The Novosibirsk Free-Electron Laser Facility

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Abstract

The Novosibirsk FEL facility has three FELs installed on the first, second, and fourth orbits of the multiturn energy recovery linac (ERL). The first FEL covers the 90–240 μm range of wavelengths at an average radiation power of 0.5 kW with a pulse repetition rate of 5.6 or 11.2 MHz and a peak power of 1 MW. The second FEL operates in the 40–80 μm range of wavelengths at an average radiation power of 0.5 kW with a pulse-repetition rate of 7.5 MHz and a peak power of around 1 MW. These two FELs are the world’s most powerful (in terms of average power) sources of coherent narrow-band (less than 1%) radiation in their wavelength ranges. The third FEL was commissioned in 2015 to cover the 5–20 μm range of wavelengths. The Novosibirsk ERL is the world’s first and only multiturn ERL. Its distinctive features include a normally-conductive 180 MHz accelerating system, a direct current (DC) electrostatic electron gun with a control grid and thermionic cathode, three operating modes of the magnetic system, and a compact (6 × 40 m) design. The Novosibirsk FEL facility has been in operation for users of terahertz radiation since 2004.

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O. A. Shevchenko

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

N. A. Vinokurov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090; Novosibirsk, 630090

V. S. Arbuzov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

K. N. Chernov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

I. V. Davidyuk

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090; Novosibirsk, 630090

O. I. Deichuly

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

E. N. Dementyev

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

B. A. Dovzhenko

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

Ya. V. Getmanov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090; Novosibirsk, 630090

Ya. I. Gorbachev

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

B. A. Knyazev

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090; Novosibirsk, 630090

E. I. Kolobanov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

A. A. Kondakov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

V. R. Kozak

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

E. V. Kozyrev

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090; Novosibirsk, 630090

S. A. Krutikhin

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

V. V. Kubarev

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090; Novosibirsk, 630090

G. N. Kulipanov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

E. A. Kuper

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

I. V. Kuptsov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

G. Ya. Kurkin

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

L. E. Medvedev

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

S. V. Motygin

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

V. K. Ovchar

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

V. N. Osipov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

V. M. Petrov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

A. M. Pilan

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

V. M. Popik

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

V. V. Repkov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

T. V. Salikova

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

M. A. Scheglov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

I. K. Sedlyarov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

S. S. Serednyakov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090; Novosibirsk, 630090

A. N. Skrinsky

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

S. V. Tararyshkin

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

A. G. Tribendis

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State Technical University

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090; Novosibirsk, 630073

V. G. Tcheskidov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

P. D. Vobly

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

V. N. Volkov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Shevchenko@inp.nsk.su
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

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