Timing jitter studies of the SwissFEL Test Injector drive laser
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- 作者：Marta Csatari Divall ; Maik Kaiser ; Stephan Hunziker ; Carlo Vicario ; Bolko Beutner ; Thomas Schietinger ; Matthias L眉thi ; Marco Pedrozzi ; Christoph P. Hauri
- 关键词：Photo-injector laser ; X-ray FEL ; Timing jitter ; Ultrashort electron bunches ; Laser arrival monitor
- 刊名：Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- 出版年：21 January, 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：735
- 期：Complete
- 页码：471-479
- 全文大小：2791 K
文摘
To produce short X-ray pulses for SwissFEL, it is necessary to compress the electron bunches by a factor of 300, down to sub-fs for the attosecond operational modes. To achieve stable FEL output accurate timing of the initial electron injection at the main linear accelerator is necessary. Tolerance studies show, that to reach the final performance goals, less than 40 fs relative rms jitter is required from the electron gun, relative to the reference. Here we present independent residual RF phase noise measurements of the laser oscillators, showing an exceptional ~30 fs integrated rms jitter. Moreover timing studies at the SwissFEL Injector Test Facility, based on charge detection at the sharp rising edge of the Schottky-scan were performed allowing for systematic correlation studies and showing a residual jitter of ~150 fs at 10 Hz from the pulsed laser system and beam transport respect to the reference. For future development, available relative jitter measurement techniques for pulsed laser systems will be reviewed and their applicability for laser arrival time monitoring and feedback for FEL applications will be discussed.