RF power coupling for the CSNS DTL

The China Spallation Neutron Source(CSNS)drift tube linac(DTL)consists of four tanks and each tank is fed by a 2.5 MW klystron.Accurate predication of RF coupling between the RF cavity and ports is very important for DTL RF coupler design.An iris-type coupler is chosen to couple the RF power to the DTL accelerating cavity.The physical design of the DTL coupler and the calculations of RF coupling between the cavity and coupler are carried out.The results from the numerical simulations are in excellent agreement with the analytical results.     

The radio-frequency design of an iris-type coupler for the CPHS radio-frequency quadrupole

The Compact Pulsed Hadron Source (CPHS) project is a university-based proton accelerator platform (13 MeV, 16 kW, 50 mA peak current, 0.5 ms pulse width at 50 Hz) for multi-disciplinary neutron and proton applications. The CPHS linac consists of a 3 MeV radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) linac and a 13 MeV drift tube linac (DTL). Both the RFQ and DTL share a 325 MHz, 2.1 MW klystron source. A single iris-type radio-frequency (RF) coupler is used to feed 537 kW of RF power to the RFQ cavity. Three-dimensional electromagnetic models of the ridge-loaded tapered waveguide (RLWG) and the coupler-cavity system are presented, and the design process and results of the RLWG and iris plate are described in detail.     

上海光源150 MeV直线加速器次谐波腔耦合器的设计与调试

通过将次谐波腔体等效为RLC 并联回路,求得了射频功率馈入腔体的耦合度公式,分析了上海光源直线加速器次谐波腔输入耦合器的设计要点,通过3维电磁计算软件CST的数值模拟方法对耦合器结构尺寸、耦合环的深度与方位、耦合度进行了模拟计算。介绍了对次谐波腔耦合器进行小信号测试的过程、腔体安装及在线调试的方法。     

上海光源150 MeV直线加速器次谐波腔耦合器的设计与调试

通过将次谐波腔体等效为RLC并联回路,求得了射频功率馈入腔体的耦合度公式,分析了上海光源直线加速器次谐波腔输入耦合器的设计要点,通过3维电磁计算软件CST的数值模拟方法对耦合器结构尺寸、耦合环的深度与方位、耦合度进行了模拟计算。介绍了对次谐波腔耦合器进行小信号测试的过程、腔体安装及在线调试的方法。     

三维射频加速腔程序包MAFIA的开发和应用

介绍了三维射频加速器计算机辅助设计(CAD)程序包MAFIA的特点、功能及其应用。用CAD的方法实现了射频加速器特别是非轴对称带耦合腔的加速器的三维腔形设计。同时介绍了节省内存、节约机时的模型方法,使得在中小型机器上运行大程序(八万条)成为可能。文章主要对L波段的加速腔进行了数值模拟,并和实验进行了比较,结果符合较好;通过三维数值模拟及图形模拟的方法比较了各种形状谐振腔的性能;计算分析了输入耦合腔及高阶模耦合器对加速腔电磁场分布等参量的影响;提出了加耦合器后谐振频率改变的补偿方法。     

独立调谐微波电子枪耦合结构的仿真及测试（英）

精确的功率耦合结构设计是保证高品质束流的关键。为确保系统实际运行中的独立调谐微波电子枪耦合性能满足设计要求,对其进行了仿真与测试。首先应用电磁仿真软件CST对电子枪进行了频域和本征模式的仿真计算,两种方法计算结果吻合,谐振频率分别为2 856.10 MHz和2 856.07 MHz,耦合系数分别为1.624和1.620。同时,对已经安装在加速器上实际运行的电子枪分别采用反射系数法与腔体损耗法进行了耦合性能的测试。单点的反射系数法测得耦合系数为1.78,谐振频率为2 855.77 MHz。在此谐振点上,结合反射系数法和腔体损耗法进行多点拟合,测得耦合系数为1.785。结果表明,仿真计算结果与实际测试的结果基本相符。     

散裂中子源漂移管直线加速器功率耦合器的冷测及分析(英)

