Beam dynamics of the superconducting wiggler on the SSRF storage ring

In the SSRF Phase-II beamline project, a superconducting wiggler(SW) will be installed in the electron storage ring. It may greatly impact on the beam dynamics due to the very high magnetic field. The emittance growth becomes a major problem, even after correction of the beam optics. A local achromatic lattice is studied, in order to combat the emittance growth and keep the performance of the SSRF storage ring as high as possible. Other effects of the SW are also simulated and optimized, including the beta beating, the tune shift, the dynamic aperture, and the field error effects.     

Adiabatic beam buncher for plasma accelerators

An adiabatic free-electron laser wiggler for electron beam bunching is described. A free-electron laser naturally bunches an electron beam. When the beam is trapped adiabatically, the emittance of the bunched beam is decreased significantly compared with abrupt trapping. For a 57-period two-meter buncher having poleface magnetic field of 2 T and 10 GW of 100 μm radiation, adiabatic trapping reduces the final emittance by a factor of three     

Three-dimensional Wigner-function description of the quantum free-electron laser

A free-electron laser (FEL) operating in the quantum regime can provide a compact and monochromatic x-ray source. Here we present the complete quantum model for a FEL with a laser wiggler in three spatial dimensions, based on a discrete Wigner-function formalism taking into account the longitudinal momentum quantization. The model describes the complete spatial and temporal evolution of the electron and radiation beams, including diffraction, propagation, laser wiggler profile and emittance effects. The transverse motion is described in a suitable classical limit, since the typical beam emittance values are much larger than the Compton wavelength quantum limit. In this approximation we derive an equation for the Wigner function which reduces to the three-dimensional Vlasov equation in the complete classical limit. Preliminary numerical results are presented together with parameters for a possible experiment.     

曙光一号自由电子激光实验的理论分析

对曙光一号自由电子激光实验方案和结果进行了系统的理论分析和数值计算。首先用实测的束流发射度ε＿Ｎ＝０．３６～０．６３ｒａｄ·ｃｍ论证了电子束可以不经调制而由束流传输段直接进入摇摆器达到有效产生自由电子激光。其次用编制的三维电子束传输程序模拟２ｋＡ强流束从加速器出口到摇摆的器入器传输过程。最后根据实测参数，使用ＣＥＢＱ程序和ＷＡＧＦＥＬ程序，对曙光一号ＡＳＥ实验、功率放大实验和磁场失谐曲线进行的计算表明，曙光一号束流发射度大约在印ε＿Ｎ＝０．６１～０．８ｒａｄ·ｃｍ附近；ε＿Ｎ＝０．８ｒａｄ·ｃｍ时，上述实验与曲线的理论计算基本一致；曙光一号双向聚焦摇摆器设计是成功的；从功放结果分析，磁控管输入摇摆器的ＴＥＯ１模的功率约为５０Ｗ，并对下一轮实验提出了改进意见。     

A high-power millimeter-wave sheet beam free-electron laseramplifier

The results of experiments with a short period (9.6 mm) wiggler sheet electron beam (1.0 mm×2.0 cm) millimeter-wave free electron laser (FEL) amplifier are presented. This FEL amplifier utilized a strong wiggler field for sheet beam confinement in the narrow beam dimension and an offset-pole side-focusing technique for the wide dimension beam confinement. The beam analysis herein includes finite emittance and space-charge effects. High-current beam propagation was achieved as a result of extensive analytical studies and experimental optimization. A design optimization resulted in a low sensitivity to structure errors and beam velocity spread, as well as a low required beam energy. A maximum gain of 24 dB was achieved with a 1-kW injected signal power at 86 GHz, a 450-kV beam voltage, 17-A beam current, 3.8-kG wiggler magnetic field, and a 74-period wiggler length. The maximum gain with a one-watt injected millimeter-wave power was observed to be over 30 dB. The lower gain at higher injection power level indicates that the device has approached saturation. The device was studied over a broad range or experimental parameters. The experimental results have a good agreement with expectations from a one-dimensional simulation code. The successful operation of this device has proven the feasibility of the original concept and demonstrated the advantages of the sheet beam FEL amplifier. The results of the studies will provide guidelines for the future development of sheet beam FELs and/or other kinds of sheet beam devices     

圆柱开槽波导FEM放大器数值研究

以圆柱开槽波导、螺旋摇摆器为模型,考虑了电子初始速度零散、引导磁场等效应对放大器饱和特性的影响,导出了自洽的注波互作用三维非线性方程组.并在此基础上编制了相应的计算软件,通过数值分析的方法研究了圆柱开槽波导自由电子激光放大器的饱和效率、频带宽度等高频特性.     

