Research opportunities below 300 nm at the NBS free-electron-laser facility

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6909657

Debenham, P H; Johnson, B C

A free-electron laser (FEL) that will be driven by the c-w racetrack microtron (RTM), will be operated as an oscillator with the fundamental wavelength variable from approximately 200 nm to 10 micrometers. The presence of harmonics should allow for operation in the VUV and EUV spectral regions. The c-w RTM consists of a 5-MeV injector section and a 12-MeV, c-w, rf linear accelerator (linac). The linac is placed between the uniform field end magnets that recirculate the beam on successive orbits through the linac. The beam can be deflected out of the RTM after completing up to and including 15 passes through the linac, so that the final beam energy is 17 to 185 MeV. As an FEL driver, the unique features of the RTM are the c-w nature of the beam, excellent energy stability, small values of the transverse emittance and energy spread, and high average power.

• Research Organization: National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6909657
• Report Number(s): AD-A-193100/5/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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