Commissioning experience with insertion devices at PETRA III

PETRA III is a new hard X-ray synchrotron radiation source, operating at 6 GeV with a beam current of up to 100 mA and extremely low horizontal emittance of 1 nm rad. Such low emittance is achieved by using two 100 m long damping wiggler sections which reduce the emittance by a factor of 4. Altogether the damping sections contain 20 wigglers of 4m length each. The emitted synchrotron radiation power produced by wigglers amounts to 420 kW at 100 mA beam current in total. In the new octant of PETRA III, there are 14 undulator beamlines, with a brilliance up to 10²¹ (s mrad² mm² 0.1% BW)⁻¹ which cover an energy range from 0.3 keV to more than 100 keV. The low emittance raises very high requirements to the field quality of the insertion devices. At first, it should not affect the positron beam trajectory. Secondly, the spectral properties of the radiation created, like the intensity of higher harmonics, should not be limited by the undulator field quality, but by the beam emittance effects in order to have some reserve for future machine upgrades or possible radiation demagnetization. This paper presents the current status of PETRA III insertion devices and describes intermediate commissioning results like impact of IDs on the positron beam orbit or photon beam and radiation problems.     

光学渡越辐射测量中能量分辨精度分析

 基于光学渡越辐射原理的用于高能强流电子束束流参数在线测量及诊断系统,具有时间响应快、分辨率高等特点,可以测量电子束的束剖面、发散角、能量等多个参数。分析了测量系统的结构参数（包括了透镜的焦距、成像面位置、CCD像元尺寸）对电子束能量测量精度的影响,并在理论上模拟了电子束的发散角的影响。还根据系统数据的特点,阐述了数据噪声对能量测量结果精度的影响,指出了光学渡越辐射测量中电子束能量分辨精度受到多种因素的影响,需要在数据处理时考虑修正。     

Investigation of the production mechanism of parametric X-ray radiation

Parametric x-ray Radiation (PXR) in the energy range from 5 to 20 keV produced by 855 MeV electrons using a single Si crystal was studied at the Mainz Microtron MAMI. The production mechanism was investigated by measuring the angular distributions for several orders of PXR and its dependence from the crystal thickness. A silicon crystal shaped in steps with thicknesses ranging from 100 μm to 600 μm was used. The experiments were carried out using LN₂-cooled PIN photodiodes with an energy resolution of 950 eV. The absolute photon flux was measured for the (111)-, (220)- and (224)-reflection planes and are in very good agreement with a kinematical model. The angular distributions are well reproduced by an ansatz, which incoherently adds to the PXR a portion of diffracted bremsstrahlung and diffracted transition radiation.     

KB镜束流截面测量系统研制

为了对衍射极限储存环的束流横向截面尺寸及发射度进行测量,设计了一套Kirkpatrick-Baez(KB)反射镜聚焦成像系统,并在上海光源(SSRF)储存环进行预制研究。该系统主体由两面垂直放置的KB反射镜组成,分别在水平及垂直方向对弯转磁铁光源点进行成像,系统工作在硬X射线波段,聚焦光斑被闪烁体X射线相机采集。对影响系统成像质量的像差和点扩散函数进行了计算。目前,实现了对束流的实时成像,可精确测量束流横向截面尺寸为75.9 μm(水平方向)和20.2 μm(垂直方向),系统稳定性(RMS)小于0.1 μm。     

Position — Sensitive single-wire proportional counter for conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy

A position-sensitive single-wire proportional counter for the INS 2 air-core spectrometer has been improved to take conversion electron Mössbauer spectrum as a function of electron energy with a multichannel mode. The position resolution at 13.6 keV was found to become 1.6 mm with the counter gas pressure of 320 Torr. The position resolution was obtained as a function of energy between 7 and 60 keV for gas pressure of 40 Torr, 160 Torr and 320 Torr. The L, M and N conversion electron spectrum of the 14.4 keV transition in⁵⁷Fe was taken with the present system. Overall momentum resolution was found to be 0.23% for the L₁-line and 0.19% for the M₁ line.     

Special-purpose radiation sources based on the Siberia-2 storage ring

Synchrotron radiation (SR) generated by homogeneous magnetic fields of bending magnets is now employed at the Siberia-2 electron storage ring. It is planned that, in the near future, most of the storage ring’s free straight sections will be equipped with insertion devices (undulators and wigglers). Two projects of specialized radiation sources based on the Siberia-2 stor age ring are discussed. The first source is a vacuum milliundulator intended for generation of extremely bright X-ray beams. An X-ray source with vertically limited diffraction is shown to be feasible when the vertical emittance of an electron beam is equal to the diffraction emittance of photons with an energy of 2 keV. The second source uses edge radiation (ER) generated at the ends of bending magnets of the storage ring. Calculations show that, in the infrared and ultraviolet spectral regions, the ER intensity must exceed the intensity of standard SR formed by the homogeneous field of a bending magnet.     

