An amplitude and phase compensation system has been developed and tested at the University of Hawai‘i for the optimization of the RF drive system to the Mark V free-electron laser. Temporal uniformity of the RF drive is essential to the generation of an electron beam suitable for optimal free-electron laser performance and the operation of an inverse Compton scattering x-ray source. The design of the RF measurement and compensation system is described in detail and the results of RF phase compensation are presented. Performance of the free-electron laser was evaluated by comparing the measured effects of phase compensation with the results of a computer simulation. Finally, preliminary results are presented for the effects of amplitude compensation on the performance of the complete system.

Topics
PIN diode, Oscilloscopes, Arbitrary waveform generator, Pulse generators, Optical devices, Electron beams, Plasma acceleration, Free electron lasers, Laser physics, Graphical user interface
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