rf modulator design and phase amplitude control for a high-power free-electron-laser linac

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5506659

Hoeberling, R F; Tallerico, P J

The continued interest for building tunable lasers using an electron accelerator as the source of primary energy has resulted in the design of a new accelerator. Earlier work by other members of the Los Alamos team has demonstrated that this design does work in an amplifier mode. The accelerator is to be upgraded for use in an oscillator experiment and the new rf power amplifier system must meet some of the very stringent demands for power and stability placed on the electron beam for the free-electron laser (FEL) interaction to be observed. These demands are particularly stringent because the electron beam energy ultimately will be circulated back through the accelerator so that the electron beam energy not used in the FEL interaction is not wasted. These considerations have to some measure been incorporated into the design of the second FEL system at Los Alamos and are discussed.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5506659
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-81-3072; CONF-811083-18; ON: DE82006129; TRN: 82-007171
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1981 linear accelerator conference, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 19 Oct 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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