Published June 1989 | Version v1
Report

Free-electron laser results from the Advanced Test Accelerator

  • 1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
  • 2. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
  • 3. TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (USA)

Description

PALADIN is a 10.6-μm FEL amplifier experiment operating at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Advanced Test Accelerator, an induction linear accelerator designed to produce a 45-MeV, 10-kA electron beam. With a 15-m long wiggler, PALADIN demonstrated 27 dB of exponential gain from a 14-kW input signal. With a 5-MW input signal, the amplifier saturated after 10 dB of gain. The exponentially growing signal in the unsaturated amplifier was clearly seen to be gain guided by the electron beam. 7 refs., 8 figs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
1988 linear accelerator conference proceedings
Imprint Pagination
718 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 281-284.
Report number
DOE/ER/40150--126

Conference

Title
14. linear accelerator conference (LINAC-14).
Dates
3-7 Oct 1988.
Place
Newport News, VA (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21071678
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AMPLIFIERS; BRIGHTNESS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FOCUSING; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; GAIN; LLNL ADVANCED TEST ACCELERATOR; PERFORMANCE; TUNING; WIGGLER MAGNETS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; AMPLIFICATION; BEAMS; EQUIPMENT; LASERS; LEPTON BEAMS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract W-7405-ENG-48
Secondary number(s)
CONF-881049--; CEBAF--89-001.