Subpicosecond Compression Experiments at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Journal Article · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1996 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.50307· OSTI ID:288328

Carlsten, B E; Feldman, D W; Kinross-Wright, J M; Milder, M L; Russell, S J; Plato, J G; Sherwood, B A; Weber, M E; Cooper, R G; Sturges, R E ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544 (United States)

We report on recent experiments using a magnetic chicane compressor at 8 MeV. Electron bunches at both low (0.1 nC) and high (1 nC) charges were compressed from 10{endash}15 ps to less than 1 ps (FWHM). A transverse deflecting rf cavity was used to measure the bunch length at low charge; the bunch length at high charge was inferred from the induced energy spread of the beam. The longitudinal centrifugal space-charge force [{ital Phys}. {ital Rev}. {ital E} {bold 51}, 1453 (1995)] is calculated using a point-to-point numerical simulation and is shown not to influence the energy-spread measurement. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 288328
• Report Number(s): CONF-9509227-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 96:022395
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 367, Issue 1; Conference: MicroBunches workshop, Upton, NY (United States), 28-30 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ELECTRON BEAMS
BEAM BUNCHING
LINEAR COLLIDERS
FREE ELECTRON LASERS
BRIGHTNESS
MAGNETIC COMPRESSION
RF SYSTEMS
SPACE CHARGES