激光斜入射光阴极对束流质量的影响及其优化

 针对美国布鲁克海文国家实验室（BNL）型的光阴极微波电子枪,模拟了不同分布状态的驱动激光脉冲斜入射光阴极对束流质量的影响,给出了改变注入相位和补偿线圈磁场强度对发射度的优化结果。结果表明：光斑椭圆化将会导致发射度的大幅增长,优化效果不理想;波前不同步导致的发射度增长对于纵向高斯分布的脉冲可以得到理想的优化。对于斜入射引起的光斑椭圆化和波前不同步问题给出了光学校正方法及部分测量结果。此外,模拟结果显示,对于横向均匀分布的激光脉冲,适当椭圆度的光斑比圆形光斑更有利于提高电子束质量。     

Emittance measurement & optimization for the photocathode RF gun with laser profile shaping

The Laser Undulator Compact X-ray source(LUCX) is a test bench for a compact high brightness X-ray generator,based on inverse Compton Scattering at KEK,which requires high intensity multi-bunch trains with low transverse emittance.A photocathode RF gun with emittance compensation solenoid is used as an electron source.Much endeavor has been made to increase the beam intensity in the multi-bunch trains.The cavity of the RF gun is tuned into an unbalanced field in order to reduce space charge effects,so that the field gradient on the cathode surface is relatively higher when the forward RF power into gun cavity is not high enough.A laser profile shaper is employed to convert the driving laser profile from Gaussian into uniform.In this research we seek to find the optimized operational conditions for the decrease of the transverse emittance.With the uniform driving laser and the unbalanced RF gun,the RMS transverse emittance of a 1 nC bunch has been improved effectively from 5.46 πmm.mrad to 3.66 πmm.mrad.     

电子束亮度及多孔板法测量发射度的原理

本文探讨了利用多孔板法测量四维横向相空间中均匀分布以及高斯分布的电子束发射度的测量原理。结果表明,对于四维均匀分布的电子束,该法测量的是电子束的边发射度,并且光斑尺寸随着小孔位置不同而变化;对于高斯分布的电子束,该法测量的是电子束的均方根发射度,其光斑尺寸与小孔位置无关。     

On the production of flat electron bunches for laser wakefield acceleration

We suggest a novel method for the injection of electrons into the acceleration phase of particle accelerators, producing low-emittance beams appropriate even for the demanding high-energy linear collider specifications. We discuss the injection mechanism into the acceleration phase of the wakefield in a plasma behind a high-intensity laser pulse, which takes advantage of the laser polarization and focusing. The scheme uses the structurally stable regime of transverse wakewave breaking, when the electron trajectory self-intersection leads to the formation of a flat electron bunch. As shown in three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of the interaction of a laser pulse elongated in the transverse direction with an underdense plasma, the electrons injected via the transverse wakewave breaking and accelerated by the wakewave perform betatron oscillations with different amplitudes and frequencies along the two transverse coordinates. The polarization and focusing geometry lead to a way to produce relativistic electron bunches with an asymmetric emittance (flat beam). An approach for generating flat laser-accelerated ion beams is briefly discussed. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

LIA加速间隙内横向场分析及对发射度的影响

推导了直线感应加速器加速间隙内的横向电磁场解的形式,并作了分析,应用矩阵方法推导了和发射度的关系,得到了和文献[1]中相同的结果。     

Low emittance, high brilliance relativistic electron beams from a laser-plasma accelerator

Progress in laser wakefield accelerators indicates their suitability as a driver of compact free-electron lasers (FELs). High brightness is defined by the normalized transverse emittance, which should be less than 1π mm mrad for an x-ray FEL. We report high-resolution measurements of the emittance of 125 MeV, monoenergetic beams from a wakefield accelerator. An emittance as low as 1.1±0.1π mm mrad is measured using a pepper-pot mask. This sets an upper limit on the emittance, which is comparable with conventional linear accelerators. A peak transverse brightness of 5×101? A m?1 rad?1 makes it suitable for compact XUV FELs.     

DC-SC光阴极注入器的束载实验的调试进展

 北京大学射频超导实验室设计了新型超导光电子枪——DC-SC光阴极注入器，目标是为自由电子激光平台提供能量在2~3MeV，脉宽小于10ps，脉冲重复频率为81.25MHz，平均流强约为1mA的低发射度电子束。现在已经建成了DC-SC光阴极注入器实验平台，包括激光驱动光阴极系统，Pierce直流高压加速结构，1.3GHz 1＋1/2纯铌超导腔，恒温器低温系统，4.5kW连续波微波系统，1/16分频与同步控制系统，束流诊断系统和能量分析系统等。并且完成了超导腔的静态实验，直流加速结构也经过了100μA低电流测试。实验结果符合设计要求，整体调试后即可以进行束载实验。     

高亮度虚火花电子束发射度的测量

介绍了对一台脉冲线加速器驱动虚火花放电装置产的电子束发射度的测量工作。在十隙虚火花放电室中育以１５Ｐａ的氮气，产生能量为约２００ｋｅＶ，束流２０００Ａ，直径为１ｍｍ和高亮度电子束。在距阳极５ｃｍ处测得电子束的均方根发射度εｒｍｓ≈４８ｍｍ．ｍｒａｄ，规一化发射率εｎ≈４７ｍｍ．ｍｒａｄ。     

Generation of electromagnetic waves in the terahertz frequency range by optical rectification of a Gaussian laser pulse in a plasma in presence of an externally applied static electric field

We propose a theoretical model for the generation of electromagnetic waves in the terahertz (THz) frequency range by the optical rectification of a Gaussian laser pulse in a plasma with an applied static electric field transverse to the direction of propagation. A Gaussian laser pulse can exert a transverse component of the quasi‐static ponderomotive force on the electrons at a frequency in the THz range by a suitable choice of the laser pulse width. This nonlinear force is responsible for the density oscillation. The coupling of this oscillation with the drift velocity acquired by electrons due to the applied static electric field leads to the generation of a nonlinear current density. A spatial Gaussian intensity profile of the laser beam enhances the generated THz yield by many folds as compared to a uniform spatial intensity profile.     

基于紧聚焦超高斯激光脉冲的大电量低发散度电子束产生

在激光尾场加速中,光学注入是一种有效的可控电子注入机制。然而,低电量、大发散度的电子束特性无法满足实际应用的需要。为获得大电量、高品质电子束提出采用紧聚焦的超高斯激光作为注入脉冲的新型注入方案。研究发现,相比于普通高斯激光,紧聚焦的超高斯激光不仅能够将电子束发散度降低近一个数量级,而且能够保持电子束电荷量不变。通过哈密顿理论模型证实,离轴电子是发散度的主要来源,而紧聚焦的超高斯激光极大地限制了离轴电子的注入,因此有效地降低了电子束的发散度。     

Enhancing the accelerated beam current in the booster synchrotron by optimizing the transport line beam propagation

In this paper, we present the results of transverse beam emittance and twiss parameter measurement of an electron beam, delivered by a 20 MeV microtron which is used as a pre-injector system for a booster synchrotron in the Indus Accelerator Facility at RRCAT Indore. Based on these measured beam parameters, beam optics of a transport line was optimized and its results are also discussed in this paper. This beam transport line is used to transport the electron beam from the 20 MeV microtron to the booster synchrotron. The booster synchrotron works as a main injector for Indus-1 and Indus-2 synchrotron radiation facilities. To optimize the beam optics of a transport line for proper beam transmission through the line as well as to match the beam twiss parameters at the beam injection point of another accelerator, it is necessary to know the transverse beam emittance and twiss parameters of the beam coming from the first one. A MATLAB-based GUI program has been developed to calculate the beam emittance and twiss parameters, using quadrupole scan method. The measured parameters have been used for beam transport line optimization and twiss parameters matching at booster injection point. After this optimization, an enhancement of ～50% beam current has been observed in the booster synchrotron.     

三种高密度强流束亮度测量技术

利用已经建成的4 MeV LIA注入器,结合时间分辨测量系统研究了三种测量技术:发射度测量法、无场准直器和磁场准直器测量法。介绍了强流束亮度定义和典型方法理论分析及测量技术的物理概念,提出了用于猝发多脉冲电子束发射度测量装置的设计与调试,通过对时间分辨测量系统的分幅相机记录的光强度分布信息处理,得到电子束束斑均方根半径和发射角,分析某一时刻数据,即可得到电子束某一时刻发射度,从而获得多脉冲电子束时间分辨发射度。在4 MeV LIA注入器上对多脉冲电子束流的发射度进行测量,得到电子束归一化均方根发射度约为114 mmmrad、双脉冲456 mmmrad的归一化发射度。最后结合电子束的高斯分布初步分析并给出均方根发射度、实测发射度和边发射度的关系。     

射频腔光阴极注入器发射度研究

 在激光驱动的光阴极注入器产生的高亮度电子束中，空间电荷引起发射度的增长。分析了射频腔中引起发射度增长的因素以及解决这个问题的办法——在射频腔的阴极附近加一个螺旋聚焦磁场进行补偿，也给出了补偿后电子束的发射度并和数值模拟结果进行比较，实验测试表明，所得结果比较符合。     

