THz SASE FEL at PITZ: Lasing at a wavelength of 100 μm

M. Krasilnikov, Z. Aboulbanine, G. Adhikari, N. Aftab, A. Asoyan, P. Boonpornprasert, H. Davtyan, G. Georgiev, J. Good, A. Grebinyk, M. Gross, W. Hillert, A. Hoffmann, E. Kongmon, X. K. Li, A. Lueangaramwong, D. Melkumyan, S. Mohanty, R. Niemczyk, A. OppeltH. Qian, C. Richard, J. Rossbach, E. Schneidmiller, F. Stephan, G. Vashchenko, T. Weilbach, M. Yurkov

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Abstract

Development of an accelerator-based tunable THz source prototype for pump-probe experiments at the European XFEL is ongoing at the Photo Injector Test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (PITZ). The proof-of-principle experiments on the THz SASE FEL are performed utilizing the LCLS-I undulator (on loan from SLAC) installed in the PITZ beamline. The first lasing at a center wavelength of 100 μm was observed in the summer of 2022. The lasing of the narrowband THz source was achieved using an electron beam with an energy of a1/417 MeV and a bunch charge up to several nC. Optimization of beam transport and matching resulted in the measurement of THz radiation with a pulse energy of tens of μJ, measured with pyroelectric detectors. The THz FEL gain curves were measured by means of specially designed short coils along the undulator. The results of the first characterization of the THz source at PITZ will be presented.

Original languageEnglish
Article number032016
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume2687
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event14th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2023 - Venice, Italy
Duration: May 7 2023May 12 2023

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