Simulation Study of High Intensity S-Band Photoinjector

In this paper, we report the results of simulation study of KEK/U.Tokyo S-Band photoinjector under the present new experimental condition. The aim of the simulation study is to transport high bunch charge with low emittance evolution.     

作为BEPCII预注入器的光阴极注入器

 为了提高并且采用双束加速技术以进一步提高BEPCII正电子从直线加速器注入到储存环的速率,BEPCII(Beijing Electron Positron Collider Upgrade Project) 正在建造带有两个次谐波聚束腔的新预注入器。提出了使用光阴极注入器作为BEPCII预注入器的新方案,其性能优于次谐波聚束系统：发射度和能散至多为次谐波聚束系统的1/4,100%的传输效率,没有卫星束团的干扰,等。此外,还分别对光阴极注入器在高电荷量和低电荷量两种情况下的束流动力学进行了模拟计算和优化研究,并将其性能与正在建造的次谐波聚束系统和旧聚束系统的性能进行了比较和讨论。由此光阴极注入器产生的电子束还可以在将来用作激光-等离子体或激光-非传导性加速结构的尾场加速研究。     

高压直流连续波光阴极注入器中发射度补偿

空间电荷效应是引起发射度增长的主要因素,特别是在高压直流连续波光阴极注入器中。分析了高压直流连续波光阴极注入器中线性空间电荷力的特点及其对电子束横向发射度的影响,并从理论上解析地研究了螺线管发射度补偿的原理及特点。最后利用Parmela程序对中国工程物理研究院高压直流连续波光阴极注入器的发射度补偿作了模拟计算。结果表明,束团电荷量为80 pC的电子束在350 keV高压直流电子枪出口处的横向归一化发射度为5.14 mmmrad,经过螺线管补偿后,其最小横向发射度变为1.27 mmmrad。电子束的发射度得到了很好的补偿。     

RF腔光阴极注入器中热发射度的测量研究

论文介绍RF腔光阴极注入器中热发射度的测量方法，在注入器中有三个因素影响热发射度的测量，它们是：射频场效应、空间电荷效应和发射度测量误差. 在注入器出口处，电子束发射度由：热发射度、射频场效应引起的发射度增长和空间电荷效应的发射度增长三部分组成. 论文从注入器中发射度增长理论和模拟出发，给出了一个能够消除射频场效应和空间电荷效应的热发射度测量方法.     

光阴极RF腔中微波过程研究

由于光阴极RF腔注入器中电子束的脉冲结构由激光控制的特点,根据其电子束脉冲结构的特点,利用微波腔的等效电路,给出了这种微波腔中微波场变化公式,和关于光阴极RF腔的最佳耦合计算公式,并以CAEP光阴极RF腔注入器为例进行理论分析,给出这些变化对电子束参数(如能散度)的影响. 关键词： 光阴极RF腔注入器 光阴极 注入器 能散度     

Cohesive acceleration and focusing of relativistic electrons in overdense plasma

We describe our studies of the generation of plasma wake fields by a relativistic electron bunch and of phasing between the longitudinal and transverse fields in the wake. The leading edge of the electron bunch excites a high-amplitude plasma wake inside the overdense plasma column, and the acceleration and focusing wake fields are probed by the bunch tail. By monitoring the dependence of the acceleration upon the plasma's density, we approached the beam-matching condition and achieved an energy gain of 0.6 MeV over the 17 mm plasma length, corresponding to an average acceleration gradient of 35 MeV/m. Wake-induced modulation in energy and angular divergence of the electron bunch are mapped within a wide range of plasma density. We confirm a theoretical prediction about the phase offset between the accelerating and focusing components of plasma wake.     

Observation of enhanced transformer ratio in collinear wakefield acceleration

One approach to future high energy particle accelerators is based on the wakefield principle: a leading high-charge drive bunch is used to excite fields in an accelerating structure or plasma that in turn accelerates a trailing low-charge witness bunch. The transformer ratio R is defined as the ratio of the maximum energy gain of the witness bunch to the maximum energy loss of the drive bunch. In general, R<2 for this configuration. A number of techniques have been proposed to overcome the transformer ratio limitation. We report here the first experimental study of the ramped bunch train (RBT) technique in a dielectric based accelerating structure. A single drive bunch was replaced by two bunches with charge ratio of 1:2.5 and a separation of 10.5 wavelengths of the fundamental mode. An average measured transformer ratio enhancement by a factor of 1.31 over the single drive bunch case was obtained.     

