Commissioning Results of the LCLS Injector

Conference · Fri Nov 16 04:00:00 EST 2007

OSTI ID:920013

Dowell, D H; Akre, R; Ding, Y; Emma, P; Frisch, J; Gilevich, S; Hays, G; Hering, Ph; Huang, Z; Iverson, R; Limborg-Deprey, C; Loos, H; Miahnahri, A; Schmerge, J; Turner, J; Welch, J; White, W; Wu, J; Frohlich, L; Limberg, T ; Prat, E

The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is a SASE xray Free-Electron Laser (FEL) project presently under construction at SLAC. The injector section, from drive-laser and RF photocathode gun through first bunch compressor chicane, was installed in fall 2006. Initial system commissioning with an electron beam has recently been completed. The second phase of construction, including second bunch compressor and full linac, is planned for 2008. In this paper, we report experimental results and experience gained during the first phase of machine commissioning. This includes the cathode, drive laser, RF photocathode gun, linac booster section, S-band and X-band RF systems, first bunch compressor, and the various beam diagnostics.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 920013
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-12951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
Accelerators
ACCPHY
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COMPRESSORS
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LINEAR ACCELERATORS
PHOTOCATHODES
RF SYSTEMS
STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER