Speaker
Prof.
Pietro Musumeci
(UCLA)
Description
In this talk I will discuss the Inverse Free Electron Laser scheme as a compact high gradient accelerator solution for driving advanced light sources such as soft x-ray free-electron laser amplifiers. We will present recent results from two different IFEL acceleration experiments, one carried out at BNL using a CO2 driver laser and a helical geometry and the other one at LLNL using a high power short pulse Ti:Sa laser system. These experiments demonstrate the feasibility of achieving GV/m gradients and GeV beam energies with the IFEL scheme. The optically microbunched output of the IFEL accelerator well matches the requirement for a modelocked FEL capable of generating attosecond pulse trains.
Primary author
Prof.
Pietro Musumeci
(UCLA)
