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CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION OF HGHG-FEL FACILITY AT BNL.

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OSTI ID:15007038
The DUV-FEL facility has been in operation in High Gain Harmonic Generation (HGHG) mode for one year producing 266 nm output from 177 MeV electrons. In this paper we present preliminary results of the Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) of HGHG radiation. In the normal HGHG process, a 1 ps electron beam is seeded by chirped 9 ps long 800 nm Ti:Sapphire laser. The electron beam sees only a narrow fraction of the seed laser bandwidth. However, in the CPA case the seed laser pulse length is reduced to 1 ps, and the electron beam sees the full bandwidth. We introduce an energy chirp on electron beam to match the chirp of the seed pulse, enabling the resonant condition for the whole beam. We present measurements of the spectrum bandwidth for various chirp conditions.
Research Organization:
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/OFFICE OF SCIENCE (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
15007038
Report Number(s):
BNL--72003-2004-CP; KA4030000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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