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Quasi-Optical Millimeter-Wave Accelerating Structure

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Energy 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
51553 		Program Year/Program:
2001 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
65565S01-I 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Omega-p, Inc.
291 Whitney Avenue New Haven, CT 06511-3765
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Woman-Owned: No
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Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2001
Title: Quasi-Optical Millimeter-Wave Accelerating Structure
Agency: DOE
Contract: DE-FG02-01ER83243
Award Amount: $100,000.00
 

Abstract:

65565 Lasers play an important role in research seeking new mechanisms for high-gradient electron acceleration. This project will develop technology to produce a 90 MeV gyrating electron beam with particles advancing in phase at the laser frequency, executing one cycle each 35 fs. A beam stop with an off-axis channel will transmit a short beam pulse every optical cycle, thereby producing a train of about 30 one pC microbunches for each laser pulse. These bunches can be focused to a few microns width in one transverse direction using a quadrupole and injected into a planar dielectric-lined waveguide where cumulative buildup of wakefields can lead to acceleration gradients approaching 1 GV/m. In Phase I, a practical beam optics arrangement will be devised to direct a gyrating, finite-emittance beam from a laser-based vacuum accelerator, through a beam stop with an off-axis channel, through a quadrupole, and into a planar dielectric-lined waveguide. The arrangement will be optimized for maximum microbunch charge and minimum transverse width in the dielectric-lined waveguide. Commercial Applications And Other Benefits as described by the awardee: Thousands of inexpensive micro-scale wake field generators could be required for a future collider. Micron-scale electron bunches can also be used in plasma-based accelerators and in the generation of intense bursts of sub-harmonic radiation, required in many areas of research.

Principal Investigator:

Jay L. Hirschfield
Principal Scientist
2037892275
jay@omega-p.com

Business Contact:

George Trahan
Vice President
2034581144
tragab@omega-p.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Omega-p, Inc.
202008 Yale Station Suite 100 New Haven, CT 06520

EIN/Tax ID: 562040484
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No