功率耦合器是中国散裂中子源(CSNS)漂移管直线段(DTL)的关键部件之一,其耦合系数通常通过调节耦合孔尺寸得到,为了确保耦合系数达到设计值,制造了一个冷模进行耦合度的调节。在冷模测量过程中,发现了仅通过改变耦合孔尺寸耦合系数达不到目标值的问题,因此提出了一种与测量结果对比有良好仿真精度的新模型用于分析,并使用该仿真模型分析了PEFP使用的理论及影响耦合度的主要参数。最终耦合度被调节至目标值,正式件的冷测结果也表明其与仿真结果基本相同。     

C波段能量倍增器的研制

C波段（5712 MHz）能量倍增器SLED是我国研制的首台C波段能量倍增器。简述了利用三维电磁场仿真软件HFSS和CST对C波段能量倍增器的高品质因数储能腔、耦合孔、3 dB桥等进行优化设计的情况,对加工的能量倍增器做了射频低功率测试,实验测试和理论计算的一致性很好,测试结果表明所有技术参数指标均达到了设计要求。     

散裂中子源漂移管直线加速器功率耦合器的冷测及分析(英)

功率耦合器是中国散裂中子源(CSNS)漂移管直线段(DTL)的关键部件之一,其耦合系数通常通过调节耦合孔尺寸得到,为了确保耦合系数达到设计值,制造了一个冷模进行耦合度的调节。在冷模测量过程中,发现了仅通过改变耦合孔尺寸耦合系数达不到目标值的问题,因此提出了一种与测量结果对比有良好仿真精度的新模型用于分析,并使用该仿真模型分析了PEFP使用的理论及影响耦合度的主要参数。最终耦合度被调节至目标值,正式件的冷测结果也表明其与仿真结果基本相同。     

C波段能量倍增器的研制

C波段(5712 MHz)能量倍增器——SLED是我国研制的首台C波段能量倍增器。简述了利用三维电磁场仿真软件HFSS和CST对C波段能量倍增器的高品质因数储能腔、耦合孔、3 dB桥等进行优化设计的情况,对加工的能量倍增器做了射频低功率测试,实验测试和理论计算的一致性很好,测试结果表明所有技术参数指标均达到了设计要求。     

A coaxial HOM coupler for a superconducting RF cavity and its low-power measurement results

A resonant buildup of beam-induced fields in a superconducting radio frequency(RF)cavity may make a beam unstable or a superconducting RF cavity quench. Higher-order mode(HOM)couplers are used for damping higher-order modes to avoid such a resonant buildup. A coaxial HOM coupler based on the TTF (TESLA Test Facility)HOM coupler has been designed for the superconducting RF cavities at the Proton Engineering Frontier Project(PEFP)in order to overcome notch frequency shift and feed-through tip melting issues. In order to confirm the HOM coupler design and finalize its structural dimensions, two prototype HOM couplers have been fabricated and tested. Low-power testing and measurement of the HOM couplers has shown that the HOM coupler has good filter properties and can fully meet the damping requirements of the PEFP low-beta superconducting RF linac.     

Development of fundamental power coupler for C-ADS superconducting elliptical cavities

5-cell elliptical cavities have been selected for the main linac of the China Accelerator Driven subcritical System(C-ADS) in the medium energy section. According to the design, each cavity should be driven with radio frequency(RF) energy up to 150 kW by a fundamental power coupler(FPC). As the cavities work with high quality factor and high accelerating gradient, the coupler should keep the cavity from contamination in the assembly procedure. To fulfil the requirements, a single-window coaxial type coupler was designed with the capabilities of handling high RF power, class 10 clean room assembly, and heat load control. This paper presents the coupler design and gives details of RF design, heat load optimization and thermal analysis as well as multipacting simulations. In addition, a primary high power test has been performed and is described in this paper.     

