Automatic adjustment of undulator optics for FELs

2024/05/14 by Zhichu Chen, Chen, Zhichu, B. Faatz +1
Engineering · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques #Advancements in Photolithography Techniques #FOS: Physical sciences #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2405.08339

openalex publication_date 2024/05/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a way to automatically adjust the quadrupole focusing along the undulator to avoid the instabilities, taking into account energy change and undulator focusing. The procedure is more generalized and applicable to any strongly focusing (planar) undulator.

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