ELFA Project: Electron Laser Facility For Acceleration

R. Bonifacio; I. Boscolo; F. Casagrande; G. Cerchioni; R. Corsini; L. De Salvo Souza; D. Fadini; P. Pierini; N. Piovella

doi:10.1117/12.961601

26 December 1989 ELFA Project: Electron Laser Facility For Acceleration

R. Bonifacio, I. Boscolo, F. Casagrande, G. Cerchioni, R. Corsini, L. De Salvo Souza, D. Fadini, P. Pierini, N. Piovella

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Proceedings Volume 1133, Free Electron Lasers II; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.961601
Event: 1989 International Congress on Optical Science and Engineering, 1989, Paris, France

Abstract

ELFA (Electron Laser Facility for Acceleration) has both a fundamental and a technological novel goal: i) the fundamental goal is to test with short bunches the existence of three different high-gain regimes at the heart of FEL physics: the already observed steady-state regime and the two novel regimes of cooperative synchrotron radiation, i.e., weak and strong superradiance. ii) the technological goal consists in exploring the possibilities of matching the advanced technologies of high-gain FEL's and of superconductive acceleration. The experimental apparatus - photocathode injector, accelerating structure with 352 MHz superconducting cavities, wiggler - is discussed with emphasis on the problems related to the very high current, I ≈ 400 A. Alternative normal-conducting acceleration schemes at 1.3 GHz and 425 MHz are also discussed. The applications of ELFA should range from high-gradient particle acceleration to plasma heating and condensed matter physics.

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R. Bonifacio, I. Boscolo, F. Casagrande, G. Cerchioni, R. Corsini, L. De Salvo Souza, D. Fadini, P. Pierini, and N. Piovella "ELFA Project: Electron Laser Facility For Acceleration", Proc. SPIE 1133, Free Electron Lasers II, (26 December 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.961601

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