Time-interleaved multienergy acceleration for an x-ray free-electron laser facility

To meet the demand from the growing number of user experiments, multi-beam-line operation with a wide spectral range is seriously considered in x-ray free-electron laser facilities. In a conventional design, the beam line of low photon energies branches off from the middle of the accelerator to take...

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Main Authors: Toru Hara, Kenji Tamasaku, Takao Asaka, Takahiro Inagaki, Yuichi Inubushi, Tetsuo Katayama, Chikara Kondo, Hirokazu Maesaka, Shinichi Matsubara, Takashi Ohshima, Yuji Otake, Tatsuyuki Sakurai, Takahiro Sato, Hitoshi Tanaka, Tadashi Togashi, Kazuaki Togawa, Kensuke Tono, Makina Yabashi, Tetsuya Ishikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2013-08-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.16.080701
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Summary:To meet the demand from the growing number of user experiments, multi-beam-line operation with a wide spectral range is seriously considered in x-ray free-electron laser facilities. In a conventional design, the beam line of low photon energies branches off from the middle of the accelerator to take out low energy electron beams. Here in this paper, a novel method is proposed to deliver bunch-to-bunch energy changed electron beams at the end of the accelerator. Since all accelerator components are operated in steady state, this method enables quasisimultaneous operation of multi-beam-line in the same undulator hall without degrading the stability and performance of the electron beam.
ISSN:1098-4402