Compact X-Band High Gradient Photoinjector and Accelerator for Compton Scattering

The advent of X-band vacuum technologies has allowed for the construction of compact electron beam sources able to deliver 60 MeV ultra-short bunches previously only realizable in large scale national laboratories. Using a novel frequency selection scheme a titantium: sapphire laser oscillator serves as both optical source for the photoinjector and master clock for the microwave components. Additionally the table-top laser amplifiers, also seeded by the oscillator, are inherently synchronized to the RF sources. This allows for a simplified collinear Compton scattering X-ray source tunable from 10 to 80 keV. Successful operation of the system has demonstrated initial signs of Compton X-rays.