Commissioning experience with insertion devices at PETRA III

PETRA III is a new hard X-ray synchrotron radiation source, operating at 6 GeV with a beam current of up to 100 mA and extremely low horizontal emittance of 1 nm rad. Such low emittance is achieved by using two 100 m long damping wiggler sections which reduce the emittance by a factor of 4. Altogether the damping sections contain 20 wigglers of 4m length each. The emitted synchrotron radiation power produced by wigglers amounts to 420 kW at 100 mA beam current in total. In the new octant of PETRA III, there are 14 undulator beamlines, with a brilliance up to 10²¹ (s mrad² mm² 0.1% BW)⁻¹ which cover an energy range from 0.3 keV to more than 100 keV. The low emittance raises very high requirements to the field quality of the insertion devices. At first, it should not affect the positron beam trajectory. Secondly, the spectral properties of the radiation created, like the intensity of higher harmonics, should not be limited by the undulator field quality, but by the beam emittance effects in order to have some reserve for future machine upgrades or possible radiation demagnetization. This paper presents the current status of PETRA III insertion devices and describes intermediate commissioning results like impact of IDs on the positron beam orbit or photon beam and radiation problems.     

Longitudinal momentum mining of beam particles in a storage ring

I describe a scheme for selectively isolating high density low longitudinal emittance beam particles in a storage ring from the rest of the beam without emittance dilution. I discuss the general principle of the method, called longitudinal momentum mining, beam dynamics simulations and results of beam experiments. Multi-particle beam dynamics simulations applied to the Fermilab 8 GeV Recycler (a storage ring) convincingly validate the concepts and feasibility of the method, which I have demonstrated with beam experiments in the Recycler. The method presented here is the first of its kind.     

曙光一号自由电子激光自发辐射放大的理论计算

曙光一号自由电子激光装置用自发辐射放大(ASE)机理,在毫米波波段测得了数百毫瓦的光信号输出。利用三维WAGFEL程序,结合曙光一号直线感应加速器型自由电子激光放大器参数,详细地分析了自发辐射放大的增益、输出功率随电子束的质量(包括束流能散度、流强、发射度等因素)的变化情况,给出了相应的定标关系;并且考察了摇摆场随机误差对自发辐射放大功率的影响。最后对自发辐射放大的实验结果进行了分析。     

Minimizing radial emittance of a beam from a synchrotron radiation source

The feasibility of minimizing the radial emittance of a beam from a synchrotron radiation source (storage ring) is studied. It is shown that the emittance can be diminished by producing nonuniform fields in the magnetic storage ring.     

Permanent magnet wigglers for reducing the emittance of the Petra III synchrotron radiation source

The Petra III synchrotron radiation source was developed based on the Petra-II 6-GeV electron accelerator (DESY). After installing the system for radiation damping, the horizontal emittance of the electron beam of Petra III decreased from 5 nm rad to 1 nm rad, which is a record parameter for this class of installations. The system of radiation damping includes 20 permanent magnet wigglers installed in two straight sections, 50 m each. The total radiation power of the wigglers reaches 800 kW. The wigglers used in the radiation damping system of Petra III were developed in collaboration with DESY (Hamburg) and fabricated by the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics. The wiggler length is 4.04 m, the gap between the poles is 24 mm, the maximum magnetic field is B = 1.52?1.56 T, and the period is λ = 20 cm. This paper describes the design features of the permanent magnet wigglers and the methods and results of adjustment of the wiggler operating parameters.     

Low emittance lattice for the storage ring of the Turkish Light Source Facility TURKAY

The TAC(Turkish Accelerator Center) project aims to build an accelerator center in Turkey. The first stage of the project is to construct an Infra-Red Free Electron Laser(IR-FEL) facility. The second stage is to build a synchrotron radiation facility named TURKAY, which is a third generation synchrotron radiation light source that aims to achieve a high brilliance photon beam from a low emittance electron beam at 3 Ge V. The electron beam parameters are highly dependent on the magnetic lattice of the storage ring. In this paper a low emittance storage ring for TURKAY is proposed and the beam dynamic properties of the magnetic lattice are investigated.     

Conceptual design of Hefei Advanced Light Source(HALS)injection system

The Hefei Advanced Light Source(HALS)is a super low emittance storage ring and has a very short beam life time.In order to run the ring stablely,top-up injection will be necessary.The injection system will greatly affect the quality of beam.This article first gives a physics design of the injecting system.Then the injecting system is tracked under different errors.The responses of storage beam and injecting beam are given in the article.     

