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Response of two-level atoms to intense amplitude modulated laser beams
The optical Bloch equations for a two-level atom in a laser
beam with an amplitude of arbitrary time dependence are derived in
the rotating wave approximation. The light scattered by the atom
is investigated for the special case of an intense, resonant laser
beam with a sinusoidally modulated amplitude. The coherent part
and the incoherent part of the spectrum and the coherent part and
the incoherent part of the total scattered intensity are calculated.
The results for this modulated amplitude dynamic Stark effect
and for the constant amplitude dynamic Stark effect are compared.
The modulation introduces new peaks in the frequency distribution.
The total intensities when plotted as functions of the average
Rabi frequency exhibit parametric resonances. The results in the
limit of zero modulation depth are in agreement with the results
of the constant amplitude dynamic Stark effect
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A compact layout for a 50 GeV proton radiography facility
We describe a new compact layout for a 50 GeV proton radiography facility. The more compact design utilizes two-point extraction from the main ring to drive an optimal 8 view imaging system. The lattice design of both the main ring, and of the corresponding 8.5 GeV booster ring is described. The rings have very good longitudinal stability, which is of interest for other applications of high current proton machines in this energy range
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Overview of the bump-magnet system at the LANSCE proton storage ring
An upgrade program for increasing the stored beam current in the Proton Storage is presently under way. A part of the upgrade is the design and installation of a four-magnet beam-bumping system used for phase-space painting and minimizing interaction of the stored beam with the injection stripper foil. This paper describes the bump- magnet system including the relevant beam requirements, magnet specifications, power-cable specifications, pulsed-modulator requirements, and beam-tube eddy-current effects. The magnets are ferrite window-frame magnets with saddle windings. The series-pass pulsed modulators are programmable both in rise and fall time as well as amplitude. The peak current can be varied between 50 and 300 A. The pulsed-current rise-time is fixed at 1 ms, and the linear fall- time during which beam is injected into the ring can be varied between 0.5 and 1.5 ms
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The mechanical design of a proton microscope for radiography at 800 MeV
A proton microscope has been developed for radiography applications using the 800-MeV linear accelerator at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE). The microscope provides a magnified image of a static device, or of a dynamic event such as a high-speed projectile impacting a target. The microscope assembly consists primarily of four Permanent Magnet Quadrupoles (PMQ's) that are supported on movable platforms. The platform supports, along with the rest of the support structure, are designed to withstand the residual dynamic loads that are expected from the dynamic tests. This paper covers the mechanical design of the microscope assembly, including the remote positioning system that allows for fine-tuning the focus of an object being imaged
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Design and operation of a proton microscope for radiography at 800 MEV
A high-magnification high-resolution option is desirable for the study of small-scale dynamic experiments at the LANSCE 800-MeV Proton Radiography Facility. Magnification is achievable by either repowering the existing imaging-lens quadrupoles, using new high-gradient quadrupoles, or some hybrid combination of the two. The large and complex parameter space of magnetic optics solutions was studied extensively with the 3rd order optics code MARYLIE. Some of the hybrid solutions achieve magnifications up to 150, but at the price of high chromatic aberrations. In the end, a design using only new high-gradient permanent-magnet quadrupoles was selected and built at the design parameters that minimized chromatic aberration per unit magnification. The design has a moderate magnification of 7.1 and 15.8 at the two existing image stations. First-beam commissioning results exceeded expectations. Image contrast is produced by multiple Coulomb scattering in the thin objects. Early experimental objectives are to optimize this contrast by collimator design and by adjusting the correlation in the illuminating beam, as well as to characterize the (quite high) resolution limits of the system
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Beam-distribution system for multi-axis imaging at the Advanced Hydrotest Facility
The Advanced Hydrotest Facility is to provide a time sequence of multiple radiographic images using a proton beam produced by a 50-GeV synchrotron. We give an overview of the approaches devised to produce up to twelve simultaneous radiographic images of an object by a sequence of beam-transport lines. The required distribution system has undergone a parametric study that optimizes its configuration within operational constraints. These constraints and our approach to configuration optimization for both superconducting and normal-conducting transport lines are described. Additionally, we describe the optics stratagems that were devised to meet system requirements