RF deflecting cavity design for bunch length measurement of photoinjector at Tsinghua University

RF deflecting cavity can be used for bunch length measurement and is designed to diagnose the beam produced by the photocathode electron gun which was built at Tsinghua University for the Thomson scattering experiment.Detailed discussion and calculation for measuring the 3.5 MeV bunch and another with further acceleration to 50 MeV,which is under development,are presented.A standing-wave deflecting cavity working at 2856 MHz is designed and the power feeding system has been planned.     

RF deflecting cavity for bunch length measurement in Tsinghua Thomson scattering X-ray source

An RF deflecting cavity used for bunch length measurement has been designed and fabricated at Tsinghua University for the Thomson Scattering X-Ray Source.The cavity is a 2856 MHz,π-mode,3-cell standing-wave cavity,to diagnose the 3.5 MeV beam produced by photocathode electron gun.With a larger power source,the same cavity will again be used to measure the accelerated beam with energy of 50 MeV before colliding with the laser pulse.The RF design using MAFIA for both the cavity shape and the power coupler is reviewed,followed by presenting the fabrication procedure and bench measurement results of two cavities.     

A new method to generate relativistic comb bunches with tunable subpicosecond spacing

We propose and analyze a scheme to produce comb bunches, i.e. a bunch consisting of micro-bunch trains, with tunable subpicosecond spacing. In the scheme, the electron beam is first deflected by a deflecting cavity which introduces a longitudinal-dependent linear transverse kick to the particles. After passing through a drift space, the transverse beam size is linearly coupled to the longitudinal position of the particle inside the beam, and a mask is placed there to tailor the beam, then the mask distribution is imprinted on the beam's longitudinal distribution. A quadrupole magnet and another deflecting cavity are used in the beam line to compensate the transverse angle due to the first deflecting cavity. Analysis shows that the number, length, and spacing of the trains can be controlled through the parameters of the deflecting cavity and the mask. Such electron bunch trains can be applied to an infrared free electron laser, a plasma-wakefield accelerator and a supper-radiance THz source.     

Slice emittance measurement for photocathode RF gun with solenoid scanning and RF deflecting cavity

The radiation of high-gain short-wavelength free-electron laser depends on the slice transverse emittance of the electron bunch. This essay introduces the method of slice emittance measurement, and shows the brief setup of this experiment using the solenoid scanning and RF deflecting cavity at Tsinghua University. The preliminary experimental results show that the slice rms emittance of the electron bunch generated by photocathode RF gun has considerable variations along the bunch and is typically less than 0.55 mm mrad for the laser rms radius of 0.4 mm.

     

CSR纵向束团压缩腔研究

针对兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环的发展目标,为了满足高能量密度（涉及重离子驱动惯性约束核聚变新能源）等物理研究的需要, 使用三维电磁场计算程序MAFIA研究了一种新型的适用于CSR的纵向束团压缩腔。 此纵向束团压缩腔采用高磁导率软磁合金材料进行加载,相比于铁氧体加载的高频腔, 可以得到高的电场梯度。以250 MeV/u的238U72+离子为例进行了模拟计算, 得出了此纵向束团压缩腔的工作频率为1.15 MHz, 峰值工作电压为80 kV, 由两个1/4波长同轴谐振腔组成, 每个谐振腔峰值工作电压为40 kV,能够满足在CSR上进行纵向束团压缩的要求。 The scheme of longitudinal bunch compression cavity for the Cooling Storage Ring(CSR) is an important issue. Plasma physics experiments require high density heavy ion beam and short pulsed bunch, which can be produced by non adiabatic compression of bunch implemented by a fast compression with 90° rotation in the longitudinal phase space. The phase space rotation in fast compression is initiated by a fast jump of the RF voltage amplitude. For this purpose, the CSR longitudinal bunch compression cavity, loaded with FINEMET FT 1M is studied and simulated with MAFIA code. In this paper, the CSR longitudinal bunch compression cavity is simulated and the initial bunch length of 238U72+ with 250 MeV/u will be compressed from 200 ns to 50 ns. The construction and RF properties of the CSR longitudinal bunch compression cavity are simulated and calculated also with MAFIA code. The operation frequency of the cavity is 1.15 MHz with peak voltage of 80kV, and the cavity can be used to compress heavy ions in the CSR.     

加速器束流诊断技术的新进展

介绍了加速器束流诊断技术的新进展, 包括束流位置测量技术、束团横向尺寸测量技术和束团长度测量技术. 束流位置测量技术主要介绍具有高位置分辨率的腔型束流位置检测器和数字束流位置处理技术. 束团尺寸测量技术主要介绍高空间分辨率的激光丝扫描器、光学渡越辐射和光学衍射辐射技术. 束团长度测量技术主要介绍高时间分辨率的相干辐射光谱技术、RF横向偏转腔、RF零相位技术和电光采样技术.     