162.5 MHz高功率耦合器测试腔体设计

功率耦合器是粒子加速腔射频功率馈送的关键部件。耦合器在安装至加速腔之前,必须进行常温高功率测试和锻炼,以检验加工工艺和设计指标,提高其射频性能。详细介绍了中国科学院近代物理研究所ADS25 MeV加速器样机162.5 MHz耦合器测试平台的改进设计。针对原有接触式测试锻炼方式的不足,提出非接触式测试锻炼方案。对耦合器测试锻炼过程进行了物理抽象,采用理论模拟的方法分析测试腔体功率传输。基于分析结果设计了低损耗、宽通带、多用途的非接触式耦合器测试腔体。该腔体可实现20 kW测试功率下60 W左右的腔体损耗和15 MHz-3 dB带宽。Fundamental power couplers (FPC) are crucial components for feeding RF power to the accelerating cavities. Before being installed on the accelerating cavity, a coupler must be tested and conditioned at room temperature to check its fabrication quality, to verify its design specifications, and improve its RF performance. This paper thoroughly introduced the design of a test stand for the 162.5 MHz coupler of ADS 25 MeV demo facility at IMP, CAS. In order to overcome the shortcomings of the original contacting test method, a noncontacting test scheme was proposed. A physical model was built for the the coupler test and the test cavity power transmission was analyzed theoretically. Based on the analysis results, a low-loss, wide-passband and multipurpose non-contacting coupler test cavity was designed. With the new test cavity, a power loss of around 60W and a -3 dB bandwidth of 15 MHz at a test power of 20 kW was achieved.     

DTL cavity design and beam dynamics for a TAC linear proton accelerator

A 30 mA drift tube linac (DTL) accelerator has been designed using SUPERFISH code in the energy range of 3-55 MeV in the framework of the Turkish Accelerator Center (TAC) project. Optimization criteria in cavity design are effective shunt impedance (ZTT), transit-time factor and electrical breakdown limit. In geometrical optimization we have aimed to increase the energy gain in each RF gap of the DTL cells by maximizing the effective shunt impedance (ZTT) and the transit-time factor. Beam dynamics studies of the DTL accelerator have been performed using beam dynamics simulation codes of PATH and PARMILA. The results of both codes have been compared. In the beam dynamical studies, the rms values of beam emittance have been taken into account and a low emittance growth in both x and y directions has been attempted.     

RF thermal and new cold part design studies on a TTF-Ⅲ input coupler for Project-X

An RF power coupler is one of the key components in a superconducting (SC) linac. It provides RF power to the SC cavity and interconnects different temperature layers (1.8 K, 4.2 K, 70 K and 300 K). The TTF-Ⅲ coupler is one of the most promising candidates for the High Energy (HE) linac of Project X, but it cannot meet the average power requirements because of the relatively high temperature rise on the warm inner conductor, so some design modifications will be required. In this paper, we describe our simulation studies on the copper coating thickness on the warm inner conductor with RRR values of 10 and 100. Our purpose is to rebalance the dynamic and static loads, and finally lower the temperature rise along the warm inner conductor. In addition, to get stronger coupling, better power handling and less multipacting probability, one new cold part design was proposed using a 60 mm coaxial line; the corresponding multipacting simulation studies have also been investigated.     

RF thermal and new cold part design studies on a TTF-Ⅲ input coupler for Project-X

An RF power coupler is one of the key components in a superconducting (SC) linac. It provides RF power to the SC cavity and interconnects different temperature layers (1.8 K, 4.2 K, 70 K and 300 K). The TTF-Ⅲ coupler is one of the most promising candidates for the High Energy (HE) linac of Project X, but it cannot meet the average power requirements because of the relatively high temperature rise on the warm inner conductor, so some design modifications will be required. In this paper, we describe our simulation studies on the copper coating thickness on the warm inner conductor with RRR values of 10 and 100. Our purpose is to rebalance the dynamic and static loads, and finally lower the temperature rise along the warm inner conductor. In addition, to get stronger coupling, better power handling and less multipacting probability, one new cold part design was proposed using a 60 mm coaxial line; the corresponding multipacting simulation studies have also been investigated.     

