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Completed / Terminated ATF Experiments

• AE01 - Micro-undulator FEL Experiment. Spokesperson: I. Ben-Zvi, BNL. (1992 - 1997)
• AE02. - Inverse FEL Accelerator. Spokesperson: A. van Steenbergen, BNL. [Yale, Columbia]. (1992-1997)
• AE03 - Laser Grating Accelerator Experiment. Spokesperson: R. Fernow, BNL. [Princeton, LANL]. (1992- 1996)
• AE05 - Nonlinear-Compton Scattering. Spokesperson: K. McDonald, Princeton (1992-)
• AE06 - Inverse Cherenkov Acceleration. Spokesperson: W. Kimura, STI Optronics. [UCSB,BNL]. (1992-1997)
• AE08 - Far Infrared Radiation Source. Spokesperson J. Walsh, Dartmouth. [Oxford, BNL]. (1992 - 1994)
• AE09. - Photocathode R&D. Spokesperson: T. Rao, BNL. (1992 - )
• AE10. - High Gain Harmonic Generation FEL. Spokesperson: L.H. Yu, BNL. [ANL] (1992 - 2001)
• AE11 - Study of Spiking Phenomena in FELs. Spokesperson: T. Marshall, Columbia. [BNL] (1992 - 1997)
• AE12 - Room temperature, pulsed Microwiggler. Spokesperson: H. Haus, MIT. [BNL] (1992 - 1997)
• AE13 - Smith-Purcell Effect Experiment. Spokesperson: J. Walsh, Dartmouth. [BNL, U. Colorado] (1994 - 2004).
• AE14 - Ultrafast Imaging System.. Spokesperson: M. Bardash, QEL Inc. (1994 - 1999)
• AE15 - New Generation Photocathode RF Gun Test Program. Spokesperson: R. Miller, SLAC. [BNL]. (1994 - 1997)
• AE17. - Intelligent Control System for Accelerators. Spokesperson: R. Westerveldt, Vista Control Systems. [BNL, Univ. New Mexico] (1996 -1999)
• AE19 - Stimulated Dielectric Wakefield Accelerator. Spokesperson: J. Hirshfield, Omega-P Inc. and Yale University and T. Marshall, Columbia University. (1997-2004)
• AE20 - STELLA - Staged Electron Laser Acceleration. Spokesperson: W. Kimura, STI Optronics. [BNL, UCLA, Stanford, Yale, UCSB] (1997 - 2004)
• AE22 - Study of Compton Scattering of Picosecond Electron and CO2 Beams. Spokespersons: T. Kumita, Tokyo Metropolitan University, and I. Pogorelsky, BNL. [Waseda University, KEK, UCLA, Princeton U.] (1998 - )
• AE23. - Ultra-fast Detection of Relativistic Charged particles by Optical Techniques. Spokesperson: T. Tsang, BNL. [Montclair State University, Univ. of Pittsburgh]. (1998 - )
• AE24. - A SASE-Free Electron Laser Experiment, VISA, at the ATF Linac. Spokespersons: J. Rosenzweig, C. Pellegrini, UCLA, I. Ben-Zvi, BNL. (1998 - )
• AE25. - Laser Driven Cyclotron Autoresonance Accelerator. Spokesperson: J. Hirshfield, Omega-P/Yale (2000-)
• AE26 - Electron Beam Pulse Compression Based Physics at the ATF. Spokesperson: J. Rosenzweig, UCLA (2000-)
• AE27. - Structure-based Laser Driven Acceleration in a Vacuum. Spokespersons: Y. C. Huang, National Tsinghua Univ., Taiwan and Vitaly Yakimenko, BNL (2000-)
• AE28. - MINOS Beam Monitoring Detectors. Spokesperson: M. Diwan, BNL.[FNAL, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, CERN]. (2001-2001)
• AE29. - Optical Diffraction-Transition Radiation Interferometry Diagnostics for Low Emittance Beams. Spokesperson: R. Fiorito, TR Research Inc. (2002-)
• AE30.- Particle Acceleration by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (PASER). Spokesperson L. Schachter, Technion, Israel. (2002-)
• AE31 - Multi-bunch Plasma Wakefield Acceleration at ATF, Spokeperson: P. Muggli, Univ. Southern California [BNL] (2004).
• AE32 - Laser Wakefield Acceleration Driven by a CO2 Laser, Spokesperson W. Kimura, STI Optronics (2004 -).