用于PKU-FEL注入器的腔式BPM的设计

 设计了用于PKU-FEL注入器的腔式位置诊断装置。该BPM腔采用的偶极模TM₁₁₀模的频率与PKU-FEL主加速器的基模频率一致，都是1.3 GHz；通过在圆形腔上镶入两个完全一致的矩形腔解决了腔式BPM的Cross-Talk问题。 根据PKU-FEL的设计要求，所设计的BPM腔的最小位置响应约10 mm,动态范围大于30 mm，时间响应小于束团间距。还估算了该BPM腔引起的束团功率损耗。结果表明，BPM腔引起的束团功率损耗是可以忽略的。     

Study of a magnetic alloy-loaded RF cavity for bunch compression at the CSR

The Heavy Ion Research Facility and Cooling Storage Ring(HIRFL-CSR)accelerator in Lanzhou offers a unique possibility for the generation of high density and short pulse heavy ion beams by non-adiabatic bunch compression longitudinally,which is implemented by a fast jump of the RF-voltage amplitude.For this purpose,an RF cavity with high electric field gradient loaded with Magnetic Alloy cores has been developed.The results show that the resonant frequency range of the single-gap RF cavity is from 1.13 MHz to 1.42 MHz,and a maximum RF voltage of 40 kV with a total length of 100 cm can be obtained,which can be used to compress heavy ion beams of 238U72+ with 250 MeV/u from the initial bunch length of 200 ns to 50 ns with the coaction of the two single-gap RF cavity mentioned above.     

The spectrometer for the GunLab experiment

The spectrometer for the GunLab experiment is described. This spectrometer incorporates a dipole magnet, a fluorescent screen, and a CCD camera and is designed to measure the momentum of electron beams in the range of 1–10 MeV/c with a resolution of 0.1%. If a transversely deflecting RF cavity is installed in front of the dipole magnet, one may investigate the longitudinal phase portrait of a beam. The spectrometer is distinctive in that a Hall sensor is placed in the magnetic field of the dipole magnet. This sensor allows one to accurately measure the magnetic field and, consequently, the momentum of an electron beam.     

TM020模式谐振腔束团长度监测器的设计与仿真（英）

提出了一种基于高次模式的谐振腔束团长度测量技术,新方法的谐振腔工作于高次本征模式TM0n0。这样的谐振腔拥有更大的腔体半径,从而移除了谐振腔半径必须大于束流管道半径这一原则带来的工作频率限制。为国家同步辐射实验室未来的正电子源设计了一台双腔束团长度监测器,讨论了谐振腔工作频率的选择并推导了束团长度的计算公式,监测器的谐振腔工作于TM020模式,其半径远大于使用TM010模式的传统方法,在CST软件中模拟的结果显示其束团长度测量精度好于7%。     

单谐振腔束团长度监测器的设计与仿真

提出了一种利用单个谐振腔测量直线加速器束团长度的新方法。不同于传统的双谐振腔束团长度监测器，该方法仅需要使用单个谐振腔，省去了用于辅助测量的参考腔，从而简化了装置结构，节省了空间。针对国家同步辐射实验室基于可调谐红外激光的能源化学研究大型实验装置进行了监测器的物理设计。通过设定同轴探针的插入位置，解决了双模信号互相干扰的问题，利用微扰金属改变调节工作频率，克服了双模难以同时谐振的困难。利用CST软件进行建模和仿真。仿真结果表明，该监测器可实现2～5 ps束团长度的诊断，测量误差小于5%。     

合肥电子储存环上新旧高频腔的尾场及耦合阻抗的计算

 合肥800MeV电子储存环的二期升级工程正在进行，其中高频腔的改造和加工将要完成，由于原有高频腔存在较多不合理因数，将要被新腔所替换。为了充分估计在将来运行时，高频腔的耦合阻抗对储存高流强的影响，需要对新旧高频腔宽带耦合阻抗进行比较计算。用电磁场计算软件MAFIA对高频腔的耦合阻抗及电子束在此结构中产生的尾场进行了计算，结果说明旧高频腔的耦合阻抗比新高频腔小。     

Design and studies on the traveling wave transverse RF deflecting structure

With the development of free electron laser (FEL) and the international linear collider (ILC), the electron bunch length is getting smaller and smaller. The traveling-wave transverse RF deflecting structure is an important part of the RF deflecting method for bunch length measurement and phase space diagnostics.The operation mode in RF deflector is the "TM11-like" mode. Since the TM11-like mode in this structure has a pair of degenerate dipole modes, two additional holes are provided on either side of each iris to stabilize the mode. The simulation and optimization have been done. A prototype has been fabricated and tested. The cold test results have been compared with the simulations of the first three modes.     

