title: First Demonstration of Laser-Assisted Charge Exchange for Microsecond Duration H^{-} Beams.
abstract: This Letter reports on the first demonstration of laser-assisted H^{-} charge exchange for microsecond duration H^{-} beam pulses. Laser-assisted charge exchange injection is a breakthrough technology that overcomes long-standing limitations associated with the traditional method of producing high intensity, time structured beams of protons in accelerators via the use of carbon foils for charge exchange injection. The central theme of this experiment is the demonstration of novel techniques that reduce the laser power requirement to allow high efficiency stripping of microsecond duration beams with commercial laser technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37966, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cousineau
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37966, USA.
authors.forename: Abdurahim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rakhman
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37966, USA.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aleksandrov
authors.affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.
authors.forename: Viatcheslav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Danilov
authors.affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.
authors.forename: Timofey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gorlov
authors.affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plum
authors.affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shishlo
authors.affiliation: Fermilab National Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Johnson