General Lab Information

Procedures

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    • Accelerator Facilities Division (AFD)
    • Accelerator Test Facility (ATF)
    • Laser Systems
      • The ATF offers both near infrared (NIR) and long-wave infrared (LWIR) capabilities for users. Each of these capabilities can be combined with the facility's high brightness electron beam on the ATF electron beam lines. It is the only facility world-wide that offers users access to a terawatt- and picosecond-class LWIR laser system.
      • Electron Beam System (EBEAM)
        • High-brightness, 75 MeV, sub-picosecond, 3 kA electron bunches are delivered to the experimental hall where user experiments can be executed in two beam lines.
      • Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR)
        • Our unique 5 terawatt and 2 picosecond LWIR (9.2 µm) carbon dioxide laser is the first gas-based laser in the world to utilize chirped pulse amplification (CPA).
      • Near Infrared (NIR)
        • The ATF's Nd:YAG laser system, which drives the facility's photocathode RF gun, delivers beams (1064 nm and 532 nm) for users can be used for both physics and diagnostic purposes. A Ti:Sapphire laser system can deliver over 10 mJ to user experiments in a <55 fs FWHM pulse. Both the Nd:YAG laser and the Ti:Sapphire laser can be synchronized and used in combination with the facility's electron beams and LWIR laser.