Adiabatic plasma buncher

In this paper, we present a new scheme of injection into a plasma accelerator, aimed at producing a high-quality beam while relaxing the demands on the bunch length of the injected beam. The beam dynamics in the injector, consisting of a high-voltage pulsed photodiode, is analyzed and optimized to produce a λ_p/20 long electron bunch at 2.5 MeV. This bunch is injected into a plasma wave in which it compresses down to λ_p/100, while accelerating up to 250 MeV. This simultaneous bunching and acceleration of a high-quality beam requires a proper combination of injection energy and injection phase. Preliminary results from simulations are shown to assess the potentials of the scheme     

APTR质子同步加速器RFQ直线注入器的优化设计

为实现质子治疗装置的国产化和小型化,基于已完成安装调试的上海先进质子治疗装置(APTR),开展质子治疗注入器系统的升级设计研究,利用PARMTEQM设计软件和快聚束策略,针对APTR同步加速器RFQ直线注入器进行动力学设计模拟。RFQ工作频率为325 MHz,流强18 mA,对从离子源引出的低能质子束流进行匹配俘获、横向聚焦、纵向聚束和预加速,引出能量为3.0 MeV。通过优化预注入器RFQ动力学设计方案和极头参数,有效避免参数共振,减小束流损失,使其整体传输效率达到98.0%,在水平和垂直方向上的发射度增长分别为1.2%和3.3%,出口束流满足下一级腔体的注入需求,开展设计模拟验证和相关冗余度分析,为质子同步加速器的治疗设备和直线注入系统提供参照依据。     

Deflecting RF Structures with reduced level of aberrations for transformation of particle distributions in the bunch

Deflecting RF Structures find applications for the rotation of a bunch of charged particles. The application for transformation of the particle distributions in the bunch results in additional requirements on the quality of the field distribution, i. e. the minimization of aberrations. Referring to the previous methodical analysis, deflecting structures with a reduced level of aberrations are developed both for traveling wave and standing wave operation.     

Experimental verification of laser photocathode RF gun as aninjector for a laser plasma accelerator

The feasibility of the laser photocathode RF gun, BNL/GUN-IV, as an injector for a laser plasma accelerator was investigated at the subpicosecond S-band twin linac system of the Nuclear Engineering Research Laboratory, University of Tokyo. Electron beam energy of 16 MeV, emittance of 6π mm mrad, bunch length of 240 fs (FWHM), and charge per bunch of 350 pC were confirmed at 10 Hz. As for diagnosis of the femtosecond electron bunch, the quantitative comparison of performance of the femtosecond streak camera, the coherent transition radiation (CTR) Michelson interferometer, and the far-infrared polychromator was carried out. We concluded that the streak camera is the most reliable up to 200 fs and that the polychromator is the best for the shorter electron bunch. The 3.5-ps (rms) resolved synchronization between the YLF laser driver for the gun and the electron bunch was achieved. Based on the above experiences, we have designed and installed a much better laser-electron synchronization system using the Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:Sapphire laser with the min harmonics synchrolocker and the stable 15-MW klystron. The timing jitter is expected to be suppressed down to 320 fs (rms)     

High-gradient plasma-wakefield acceleration with two subpicosecond electron bunches

A plasma-wakefield experiment is presented where two 60 MeV subpicosecond electron bunches are sent into a plasma produced by a capillary discharge. Both bunches are shorter than the plasma wavelength, and the phase of the second bunch relative to the plasma wave is adjusted by tuning the plasma density. It is shown that the second bunch experiences a 150 MeV/m loaded accelerating gradient in the wakefield driven by the first bunch. This is the first experiment to directly demonstrate high-gradient, controlled acceleration of a short-pulse trailing electron bunch in a high-density plasma.     

新型跑道腔式束流位置监测器

系统提出了一种新的腔式束流位置监测器(BPM),即跑道型腔式BPM,并使用微波工作室软件进行了理论研究和模拟计算,提出了通用设计方法。跑道型腔式BPM的金属腔部分具有跑道形横截面,引出束流位置偏移激励起的一对偶极模式作为束流位置信号。该方案的偶极模式极化方向固定,频率分离,可以解决随机误差产生的横向串扰问题,其理论位置分辨力可以达到15 nm。     

Design studies on a 500 kV DC gun photo-injector for the BXERL test facility

BXERL is a proposal for a test facility(Beijing X-ray Energy Recovery Linac),which requires its injector to provide an electron beam of 5 MeV,77 pC/ bunch at a repetition rate of 130 MHz(average current of 10 mA).In this paper,we present the design of the injector,which consists of a 500 kV photocathodeDC gun equipped with a GaAs cathode preparation device,a 1.3 GHz normal conducting RF buncher,two solenoids,and one cryomodule containing two 1.3 GHz 2-cell superconducting RF cavities as the energy booster.The detailed beam dynamics show that the injector can generate electron bunches with a RMS normalized emittance of 1.49 7rmm-mrad,a bunch length of 0.67 mm,a beam energy of 5 MeV and an energy spread of 0.72%.