Los Alamos free electron laser: Accelerator performance
Abstract
The free electron (FEL) laser oscillator has operated over a wavelength range from 9 to 11 (MU)m with a peak output power of 5 MW and an average output power of 6 kW over a 70-(MU)s pulse length. The FEL is driven by a conventional RF linear accelerator operating at 1.3 GHz with a nominal energy of 20 MeV. Particularly important parts of the beamline are the electron gun, the subharmonic and fundamental-bunching systems, the accelerator, the feedback controllers, the steering and focusing systems, the cherenkov radiators used as beam-position monitors, and the slow and fast deflectors used with the diagnostic spectrometer at the exit of the beamline. Problems are discussed and the performance of these components is presented.
- Publication:
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Presented at Free Electron Laser Conf
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984fel..conf.....W
- Keywords:
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- Electron Beams;
- Electron Bunching;
- Free Electron Lasers;
- Linear Accelerators;
- Control;
- Lasers;
- Performance Tests;
- Wiggler Magnets;
- Lasers and Masers