron beams; Free electron lasers; Linear particle accelerator; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Undulators; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7738-9
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2003.1289556
