Successful user operation of a superconducting radio-frequency photoelectron gun with Mg cathodes

J. Teichert; A. Arnold; G. Ciovati; J.-C. Deinert; P. Evtushenko; M. Justus; J. M. Klopf; P. Kneisel; S. Kovalev; M. Kuntzsch; U. Lehnert; P. Lu; S. Ma; P. Murcek; P. Michel; A. Ryzhov; J. Schaber; C. Schneider; R. Schurig; R. Steinbrück; H. Vennekate; I. Will; R. Xiang

doi:10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.033401

Successful user operation of a superconducting radio-frequency photoelectron gun with Mg cathodes

J. Teichert, A. Arnold, G. Ciovati, J.-C. Deinert, P. Evtushenko, M. Justus, J. M. Klopf, P. Kneisel, S. Kovalev, M. Kuntzsch, U. Lehnert, P. Lu, S. Ma, P. Murcek, P. Michel, A. Ryzhov, J. Schaber, C. Schneider, R. Schurig, R. Steinbrück, H. Vennekate, I. Will, R. Xiang

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.033401 · Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

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Abstract

At the electron linac for beams with high brilliance and low emittance (ELBE) center for high-power radiation sources, the second version of a superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) photoinjector has been put into operation and has been routinely applied for user operation at the ELBE electron accelerator. SRF guns are suitable for generating a continuous wave electron beam with high average currents and high beam brightness. The SRF gun at ELBE has the goal to generate short electron pulses with bunch charges of 200–300 pC at typical repetition rates of 100 kHz for the production of superradiant, coherent terahertz radiation. The SRF gun includes a 3.5-cell, 1.3-GHz niobium cavity and a superconducting solenoid. A support system with liquid nitrogen (LN2) cooling allows the operation of normal-conducting, high quantum efficiency photocathodes. We present the design and performance of the SRF gun as well as beam measurement results of the operation with Mg photocathodes at an acceleration gradient of 8 MV/m (4 MeV kinetic energy). In the last section, we discuss the SRF gun application for production of coherent terahertz radiation at the ELBE facility.

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Formula	Reported Tc (K)	Pressure (GPa)	Type
Nb Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	9.2	Pressure not reported	unknown