Energy spread in plasma-based acceleration

Electron acceleration in a one-dimensional plasma wave has been simulated, with emphasis on minimizing the energy spread of an accelerated electron bunch, while keeping the mean energy gain at a reasonable level. Bunch length, beam loading, and the injection phase are tuned to reach this goal. The simulation results show that, in a wide range of initial bunch lengths and beam loading parameters, an optimum acceleration distance exists, which combines low energy spread and high energy gain. The energy spread at the optimum is found to be weakly dependent on bunch length and beam loading, while it is highly sensitive to deviations in the injection phase     

磁压缩器中相干同步辐射对束团品质的影响

在进行束团压缩时,相干同步辐射导致束团能量再分配,这会引入一定类型的非线性,目前普遍认为该非线性会导致束团发射度的急剧增加.本文通过模拟计算发现该结论只在一定条件下成立,同时还发现相干同步辐射引入固定类型的非线性,在特定参数下,该非线性能在一定程度上抵消束团原有的非线性,最终可能对束团品质有改善作用.     

Generation of electron nanobunches and short-wavelength radiation upon reflection of a relativistic-intensity laser pulse from a finite-size target

We have proposed an efficient scheme of generation of short dense electron bunches during the interaction at large angles of incidence of a laser pulse with a thin transversally semibounded laser target. Streams of bunches can be used to simultaneously and independently generate pulsed X-ray radiation as fast electrons hit secondary targets. Dependences of bunch parameters (the number of particles in the bunch and the bunch energy and thickness) on the angle of incidence and laser intensity have been obtained. It has been shown that, upon reflection from the target, the relativistic-intensity laser wave is efficiently converted (the energy-conversion factor reaches ～20%) into a sequence of electromagnetic tens-of-nanometer-long atto pulses, which follow one after another in the period of the initial laser wave. We have investigated how the parameters of the atto pulse depend on the angle of incidence and the laser intensity. We have shown that atto pulses are generated most efficiently at large angles of incidence (≥50°) of the laser pulse on the target.     

Propagation of Plasma Bunches through a Transverse Magnetic Barrier

The injection of a plasma bunch into a multipolar trap can be applied to fill the trap with a plasma. The injection of the bunch into a tokamak-like trap can be considered an additional means for controlling the processes of plasma heating and fuel delivery to the central zone of a thermonuclear reactor. In both cases, the bunch is injected normally to the magnetic field of the trap. It has been shown theoretically, experimentally, and by numerical simulation that the depth of plasma bunch penetration into the magnetic field varies in direct proportion to the bunch energy and in inverse proportion to the magnetic pressure and the cross-sectional area of the plasma bunch. The data of this work allow researchers to estimate the values of plasma bunch parameters at which the bunch will be trapped. As a result, the process of plasma bunch trapping has been optimized.     

Thomson backscattering X-rays from ultra-relativistic electron bunches and temporally shaped laser pulses

The process of Thomson scattering of an ultra-intense laser pulse by a relativistic electron bunch has been proposed as a way to obtain a bright source of short, tunable and quasi-monochromatic X-ray pulses. The real applicability of such a method depends crucially on the electron-beam quality, the angular and energetic distributions playing a relevant role. In this paper we present the computation of the Thomson-scattered radiation generated by a plane-wave, linearly polarized and flat-top laser pulse, incident on a counterpropagating electron bunch having a sizable angular divergence and a generic energy distribution. Both linear and nonlinear Thomson-scattering regimes are considered and the impact of the rising front of the pulse on the scattered-radiation distribution has been taken into account. Simplified relations valid for long laser pulses and small values of both scattering angle and bunch divergence are also reported. Finally, we apply the results to the cases of backscattering with electron bunches typically produced with both standard radio-frequency-based accelerators and laser–plasma accelerators.     

