High-contrast energy modulation of electron beams for improved microbunching and coherence of free-electron radiation sources

Roman O. Tatchyn

doi:10.1117/12.331849

1 December 1998 High-contrast energy modulation of electron beams for improved microbunching and coherence of free-electron radiation sources

Roman O. Tatchyn

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Proceedings Volume 3451, Time Structure of X-Ray Sources and Its Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.331849
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

High-contrast energy modulation (HCM) of high-brightness electron bunches, made possible by recent experimental or conceptual advancements in ultra-short-pulse terawatt IR/visible/UV laser and storage ring-based insertion device technologies, makes it possible to consider schemes for generating ultra-short radiation pulses based on the highly non-linear bunching induced by the modulation. In prior publications, the single-particle interaction with the laser and insertion device fields was analyzed and shown to lead to the appropriate initial conditions for bunching. In the present paper we report on continuing studies of the collective (i.e., multi-particle) dynamics of the modulated bunch region. In addition, we describe preliminary analyses that indicate that the coherent power generated by HCM sources could be made comparable to or greater than that of corresponding single-pass, gain-saturated Free Electron Lasers (FELs). Selected differences between the dynamics and performance of conventional high-harmonic FELs and Optical Klystrons (OKs) and the analyzed high-contrast modulation/bunching system are discussed. Some possible applications of HCM to the flexible tailoring of particle beam phase space parameters are mentioned.

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Roman O. Tatchyn "High-contrast energy modulation of electron beams for improved microbunching and coherence of free-electron radiation sources", Proc. SPIE 3451, Time Structure of X-Ray Sources and Its Applications, (1 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.331849

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