04.08.2013 Views

STUDIES OF ENERGY RECOVERY LINACS AT ... - CASA

STUDIES OF ENERGY RECOVERY LINACS AT ... - CASA

STUDIES OF ENERGY RECOVERY LINACS AT ... - CASA

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Superconducting Linac) machine [27]. Most recently, in 2004 beam breakup was<br />

observed for the first time in an ERL at the Jefferson Laboratory FEL Upgrade<br />

Driver [28].<br />

1.5 Outline<br />

The majority of the proposed applications for ERLs require an order of mag-<br />

nitude higher average beam current and/or an order of magnitude higher beam<br />

energy than has currently been demonstrated. Making these extrapolations raises<br />

many unanswered questions. The aim of this dissertation is to address issues with<br />

respect to both beam energy and average beam current.<br />

Chapter 2 describes an experiment that successfully energy recovered the beam<br />

in the CEBAF accelerator. By doing so, issues related to the energy recovery of a<br />

high energy beam and the preservation of beam quality of two co-propagating beams<br />

through a large-scale transport channel were addressed. In addition, operation with<br />

a lowered injection energy was demonstrated, thereby showing the viability of a high<br />

maximum-to-injector energy ratio (Emax/Einj) of 51:1.<br />

The remaining chapters are dedicated to studying the effects of high average<br />

current, specifically the multipass beam breakup instability, in Jefferson Labora-<br />

tory’s ERL-based FEL Upgrade Driver. Chapter 3 provides an overview of the<br />

Driver. The Upgrade’s predecessor, the IR FEL Demo, set the standard for ERL<br />

light sources by achieving a world-record (at the time) 2 kW of average laser power<br />

while also serving as a user facility. With the 10 kW FEL Upgrade, the frontier of<br />

energy recovering linacs continues to expand. Currently, the Upgrade Driver is the<br />

most substantial demonstration of energy recovery in the world, having recovered<br />

in excess of 1 MW of beam power.<br />

Chapter 4 derives an analytic model for BBU. Although relatively simple, the<br />

17

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!