粒子束团状态对测量束流发射度及能量的影响

为了验证国产质子注入器的参数是否满足需求,注入器团队设计了束流测量系统用于测量国产质子直线注入器束流的流强、发射度、能量以及能散等关键指标。此测量系统包含了采用变聚焦法测量发散度、采用分析磁铁测量束流能量和能散的主要功能。利用束流输运线设计软件Tracewin(版本2.11.4.1)进行了系统束线的物理设计,对束测系统测量质子束流的发散度和能量的精度进行了模拟计算。由于经过RFQ-(APF)DTL加速后的粒子束团为“拖尾”的非理想粒子束团,需要针对非理想束团对束测系统测量发射度和能量产生的影响进行分析。通过对模拟计算结果的分析,发现相对于测量理想粒子束团的结果非理想粒子束团对束测系统测量发射度精度影响较大;非理想粒子束团对束测系统测量能量精度影响较小。     

Design study of a L-band DC photocathode gun

In this paper, we the design study of a L-band DC photocathode gun injector for the ERL (Energy Recovery Linac) test facility. The main parameters of the injector are energy of 2.3 MeV, a bunch length of 2 ps, and a normalized emittance of 2.1 mm.mrad.     

Broadband emission from a relativistic electron bunch in a semi-infinite waveguide

A study is made of the excitation of a transition radiation pulse during the injection of a charged particle bunch through the end metal wall into a semi-infinite cylindrical waveguide. Exact analytic expressions for the fields of a thin ring-shaped bunch are obtained in terms of the Lommel functions of two variables. The energy efficiency, power, and spectrum of radiation emitted from a finite-size charged bunch in a vacuum waveguide are calculated numerically with allowance for the multimode nature of the excited field. It is shown that, under certain conditions, the bunch can generate a short, high-intensity electromagnetic pulse with a broad frequency spectrum. The effect of various parameters of the charged bunch-waveguide system (such as the bunch current, bunch duration, and waveguide radius) on the generation efficiency of a transition radiation pulse is investigated.     

单谐振腔束团长度监测器耦合结构设计与仿真

单谐振腔束团长度监测器利用谐振腔内的两个本征模式测量ps量级的电子束团长度,它的关键是如何将两个不同频率的模式互不干扰地耦合提取出来。为解决这个问题,基于低通和带通滤波器的理论,提出了同轴滤波耦合结构和膜片加载波导滤波结构,借助CST微波工作室对滤波器进行建模并仿真得到其S参数。为测试耦合器的应用效果,设计了一套带有该耦合结构的单谐振腔束团长度监测器探头,根据国家同步辐射实验室基于可调谐红外激光的能源化学研究大型实验装置FELiChEM的束流特点,在CST内对所设计的探头进行束流模拟仿真。仿真结果表明,该耦合器可以实现对特定模式的耦合,并有效降低其它模式的干扰,采用同轴滤波耦合结构和膜片加载波导滤波结构的谐振腔监测器可以实现对FELiChEM装置束团长度的高精度测量,测量误差小于2 %。     

皮秒量级电子脉冲宽度测量系统

提出了一种测量皮秒量级电子脉冲宽度的新方法; 并且在二次发射微波电子枪前期研究结果的基础上利用MAFIA等数值模拟程序建立起该测量方法的数值模型进行数值分析, 讨论了其可行性; 并根据本实验室现有条件给出了测量方法的最小分辨, 说明了测量方法的可行性.     

Features of excitation of the hydrogen (deuterium)-metal system by an electron bunch

We report on the results of mass-spectroscopic analysis of the hydrogen yield from metals saturated with hydrogen under the action of accelerated electrons (with an energy of up to 100 keV and a current density from 3 to 30 μA). It is found that the desorption rate is determined not only by parameters of the electron bunch, but also by the structure of the oxide film. It is discovered that the electronic subsystem of hydrogen-enriched metals enhances their ability to absorb the energy of the external electromagnetic action and to preserve it for a longer time as compared to a pure metal. This facilitates nonequilibrium migration and yield of hydrogen under the action of radiation in the subthreshold range. A theoretical model is proposed and analytic dependences are derived for the intensity of hydrogen yield from metals exposed to an electron bunch. The results of this study can be used for the removal of hydrogen from metals and for obtaining submicrocrystalline materials (e.g., titanium).