Use of incomplete energy recovery for the energy compression of large energy spread charged particle beams
A method of energy recovery for RF-base linear charged particle accelerators that allows energy recovery without large relative momentum spread of the particle beam involving first accelerating a waveform particle beam having a crest and a centroid with an injection energy E o with the centroid of the particle beam at a phase offset f o from the crest of the accelerating waveform to an energy E full and then recovering the beam energy centroid a phase f o +Df relative to the crest of the waveform particle beam such that ( E full −E o )(1+cos(f o +Df ))> dE /2 wherein dE=the full energy spread, dE/2=the full energy half spread and Df=the wave form phase distance.
1. A method of energy recovery for RF-base linear charged particle accelerators that allows energy recovery without large relative momentum spread of the particle beam comprising:
C) accelerating a waveform particle beam having a crest and a centroid with an injection energy E o with the centroid of the particle beam at a phase offset f o from the crest of the accelerating waveform to an energy E full ; and
D) recovering the beam energy centroid a phase f o +Df relative to the crest of the waveform particle beam such that
( E full −E o )(1+cos(f o +Df ))> dE/ 2
wherein dE=the full energy spread, dE/2=the full energy half spread and Df=the wave form phase distance.
2. A free electron laser driven by an energy recovered linac wherein energy recovery is accomplished by:
A) accelerating a waveform laser beam having a crest and a centroid with an injection energy E o with the centroid of the laser beam at a phase offset f o from the crest of the accelerating waveform to an energy E full ; and
B) recovering the beam energy centroid a phase f o +Df relative to the crest of the waveform laser beam such that
( E full −E o )(1+cos(f o +Df ))> dE/ 2
wherein dE=the full energy spread, dE/2=the full energy half spread and Df=the wave form phase distance.