M. Labat et al 2008 EPL 81 34004 doi:10.1209/0295-5075/81/34004
M. Labat1,5, C. Bruni5, G. Lambert1,4,5, M. Hosaka2,3, M. Shimada2, M. Katoh2, A. Mochihashi6, Y. Takashima3, T. Hara4 and M. E. Couprie5
Show affiliationsWe investigate the dynamical response of an electron bunch in a storage ring to a brief and intense excitation of an external laser. We present a model that simulates the evolution of the electronic distribution in the Coherent Harmonic Generation (CHG) configuration: the energy exchange between photons and electrons occurs within an undulator magnetic field, and further leads to a coherent radiation process. Using those simulations and experimental results on the UVSOR-II CHG free electron laser, we demonstrate that the electronic distribution reaches an equilibrium regime thanks to energy spread relaxation in between two laser injections. We also show that saturation is driven by laser-induced local heating, leading to global effect over the whole bunch.
Accelerators, beams and electromagnetism
Issue 3 (February 2008)
Received 1 August 2007, accepted for publication 30 November 2007
Published 3 January 2008
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