High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 34, Issue 10, 104018(2022)

Design of the photocathode drive laser system for high current electron beam operation of DC-SRF-II gun

Tong Wu1,2, Hang Xu3,4、*, Jinqiang Xu3, Jingyi Li3, and Senlin Huang1,2、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Particle Acceleration Physics &Technology, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803, China
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    We present the design of a 100 W high repetition rate photocathode drive laser system for realizing high average current operation of the superconducting accelerator at Peking University. To achieve good beam quality and reliability, we choose photonic crystal fiber (PCF) as the gain medium of the main amplification unit. In addition, we address several key issues for the drive laser system, including the evaluation of the output power of each amplification unit, the design of pulse stretcher and compressor, the optimization of free space coupling setups for pump pulse and seed pulse, etc. We also combine a high-speed semi-conductor optical amplifier (SOA) optical switch with a low-speed acousto-optic modulator (AOM) to achieve the necessary diagnostic mode for the intense electron beam accelerator. This unique design is of importance for the photocathode drive laser with the repetition rate around or above 100 MHz.

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    Tong Wu, Hang Xu, Jinqiang Xu, Jingyi Li, Senlin Huang. Design of the photocathode drive laser system for high current electron beam operation of DC-SRF-II gun[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(10): 104018

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    Paper Information

    Category: High Brightness Beam Physics and Technology

    Received: Aug. 9, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 9, 2022

    The Author Email: Xu Hang (xuhang@ihep.ac.cn), Huang Senlin (huangsl@pku.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202234.220244

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