• AE33 – X-ray transition radiation generated by MeV electrons in a multilayer solid target, P. Shkolnikov, SUNY SB (2005-)
• AE34 – Extreme UV source based on CO2 laser interaction with Xe micro-droplets, T. Ariga, EUVA, Japan (2005-)
• AE35 - High-brightness picosecond ion beam source based on BNL TW CO2 laser. Spokesperson: P. Shkolnikov, SUNY SB (2005)
• AE36 – Quad-Cavity Beam Monitor. (2005 -)
• AE37 -   An X-band, traveling wave, deflection mode cavity for ultra-fast beam manipulation. Spokesperson: A. Murokh, Radiabeam (2007-2015)
• AE39 - DWA - High Gradient, high field dielectric wakefield acceleration experiments at the ATF. Spokesperson: J. Rosenzweig, UCLA (2010)
• AE38 – Delta Undulator. Cornell
• AE40 – Inverse Gamma source. Spokesperson: Salime Boucher, Radiabeam
• AE41 - RUBICON - 220 MeV/m -130 MeV energy gain helical IFEL experiment at BNL. Spokesperson: P. Musumeci, UCLA (2009-2015)
• AE42– Extreme UV source based on CO2 laser interaction with Xe micro-droplets, T. Ariga, EUVA, Japan (2005-)
• AE43 - PWFA Holography. Spokesperson: M. Downer/P. Muggli (2009)
• AE44 - Study of shielding effects of coherent synchrotron radiation at BNL ATF. Spokesperson: A. Fedotov/Dmitry Kayran, BNL/CAD (2009 - 2011)
• AE45 - Advanced imaging and ultra-fast material probing with inverse Compton scattering. Spokesperson: M. Carpinelli, INFN (2009-2015)
• AE48 - Experimental study of electron-beam microbunching dynamics. Spokesperson: A. Gover, Tel-Aviv U. (2010)
• AE49 - Measurement of coherent terahertz radiation using a real-time interferometer. Spokesperson: Andonian/Rosenzweig/Musumeci, UCLA (2010)
• AE50 - Plasma Wakefields in the Quasi-Nonlinear Regime. Spokesperson: J. Rosenzweig/S. Barber, UCLA (2012-2015)
• AE51 - Study of wall roughness effects at BNL ATF. Spokesperson: A. Fedotov, BNL/CAD (2012)
• AE52 - Beam Manipulation by Self-Wakefield at the ATF. Spokesperson: S. Antipov/A. Kanareikin (2012)
• AE55 - Single Electron Experiment. Spokesperson: Sebastian White, Columbia and Kirk McDonald, Princeton (2010)
• AE56 - A High-resolution Transverse Diagnostic Based on Fiber Optics. Spokesperson: A. Murokh, Radiabeam (2013)
• AE59 - Inverse Compton Source for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography, Spokesperson: A. Murokh, Radiabeam (2013)
• AE60 - Ultrafast High-Brightness Electron Source. Spokesperson: J. Park, Advanced  energy systems (2012)
• AE61 - Transient Noise of MCT Detector Array Due to 70 MeV Electrons. PI: R. Green, Jet Propulsion Lab. (2014)
• AE62 - Sub-Femtosecond Beam Line Diagnostics, PI: G. Andonian, UCLA (2014)
• AE64 - Surface Wave Accelerator and Radiation Source Based on Silicon Carbide, PI: G. Shvets, U. Tex. (2010)
• AE65 - NOCIBUR: an inverse free electron laser decelerator experiment, PI: P. Musumeci, UCLA (2014)
• AE66 - Modification of Gas Jet Density Profile with Hydrodynamic SHocks for CO2 Laser Ion Acceleration Experiment. PI: A. Ting/Z. Najmudin, NRL/Imperial College (2014)
• AE67 - Space Radiation Effects Experiments,  PI: Wousik Kim, NASA (2014)
• AE68 - Ramped Beam Generation Using Dielectric Wakefield Structures,  PI: G. Andonian, RadiaBeam (2014)
• AE69 - Key Physics Study of LPI with NCD Plasma Using Laser Machined Plasma Structure, PI: Wei Lu, Tsinghua Univ., China (2014)
• AE70 - Nonlinear Inverse Compton Scattering, PI: J. Rosenzweig, UCLA (2014)
• AE71 - CO₂-Laser-Driven GeV Wakefield Accelerators with External Injection / Key Physics Study of Laser Wakefield Acceleration Utilizing Ultrafast CO₂ Laser and Electron Beam, PI: V. Litvinenko/W. Lu, SUNY SB/Tsinghua Univ. (2014)
