First lasing of LEBRA FEL at Nihon University at a wavelength of

Abstract The FEL system covering wavelengths from 800 nm to 5 μm has been developed at Laboratory for Electron Beam Research and Application (LEBRA) in Nihon University. The system consists of a conventional 125 MeV S-band linac and a planar undulator with the alternative field of 50 periods. The first lasing of the system was achieved at the wavelength of 1.5 μm using dielectric mirrors. Although the saturation of the FEL power has not been observed yet, amplification of the spontaneous radiation power by about 10 8 times has been obtained with the measurement using the InSb detector. The absolute power has been estimated to be a few mJ/macropulse. An intense visible light has been observed frequently depending on the intensity of the fundamental FEL. The measured time structure of the phenomenon suggests that this is the radiation related with the formation of the microbunches in the electron beam.