In this paper, we propose to combine two promising research topics in accelerator physics, i.e., optical stochastic cooling (OSC) and steady-state microbunching (SSMB). Basically we want to apply OSC in an SSMB storage ring to speed up the damping to enable or boost the formation of microbunching, for high-power short-wavelength coherent radiation generation. The presented work is expected to...
Low-intensity ion beams with transverse dimensions of the order of microns or submicrons have been employed for a variety of purposes. In some advanced applications, however, the beam size needs to be even much smaller. One such example is the creation of color centers in diamond, which requires us to transport ions of specific species one by one to a target with nanometer precision. A...
Laser Doppler cooling of ion bunches in a Paul trap is a demonstrated method of achieving millikelvin bunch temperatures, with the ions forming a Coulomb crystal with a solid-like structure. This is proposed as a source for accelerators that would be a factor 10^5 lower in emittance than conventional plasma sources. Methods to transport the crystalline bunch while limiting emittance growth...