• AE73 - Energy Chirp Compensation in Plasma, PI: J. Osterhoff, DESY (2015)
• AE74 - Self-Channeling of CO₂ Laser in Air, PI: S. Tochitsky, UCLA (2015)
• AE75 - MEMS Undulator for EUV Lasers, PI: I. Gadjev, UCLA (2015)
• AE76 - High Duty Cycle FEL, PI: A. Murokh, Radiabeam (2015)
• AE77 - Advanced IFEL (Part 1), PI: N.Sudar, UCLA (2016)
• AE78 - eRHIC BPM
• AE79 - Non-Scaling FFAG Arc Test, PI: Brooks, BNL
• AE88 - Electron Beam Formation via Ionization Injection for Next Generation Accelerator R&D, PI: M. Fedurin, M. Babzien, BNL (2018)
• UE80 - Non-Equilibrium Phenomena w/UED, PI: Tao, BNL (2016)
• UE81 - Phase 1 LDRD for UED, PI: Yu, BNL
• UE82 - Thermal Transport in Thermoelectric Materials, PI: Li, BNL (2016)
• UF83 - Change Order Formation, PI: Konstantinov, SUNY SB (2016)
• UE84 - UED Thin Film Melting, PI: Robinson, BNL (2016)
• AE86 - Plasma Ion Channel Undulator (PICU) using Electron Beam in CO2 Laser-Driven Channel, PI: A. Sahai/Z. Najmudin, ICL (2017)
• AE92 - Clearing a Path Through Fog Droplets using a Short-Pulse (sub-nsec) CO2 Laser,  PI:  R. Fischer, NRL (2018)
• UE94 - Study of Nonequilibrium Lattice Dynamics in Low Dimensional 3D-Dirac Semimetals, PI: T. Konstantinova/J. Tao, BNL (2018)
• UF96 - UEM Timing Stability Study, PI: Xi Yang, BNL (2019)
• UE97 - Demonstration of Feasibiity of Sub-nm, Picosecond Electron Microscope for the Life Sciences, PI: XI Yang - BNL (2019)
• AE102 - Collinear wakefirled accelerator based on corrugated waveguide, PI: A. Zholents - Argonne National Laboratory (2019)
• UE103 - Structural phase transition and phonon excitation in non-equilibrium Cu2s, PI: J. Tao (2019)
• UE105 - Change Order and Lattice Dynamics in Photoexcited Cuprates and Iridates, PI: J. Tao - BNL (2019)
• AF106 - Detector with Adjustable Aperture for Electron Beam Monitoring, PI: V. Konovalov, Applied Diamond Inc. (2020)
• AF107 – Suppression of Microbunch Instability by Laser Modulated Microbunching Compression, PI: Q. Marksteiner, LANL (2020)
• UE113 – Permanent Magnet Quadrupoles for Microscopy Systems, PI: G. Andonian, Radiabeam (2020)
• UF114 – Unraveling the origin of helicity-dependent coherent phonon oscillations in the van der Waals ferromagnet CrI₃, PI: Prasankumar, LANL
• UF118 – Crystal Structure Dynamics of Graphite and Graphene Coated Alkali Photocathodes, PI: Moody, LANL (2020)

Feasibility Studies

• Vacuum Acceleration. Spokesperson: Vitaly Yakimenko, BNL. Approved: 2001. Completed 2002
• ODR / OTR. Spokesperson: Ralph Fiorito, Approved: 2001. Completed 2002.
• Plasma wake field acceleration. Spokesperson: Vitaly Yakimenko, BNL. Approved October 2002.
• Magnetized beam transport. Spokesperson: Christoph Montag, BNL. Approved December 2002.
• Magnetized beam transport, RHIC/BNL
• Emmitance optimization using active transverse laser shaping, DUKE Univ.
• Application of thin SiC films to sub-wavelength lithography and compact particle acceleration, Univ. of Texas
• High Harmonic Generation of VUV Photons for Ultra-high Resolution Angular Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy, NSLS, SUNY
• LDRD: Optical stochastic cooling of the Gold ion beams in RHIC
• LDRD: Proof-of-Principle Laser System for ILC Positron Source
• AF53 – Nonlinear inverse Compton scattering. UCLA
• AF54 – AXIS -5-um damage test. Radiabeam/UCLA
• AF57 - THz generation in a corrugated metal structure. Spokesperson: K. Bane (2013)
• AF58 - ERL BPM Test. Spokesperson: R. Michnoff, BNL (C-AD) (2013)
• AF90 - Plasma Beam Dump Feasibility Study, PI: A. Sahai, UC-Denver, (2018)