The interest in laser-plasma accelerated particle beams with potential application in the biomedical field is rapidly growing [1, 2]. The future use of such beams greatly depends on the development of specially designed focusing and beam transport systems that can control the delivery of the beam with a predefined set of parameters [3]. Some of the main issues that need to be addressed,...
Energy-recovery linacs provide high beam currents with lower RF power requirements compared to conventional machines while maintaining the high beam quality of a linac. The S-DALINAC is a thrice-recirculating accelerator operating at a frequency of 3 GHz, that is capable of being operated as a multi-turn superconducting energy-recovery linac. Its efficiency is currently limited by the bunch...
