Seeded free-electron and inverse free-electron laser techniques for radiation amplification and electron microbunching in the terahertz range
A comprehensive analysis is presented that describes amplification of a seed THz pulse in a single-pass free-electron laser (FEL) driven by a photoinjector. The dynamics of the radiation pulse and the modulated electron beam are modeled using the time-dependent FEL code, GENESIS 1.3. A 10-ps (FWHM)...
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doaj-3c2107dea1e44edb8b9743c2f3e486042020-11-24T21:26:29ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams1098-44022006-12-0191212070310.1103/PhysRevSTAB.9.120703Seeded free-electron and inverse free-electron laser techniques for radiation amplification and electron microbunching in the terahertz rangeC. SungS. Ya. TochitskyS. ReicheJ. B. RosenzweigC. PellegriniC. JoshiA comprehensive analysis is presented that describes amplification of a seed THz pulse in a single-pass free-electron laser (FEL) driven by a photoinjector. The dynamics of the radiation pulse and the modulated electron beam are modeled using the time-dependent FEL code, GENESIS 1.3. A 10-ps (FWHM) electron beam with a peak current of 50–100 A allows amplification of a ∼1 kW seed pulse in the frequency range 0.5–3 THz up to 10–100 MW power in a relatively compact 2-m long planar undulator. The electron beam driving the FEL is strongly modulated, with some inhomogeneity due to the slippage effect. It is shown that THz microbunching of the electron beam is homogeneous over the entire electron pulse when saturated FEL amplification is utilized at the very entrance of an undulator. This requires seeding of a 30-cm long undulator buncher with a 1–3 MW of pump power with radiation at the resonant frequency. A narrow-band seed pulse in the THz range needed for these experiments can be generated by frequency mixing of CO_{2} laser lines in a GaAs nonlinear crystal. Two schemes for producing MW power pulses in seeded FELs are considered in some detail for the beam parameters achievable at the Neptune Laboratory at UCLA: the first uses a waveguide to transport radiation in the 0.5–3 THz range through a 2-m long FEL amplifier and the second employs high-gain third harmonic generation using the FEL process at 3–9 THz.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.9.120703 |
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C. Sung S. Ya. Tochitsky S. Reiche J. B. Rosenzweig C. Pellegrini C. Joshi Seeded free-electron and inverse free-electron laser techniques for radiation amplification and electron microbunching in the terahertz range Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams |
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C. Sung S. Ya. Tochitsky S. Reiche J. B. Rosenzweig C. Pellegrini C. Joshi |
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Seeded free-electron and inverse free-electron laser techniques for radiation amplification and electron microbunching in the terahertz range |
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Seeded free-electron and inverse free-electron laser techniques for radiation amplification and electron microbunching in the terahertz range |
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Seeded free-electron and inverse free-electron laser techniques for radiation amplification and electron microbunching in the terahertz range |
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Seeded free-electron and inverse free-electron laser techniques for radiation amplification and electron microbunching in the terahertz range |
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Seeded free-electron and inverse free-electron laser techniques for radiation amplification and electron microbunching in the terahertz range |
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seeded free-electron and inverse free-electron laser techniques for radiation amplification and electron microbunching in the terahertz range |
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American Physical Society |
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Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams |
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1098-4402 |
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2006-12-01 |
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A comprehensive analysis is presented that describes amplification of a seed THz pulse in a single-pass free-electron laser (FEL) driven by a photoinjector. The dynamics of the radiation pulse and the modulated electron beam are modeled using the time-dependent FEL code, GENESIS 1.3. A 10-ps (FWHM) electron beam with a peak current of 50–100 A allows amplification of a ∼1 kW seed pulse in the frequency range 0.5–3 THz up to 10–100 MW power in a relatively compact 2-m long planar undulator. The electron beam driving the FEL is strongly modulated, with some inhomogeneity due to the slippage effect. It is shown that THz microbunching of the electron beam is homogeneous over the entire electron pulse when saturated FEL amplification is utilized at the very entrance of an undulator. This requires seeding of a 30-cm long undulator buncher with a 1–3 MW of pump power with radiation at the resonant frequency. A narrow-band seed pulse in the THz range needed for these experiments can be generated by frequency mixing of CO_{2} laser lines in a GaAs nonlinear crystal. Two schemes for producing MW power pulses in seeded FELs are considered in some detail for the beam parameters achievable at the Neptune Laboratory at UCLA: the first uses a waveguide to transport radiation in the 0.5–3 THz range through a 2-m long FEL amplifier and the second employs high-gain third harmonic generation using the FEL process at 3–9 THz. |
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