Tuning of RF amplitude and phase for the drift tube linac in J-PARC

The J-PARC linac has three DTL tanks to accelerate the negative hydrogen ions from 3 MeV to 50 MeV. The RF phase and amplitude are adjusted for each cavity with a phase scan method within the accuracy of 1°in phase and 1% in amplitude. The experimental results show a remarkable agreement with the numerical model within a sufficient margin in the tuning of the last two DTL tanks. However, a notable discrepancy between the experiment and the numerical model is seen in the tuning of the first DTL tank. After studying with a three-dimensional multi-particle simulation, the generation of the low energy component and the pronounced filamentation are identified as the main causes of the discrepancy. The optimization of the tuning scheme is also discussed to attain the tuning goal accuracy for the first DTL tank.     

CSR-LINAC IH-RFQ的高频电磁设计

中国科学院近代物理研究所在CSR-LINAC项目中设计了一台108.48 MHz的IH型RFQ直线加速器。该RFQ可以将质荷比为3~7的离子从4 keV/u加速到300 keV/u。在完成束流动力学设计的基础上,主要针对RFQ腔体的高频电磁设计展开了研究,同时利用了电磁场仿真和束流动力学模拟来研究腔体的四极场不平整度和二极场及其动力学影响。未经调谐的情况下,腔体的谐振频率为108.15 MHz,腔体空载品质因子Q₀为5 910,腔体功耗为123 kW。通过在支撑板两端增加底切的设计,将腔体的四极场不平整度由-21%~ 12%优化至±2.5%,满足了束流动力学要求。腔体的二极场为-3%~ -2.2%,使得束流在垂直方向小幅振荡,RFQ的垂直方向接受度减小5%。为了保证功率馈入时反射较小,将耦合器设置在临界耦合状态,耦合面积为940 mm2。为了补偿腔体的频率偏差和漂移,设计了调谐量分别为707和132 kHz的固定调谐器和可动调谐器。The 108.48 MHz IH type RFQ for CSR-LINAC project is under design at Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. This RFQ can accelerate heavy ions with mass to charge ratio of 3~7 from 4 keV/u to 300 keV/u. According to the beam dynamics requirement, the RF structure design has been finished. The quadrupole field unflatness and dipole field of the cavity were studied by electromagnetic simulation and beam dynamics simulation. The frequency of the cavity without tuning is 108.15 MHz, the Q₀ of the cavity is 5910, and the RF power loss is 123 kW. The quadrupole field unflatness of ±2.5%,which was -21%~12% before optimizing, is achieved to meet dynamics requirement through the undercuts in cavity supporters. The dipole field of -3%~ -2.2% causes the oscillation of the beam center and acceptance reduction of 5%. The power coupler must be in critical coupling state with the coupling area of 940 mm2 for minimum reflection coefficient. The tuners, consist of coarse and fine tuners with frequency shift of 707 and 132 kHz respectively, is used for tuning of frequency deviation of the cavity.     

Study and design of RF coupler for Chinese ADS HWR superconducting cavity

An RF power coupler is a key component of the superconducting accelerating system in Chinese ADS proton linac injector I, which is used to transmit 15 kW RF power from the power source to the superconducting HWR cavity. According to the requirement of working frequency, power level, transmission capability and cooling condition, the physics design of coupler has been finished, which includes RF structure optimization, thermal simulation, thermal stress analysis and so on. Based on this design, the prototype of HWR coupler has been fabricated, and it has successfully passed the high power test.     

A Resonant-Cavity ICRF Coupler for Large Tokamaks

A new resonant cavity ICRF coupler is proposed for large tokamaks. The design features a novel resonant cavity, an RF magneticfield orientation that effectively radiates fast Alfvén waves, matching to 40-? transmission lines, and an electric-field orientation so that the strongest RF electric fields are orthogonal to the main toroidal magnetic field, thereby benefiting from magnetic insulation. As a result, the power handling capability is excellent. For the case of the "Big-Dee" Doublet III tokamak, a single 35 × 50-cm coupler can launch 20 mW of fast Alfvén waves. Extrapolation to fusion reactor parameters is straightforward.