A MILLIMETER-WAVE FEL DRIVEN BY A PHOTOCATHODE RF LINAC

Authors
ZHANG R PELLEGRINI C ROSENZWEIG J LESAGE G HARTEMANN F MCDERMOTT D JOSHI C LUHMANN N PIERINI P DESALVO L BONIFACIO R
Citation
R. Zhang et al., A MILLIMETER-WAVE FEL DRIVEN BY A PHOTOCATHODE RF LINAC, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 341(1-3), 1994, pp. 67-71
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
341
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
67 - 71
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)341:1-3<67:AMFDBA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We present the design of a millimeter wave FEL based on the UCLA photo cathode rf linac. The linac energy can be varied between 5 and 18 MeV. The electron pulse duration is 2 ps FWHM, with a peak current exceedi ng 150 A. The FEL is designed to operate in the high gain Compton regi me, controlling the slippage with the propagating radiation in a waveg uide. The design will permit the exploration of the basic FEL physics in this regime, including the exploration of saturation and lethargy i n the superradiant and steady state regime.