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arXiv:1609.01661 (physics)
[Submitted on 6 Sep 2016]

Title:Microlens Array Laser Transverse Shaping Technique for Photoemission Electron Source

Authors:A. Halavanau, G. Ha, G. Qiang, W. Gai, J. Power, P. Piot, E. Wisniewski, D. Edstrom, J. Ruan, J. Santucci
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Abstract:A common issue encountered in photoemission electron sources used in electron accelerators is distortion of the laser spot due to non ideal conditions at all stages of the amplification. Such a laser spot at the cathode may produce asymmetric charged beams that will result in degradation of the beam quality due to space charge at early stages of acceleration and fail to optimally utilize the cathode surface. In this note we study the possibility of using microlens arrays to dramatically improve the transverse uniformity of the drive laser pulse on UV photocathodes at both Fermilab Accelerator Science \& Technology (FAST) facility and Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA). In particular, we discuss the experimental characterization of the homogeneity and periodic patterned formation at the photocathode. Finally, we compare the experimental results with the paraxial analysis, ray tracing and wavefront propagation software.
Subjects: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
Report number: FERMILAB-TM-2634-APC
Cite as: arXiv:1609.01661 [physics.acc-ph]
  (or arXiv:1609.01661v1 [physics.acc-ph] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1609.01661

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From: Aliaksei Halavanau [view email]
[v1] Tue, 6 Sep 2016 17:28:37 UTC (5,411 KB)
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