STELLA experiment: Design and model predictions

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.58869· OSTI ID:704015

Kimura, W D; Campbell, L P; Gottschalk, S C; Kusche, K P; Quimby, D C; Robinson, K E ^[1]; Ben-Zvi, I; Gallardo, J C; Kusche, K P; Pogorelsky, I V; Steinhauer, L C ^[2]; He, P; Liu, Y; Skaritka, J

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1. STI Optronics, Inc., Bellevue, Washington 98004 (United States)
2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)

The STaged ELectron Laser Acceleration (STELLA) experiment will be one of the first to examine the critical issue of staging the laser acceleration process. The BNL inverse free electron laser (IFEL) will serve as a prebuncher to generate {approximately}1-{mu}m long microbunches. These microbunches will be accelerated by an inverse Cerenkov acceleration (ICA) stage. A comprehensive model of the STELLA experiment is described. This model includes the IFEL prebunching, drift and focusing of the microbunches into the ICA stage, and their subsequent acceleration. The model predictions will be presented, including the results of a system error study to determine the sensitivity to uncertainties in various system parameters. {copyright} {ital 1999 American Institute of Physics.}

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016; FG03-92ER40695
• OSTI ID: 704015
• Report Number(s): CONF-980742--
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 472; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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