Start-to-end simulation of self-amplified spontaneous emission free electron lasers from the gun through the undulator
- 1 May 2002
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Vol. 483 (1-2), 268-272
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-9002(02)00325-x
Abstract
It is widely appreciated that the performance of self-amplified spontaneous emission free-electron lasers (FELs) depends critically on the properties of the drive beam. In view of this, a multi-laboratory collaboration has explored methods and software tools for integrated simulation of the photoinjector, linear accelerator, bunch compressor, and FEL. Rather than create a single code to handle such a system, our goal has been a robust, generic solution wherein pre-existing simulation codes are used sequentially. We have standardized on the use of Argonne National Laboratory's Self-Describing Data Sets file protocol for transfer of data among codes. The simulation codes used are PARMELA, elegant , and GENESIS. We describe the software methodology and its advantages, then provide examples involving Argonne's Low-Energy Undulator Test Line and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center's Linac Coherent Light Source. We also indicate possible future direction of this work.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Start-to-end jitter simulations of the linac coherent light sourcePublished by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,2002
- Start-to-end simulation for the LCLS X-ray FELPublished by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,2002
- Integrated modeling of the TESLA X-ray FELPublished by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,2002
- Design and performance simulations of the bunch compressor for the Advanced Photon Source Low-Energy Undulator Test Line free-electron laserPhysical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams, 2001
- Simple method for particle tracking with coherent synchrotron radiationPhysical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams, 2001
- Exponential Gain and Saturation of a Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission Free-Electron LaserScience, 2001
- Beam Instability and Microbunching Due to Coherent Synchrotron RadiationPublished by Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) ,2001
- End-to-end simulation of a visible 1kW FELNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2000
- GENESIS 1.3: a fully 3D time-dependent FEL simulation codeNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1999