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The Radiation Beamline of Novosibirsk Free-Electron Laser Facility Operating in Terahertz, Far-Infrared, and Mid-Infrared Ranges. / Kubarev, Vitaly V.; Sozinov, Gennady I.; Scheglov, Mikhail A. et al.
In: IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, Vol. 10, No. 6, 9143485, 11.2020, p. 634-646.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - The Radiation Beamline of Novosibirsk Free-Electron Laser Facility Operating in Terahertz, Far-Infrared, and Mid-Infrared Ranges
AU - Kubarev, Vitaly V.
AU - Sozinov, Gennady I.
AU - Scheglov, Mikhail A.
AU - Vodopyanov, Alexander V.
AU - Sidorov, Alexander V.
AU - Melnikov, Anatoly R.
AU - Veber, Sergey L.
N1 - Funding Information: Manuscript received April 5, 2020; revised June 18, 2020; accepted July 9, 2020. Date of publication July 17, 2020; date of current version November 3, 2020. Characteristic measurements of NovoFEL beams on the endstations were funded by the Russian Science Foundation, grant number 17-13-01412. Obtaining of low water vapor concentration in the beamline and gas spectroscopy station for working on strong water absorption lines was funded by the Russian Science Foundation, grant number 19-73-20060. Creation of the vacuum user station for terahertz laser discharge was funded by the Russian Science Foundation, grant number 19-72-20166. The work was done at the shared research center SSTRC on the basis of the Novosibirsk FEL/VEPP-4 VEPP-2000 complex at BINP SB RAS, using equipment supported by project RFMEFI62119X0022. (Corresponding authors: Vitaly V. Kubarev; Sergey L. Veber.) Vitaly V. Kubarev is with the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, and also with Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia (e-mail: v.v.kubarev@inp.nsk.su)
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - Unlike synchrotrons with multiple beamlines, free-electron lasers (FELs) are single-beam facilities, which nevertheless have a number of endstations. The latter requires development of complex radiation transport line, which should be efficient enough to avoid scaling down the FEL capabilities. Keeping the beam shape and radiation power level along the beamline is a challenge because the total length of the FEL radiation transport line can exceed a hundred meters. The FELs around the world differ from each other in both radiation parameters and endstations' layout requiring individual design of their radiation transport lines. In this work, we describe the 120-m beamline for transporting the radiation of the Novosibirsk FEL facility, consisting of three FELs of the terahertz (THz), far-infrared, and mid-infrared ranges. The radiation of these three FELs is directed to the same beam transport channel, which is able to deliver the radiation to any of 14 endstations already commissioned. To compare the expected beam parameters with the actual ones, the radiation intensity distribution was measured in a number of places of the beamline that are THz radiation outputs for some endstations. Possible causes of the parameters' mismatching observed for distant endstations are discussed. The problem of radiation absorption by water vapor is considered in detail.
AB - Unlike synchrotrons with multiple beamlines, free-electron lasers (FELs) are single-beam facilities, which nevertheless have a number of endstations. The latter requires development of complex radiation transport line, which should be efficient enough to avoid scaling down the FEL capabilities. Keeping the beam shape and radiation power level along the beamline is a challenge because the total length of the FEL radiation transport line can exceed a hundred meters. The FELs around the world differ from each other in both radiation parameters and endstations' layout requiring individual design of their radiation transport lines. In this work, we describe the 120-m beamline for transporting the radiation of the Novosibirsk FEL facility, consisting of three FELs of the terahertz (THz), far-infrared, and mid-infrared ranges. The radiation of these three FELs is directed to the same beam transport channel, which is able to deliver the radiation to any of 14 endstations already commissioned. To compare the expected beam parameters with the actual ones, the radiation intensity distribution was measured in a number of places of the beamline that are THz radiation outputs for some endstations. Possible causes of the parameters' mismatching observed for distant endstations are discussed. The problem of radiation absorption by water vapor is considered in detail.
KW - Dehumidification
KW - free-electron laser (FEL)
KW - Gaussian beams
KW - radiation beamline
KW - terahertz (THz) beam imaging
KW - terahertz radiation
KW - water vapor absorption
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089297876&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TTHZ.2020.3010046
DO - 10.1109/TTHZ.2020.3010046
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089297876
VL - 10
SP - 634
EP - 646
JO - IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
JF - IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
SN - 2156-342X
IS - 6
M1 - 9143485
ER -
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