{"title":"Upgrade of Mid-Infrared Free Electron Laser at Kyoto University by Long Macro-pulse Photocathode Operation of the Existing RF Gun","authors":"H. Zen, H. Ohgaki, R. Hajima","doi":"10.1109/IRMMW-THz46771.2020.9370754","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A mid-infrared Free Electron Laser (MIR-FEL) is a candidate to realize a high-repetition-rate atto-second hard X-ray source based on the high harmonic generation (HHG). A new project to conduct a proof of principle experiment of HHG driven by a MIR-FEL has been started since 2018. For this purpose, upgrade project of MIR-FEL at Kyoto University (KU-FEL) has been started to achieve high peak power and ultrashort pulse operation. As the first step of the upgrade, a photocathode drive laser was improved to enable long macro-pulse photocathode operation. The results of the long macro-pulse photocathode operation of KU-FEL will be presented.","PeriodicalId":6746,"journal":{"name":"2020 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)","volume":"57 1 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2020 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz46771.2020.9370754","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A mid-infrared Free Electron Laser (MIR-FEL) is a candidate to realize a high-repetition-rate atto-second hard X-ray source based on the high harmonic generation (HHG). A new project to conduct a proof of principle experiment of HHG driven by a MIR-FEL has been started since 2018. For this purpose, upgrade project of MIR-FEL at Kyoto University (KU-FEL) has been started to achieve high peak power and ultrashort pulse operation. As the first step of the upgrade, a photocathode drive laser was improved to enable long macro-pulse photocathode operation. The results of the long macro-pulse photocathode operation of KU-FEL will be presented.