Experimental verification of velocity bunching via shot-by-shot measurement at S-band photoinjector and linac

Iijima, Hokuto; Uesaka, Mitsuru*; Sakamoto, Fumito*; Ueda, Toru*; Kumagai, Noritaka*; Serafini, L.*

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1, 44(7A), p.5249 - 5253, 2005/01

https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.44.5249

We represent an experimental verification of a bunch compression method named "velocity bunching". The velocity bunching based on the rectilinear compression uses a traveling wave accelerating tube as a compressor. The experiment was performed by an S-band photoinjector and a linac at Nuclear Engineering Research Laboratory, University of Tokyo. The shot-by-shot bunch length was measured to be 0.5 0.1 ps (rms) in average by the femtosecond streak camera for a bunch charge of 1 nC. The experimental result is in good agreement with PARMELA simulations.