Conceptual design of Hefei Advanced Light Source (HALS) injection system

The Hefei Advanced Light Source(HALS) is a super low emittance storage ring and has a very short beam life time. In order to run the ring stablely, top-up injection will be necessary. The injection system will greatly affect the quality of beam. This article first gives a physics design of the injecting system. Then the injecting system is tracked under different errors. The responses of storage beam and injecting beam are given in the article.     

A long-pulse millimeter-wave free electron maser

An experimental free electron maser (FEM) facility is described which operates in the millimeter-wave regime. The experiment demonstrates that high gain and beam extraction efficiency can be obtained with low-current but high-quality electron beams. In the oscillator configuration, microwave powers of 110 kW were achieved with a 300-kV, 4-A beam, corresponding to a beam extraction efficiency of 9.2%. At low beam currents, with the system operating in the linear regime, the FEM gain curve was measured. The experiment uses a Pierce-type gun with a calculated beam emittance of 10.7-mm mrad at 300 kV and 4 A. The wiggler is of the iron permanent magnet hybrid design. The experiment is intended as a first step towards the development of continuous-wave (CW) devices that use beam energy recovery to make use of low-current, high-voltage power supplies     

束内散射效应下HALF储存环物理参数的优化设计

合肥先进光源（HALF）是我国规划建设的软X射线与VUV衍射极限储存环光源（DLSR）。如何有效地实现衍射极限束流发射度,是DLSR物理设计中的核心问题之一。基于束流发射度演化方程,针对HALF预研项目的储存环物理设计方案,计算了束内散射（IBS）效应带来的发射度增长,研究了DLSR中关键参数选择对IBS造成的发射度增长的影响。研究表明,在中低能DLSR物理设计中需要综合考虑储存环的周长、同步辐射阻尼时间等关键参数,以更好地抑制束流发射度的增长。在此研究基础上,通过综合考虑用户需求与储存环物理要求,提出了HALF当前工程项目的储存环物理设计方案。进一步综合应用束团拉伸、全耦合等措施后,更高效地抑制了HALF储存环内IBS造成的束流发射度增长。     

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.     

Inverse Cerenkov acceleration and inverse free-electron laserexperimental results for staged electron laser acceleration

The goal of the staged electron laser acceleration (STELLA) experiment is to demonstrate staging of the laser acceleration process whereby an inverse free electron laser (IFEL) will be used to prebunch the electrons, which are then accelerated in an inverse Cerenkov accelerator (ICA). As preparation for this experiment, a new permanent magnet wiggler for the IFEL was constructed and the ICA system was modified. Both systems have been tested on a new beamline specifically built for STELLA. The improved electron beam (e-beam) with its very low emittance (0.8 mm-mrad normalized) enabled focusing the e-beam to an average radius (1σ) of 65 μm, within the ICA interaction region. This small e-beam focus greatly enhanced the ICA process and resulted in electron energy spectra that have demonstrated the best agreement to date in both overall shape and magnitude with the model predictions. The electron energy spectrum using the new wiggler in the IFEL was also measured. These results will be described as well as future improvements to the STELLA experiment     

Experimental and numerical studies of sheet electron beampropagation through a planar wiggler magnet

Detailed experimental studies on sheet relativistic electron beam propagation through a long planar wiggler are reported and compared with numerical simulations. The planar wiggler has 56 periods with a period of 9.6 mm. Typically, the wiggler field peak amplitude is 5 kG. The experimental efforts are focused on controlling the deviation of the beam toward the side edge of the planar wiggler along the wide transverse direction. It is found that a suitably tapered magnetic field configuration at the wiggler entrance can considerably reduce the rate of deviation. The effects of the following techniques on beam transport efficiency are discussed: side focusing, beam transverse velocity tuning at the wiggler entrance, and beam spread limiting. High beam transport efficiency (almost 100%) of a 15-A beam is obtained in some cases     

Incoherent effects of electron clouds in proton storage rings

Electron clouds in the beam pipe of high-energy proton or positron storage rings can give rise to significant incoherent emittance growth, at densities far below the coherent-instability threshold. We identify two responsible mechanisms: namely, (1) a beam particle periodically crosses a resonance and (2) a beam particle periodically crosses a region of the bunch where its motion is linearly unstable. Formation of halo or beam-core blow up, respectively, are the result. Key ingredients for both processes are synchrotron motion and electron-induced tune shift. The mechanisms considered provide a possible explanation for reduced beam lifetime and emittance growth observed at several operating accelerators. Similar phenomena are likely to occur in other two-stream systems.