New advances in Inverse Cerenkov acceleration

Journal Article · Sat Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1997 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.52971· OSTI ID:552893

Kimura, W D ^[1]; Babzien, M ^[2]; Cline, D B ^[3]; Fiorito, R B ^[4]; Fontana, J R ^[5]; Gallardo, J C ^[2]; Gottschalk, S C ^[1]; Kusche, K P ^[1]; Liu, Y ^[3]; Pogorelsky, I V ^[2]; Quimby, D C ^[1]; Pantell, R H ^[6]; Rule, D W ^[4]; Skaritka, J ^[2]; Sandweiss, J ^[7]; van Steenbergen, A; Yakimenko, V ^[2]

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1. STI Optronics, Inc. Bellevue, Washington 98004-1495 (United States)
2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000 (United States)
3. University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024-1594 (United States)
4. Naval Surface Warfare Center, West Bethesda, Maryland 20817-5700 (United States)
5. University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (United States)
6. Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (United States)
7. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-8167 (United States)

Inverse Cerenkov acceleration (ICA) has entered a new phase in its development. The issue of staging and rephasing the optical wave with a microbunched electron beam is now being examined. This ability to accelerate over multiple stages is important for scaling laser accelerator devices to higher energies. An inverse free electron laser (IFEL) will be positioned upstream from the ICA experiment and used to prebunch the electrons. These electrons will then be focused into the ICA interaction region for rephasing and acceleration by the laser beam. Issues that will be examined during these combined ICA/IFEL experiments include rephasing the laser beam with the microbunches, minimizing bunch smearing, and trapping the electrons in an acceleration bucket. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016; FG06-93ER40803
• OSTI ID: 552893
• Report Number(s): CONF-960836--
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 396; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
BEAM BUNCHING
BEAM DYNAMICS
CHERENKOV RADIATION
DESIGN
ELECTRON BEAMS
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
PHOTON-ELECTRON COLLISIONS
SPACE CHARGE