19–24 May 2024
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Characterization of a single-pass high-gain THz FEL at PITZ

MOPG68
20 May 2024, 16:00
2h
Bluegrass (MCC Exhibit Hall A)

Bluegrass

MCC Exhibit Hall A

Poster Presentation MC2.A06 Free Electron Lasers Monday Poster Session

Speaker

Xiao-Yang Zhang (Tsinghua University)

Description

A single-pass THz free-electron laser (FEL) at the Photo Injector Test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (PITZ) was designed and implemented for a proof-of-principle experiment on a tunable high-power THz source for pump-probe experiments at the European XFEL. THz pulses are generated at a radiation wavelength of 100 μm within a 3.5 m long, strongly focusing planar LCLS-I undulator. High gain is achieved by driving the FEL with high brightness beams from the PITZ photoinjector at 17 MeV and a bunch charge of up to several nC. In addition to the mechanisms of self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE), seeding of the THz-FEL by electron bunch modulation at the photocathode is also being investigated. The experimental results, including the gain curves and spectral properties of the THz-FEL radiation, are presented in comparison with theoretical predictions and numerical simulations.

Funding Agency

The project is supported by the R&D program of the European XFEL.

Region represented Europe
Paper preparation format Word

Author

Mikhail Krasilnikov (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)

Co-authors

Namra Aftab (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Zohrab Amirkhanyan (Center for the Advancement of Natural Discoveries using Light Emission) Dmytro Dmytriiev (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) James Good (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Anna Grebinyk (Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau) Matthias Gross (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Andreas Hoffmann (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Davit Kalantaryan (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Mohsen Dayyani Kelisani (School of Particles and Accelerators) Mr Ekkachai Kongmon (Chiang Mai University) Xiangkun Li (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Zahra Lotfi (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Anusorn Lueangaramwong (Diamond Light Source) Sandeep Mohanty (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Anne Oppelt (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Christopher Richard (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Felix Riemer (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Evgeny Schneidmiller (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Frank Stephan (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Grygorii Vashchenko (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Daniel Villani (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Dr Mikhail Yurkov (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Ekaterina Zapolnova (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Sumaira Zeeshan (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Xiao-Yang Zhang (Tsinghua University)

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