“神龙一号”加速器聚焦磁场准直

 “神龙一号”是一台正在建造中的脉冲强流加速器。这台加速器的主体由72个直线感应加速腔和18个用于测试和真空泵接口的多功能腔组成。为获得高品质的电子束流，减小发射度的增加，抑制corkscrew的增长，聚焦磁场的磁轴准直精度要求很高。在使用激光跟踪仪对机械轴进行准直的前提下，脉冲悬丝技术被应用于准直加速段聚焦磁场，并在磁轴准直测试的同时对磁场固有倾斜偏差（tilt）进行初步校正。介绍和讨论了测试方法，测试精度以及测试结果。     

Perturbed machine phase ellipse and particle tracking in ultrahigh-energy linear accelerators

An investigation is made to determine how inaccuracies in mounting the quadrupole lenses influence the dilution of the transverse emittance of the beam. The study is made for two specific designs of 500 GeV linear colliders, thermal and superconducting. The analytical prediction is compared with the results of numerical calculations on the averaging of the beam emittance dilution effects for various sets of random deviations of the lenses from the accelerator axis. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 95–98 (July 1999)     

Emittance measurements of a laser-wakefield-accelerated electron beam

The transverse emittance of a relativistic electron beam generated by the interaction of a high-intensity laser with an underdense plasma has been measured with the "pepper-pot" method. For parameters pertaining to the forced laser wakefield regime, we have measured an emittance as low as (2.7+/-0.9) pi mm mrad for (55+/-2) MeV electrons. These measurements are consistent with 3D particle-in-cell simulations of the experiment, which additionally show the existence of a relatively large halo around the beam core.     

电荷束团横向非均匀密度分布引起的发射度增长

直线加速器中电荷束团的非线性效应是导致束流发射度增长的一个重要原因。本文给出了直线加速器中几种常见的横向非均匀电荷密度分布的有限长空间电荷束团所具有的非线性自场能,得到了由束团非均匀电荷密度分布引起的发射度增长。     

神龙二号多脉冲电子束束参数的时间分辨测量技术

神龙二号是一台三脉冲强流脉冲电子束直线感应加速器,就其多脉冲的电子束束参数的测量而言,基本要求是单个脉冲可分辨,进一步的要求是脉冲内时间可分辨。基于光学渡越辐射原理及瞬态发射度测量系统原理,发展了一种束斑与发散角可以分开测量的光学布局结构,结合多台高速分幅相机,成功研制了一套完整的多脉冲电子束束参数的测量系统,其特点是灵活的组合测量方式,全面满足了神龙二号复杂艰难的调试及参数测量工作要求。测量系统最高时间分辨测量能力达到约2 ns的水平,单个脉冲可以获得至少8个时间分辨的束参数测量结果。     

激光脉冲时域整形及其对发射度的改善效果

 利用脉冲堆积法对驱动激光脉冲进行了时域整形,并利用条纹相机测量到了理想的整形结果。在脉冲堆积法的基础上,给出了近似椭球体整形的方案。模拟结果表明：利用脉冲堆积法整形后得到激光脉冲驱动光阴极可以获得更小的发射度;对于测量到的半高全宽（FWHM）为3.82 ps的脉冲,8个子脉冲堆积比4个子脉冲堆积更为有利;此外,对激光脉冲作近似椭球体整形可以进一步降低束流发射度。     

Instantaneous electron beam emittance measurement system based on the optical transition radiation principle

One kind of instantaneous electron beam emittance measurement system based on the optical transition radiation principle and double imaging optical method has been set up. It is mainly adopted in the test for the intense electron-beam produced by a linear induction accelerator. The system features two characteristics. The first one concerns the system synchronization signal triggered by the following edge of the main output waveform from a Blumlein switch. The synchronous precision of about 1 ns between the electron beam and the image capture time can be reached in this way so that the electron beam emittance at the desired time point can be obtained. The other advantage of the system is the ability to obtain the beam spot and beam divergence in one measurement so that the calculated result is the true beam emittance at that time, which can explain the electron beam condition. It provides to be a powerful beam diagnostic method for a 2.5 kA, 18.5 MeV, 90 ns (FWHM) electron beam pulse produced by Dragon I. The ability of the instantaneous measurement is about 3 ns and it can measure the beam emittance at any time point during one beam pulse. A series of beam emittances have been obtained for Dragon I. The typical beam spot is 9.0 mm (FWHM) in diameter and the corresponding beam divergence is about 10.5 mrad.