Characterization of a triple-GEM position sensitive detector for X-ray fluorescence imaging

In this work, we characterized an X-ray position sensitive gaseous detector based in a triple stack of gas electron multipliers. The readout circuit is divided in 256 strips for each dimension and using a resistive chain interconnecting the strips, we are able to reconstruct the radiation interaction points by resistive charge division. The detector achieved gains above 10⁴, energy resolution of 15.28% (full width at half maximum) for 5.9 keV X-rays, and position resolution of 1.2 mm, while operating in Ar/CO₂(90/10) at atmospheric pressure.     

An emittance measurement device for a space-charge dominated electron beam

Beam emittance is one of the most important parameters for electron sources. To investigate the beam emittance of the 3.5-cell DC-SC photocathode injector developed at Peking University, a multi-slit emittance measurement device has been designed and manufactured. The designed slit width, mask thickness and beamlet drift length are 100 μ m, 3 mm and 430 mm respectively. It is suitable for the electron beam with energy of about 5 MeV and the average current less than 0.1 mA. The preliminary measurement result of the rms emittance of the electron beam produced by the DC-SC injector is about 5-7 mm·mrad.     

强流脉冲电子束时间分辨测试技术研究

简单介绍了LIA注入器中强流脉冲电子束能谱分布及发射度的测量原理.应用变象管扫描相机测量了脉冲宽度为100ns的强流脉冲电子束的能谱分布及发射度两个参量,得到了具有时间分辨本领为1ns的切伦科夫辐射图像.为强流直线感应加速器的研制,提供了实验数据.     

Monochromaticity of the Smith-Purcell optical radiation generated by a 75-keV electron beam

The monochromaticity of the Smith-Purcell optical radiation generated by a 75-keV electron beam with a final emittance of ε = 0.65 × 10^?4 mm rad that passes over a grating with a period of D = 0.833 μm has been analyzed. It has been shown that the monochromaticity of Smith-Purcell radiation is determined not only by the angular aperture of a monochromator but also by the divergence of the electron beam.     

Monoenergetic proton beams accelerated by a radiation pressure driven shock

We report on the acceleration of impurity-free quasimononenergetic proton beams from an initially gaseous hydrogen target driven by an intense infrared (λ=10 μm) laser. The front surface of the target was observed by optical probing to be driven forward by the radiation pressure of the laser. A proton beam of ～MeV energy was simultaneously recorded with narrow energy spread (σ～4%), low normalized emittance (～8 nm), and negligible background. The scaling of proton energy with the ratio of intensity over density (I/n) confirms that the acceleration is due to the radiation pressure driven shock.     

9MeV,小于0.1mm微焦点X射线源验证实验

密度高、成像分辨率高、成像速度快的X射线数字成像检测需要高能微焦点大剂量X射线源,高品质电子源是实现这一X射线源的关键手段。基于中国工程物理研究院太赫兹自由电子激光的主加速器,验证了低发射度、低能散度的高亮度电子束实现高能微焦点的可行性,得到电子束半高全宽尺寸小于70μm的9 MeV微焦点,并初步开展成像实验,双丝像质计焦斑清晰分辨9D号丝,丝直径0.13 mm。     

Adiabatic beam buncher for plasma accelerators

An adiabatic free-electron laser wiggler for electron beam bunching is described. A free-electron laser naturally bunches an electron beam. When the beam is trapped adiabatically, the emittance of the bunched beam is decreased significantly compared with abrupt trapping. For a 57-period two-meter buncher having poleface magnetic field of 2 T and 10 GW of 100 μm radiation, adiabatic trapping reduces the final emittance by a factor of three     

Characterization of superconducting YBaCuO-films by low temperature scanning electron microscopy

Low-temperature scanning electron microscopy has been performed for imaging the spatial distribution of the critical current densityj _c(x,y) and of the critical temperatureT _c(x,y) in polycrystalline superconducting YBaCuO films. Strongly inhomogeneous behavior has been observed, and the spatial resolution limit has been found to be 1–2 m. The local temperature increment in the specimen film caused by the electron beam scanning has been demonstrated experimentally as the underlying mechanism of the imaging principle, and the beam-induced thermal perturbation of the high-T _c film/substrate configuration is discussed in detail. The radiation hardness of the sample films against the electron beam irradiation in our imaging experiments has been evaluated. No radiation damage could be detected up to the maximum applied dose of well above 10²⁰ electrons/cm² for a typical beam energy of 26 keV.     

High sensitivity HCN laser interferometer for plasma electron density measurements

This paper describes a high sensitivity 337 μm HCN laser interferometer for plasma electron density measurements. The plasma phase shift is transferred to a low frequency signal obtained by slightly shifting the frequency of the 337 μm radiation in the reference beam of the interferometer. The frequency shift is produced by diffracting the radiation of a cylindrical rotating blazed grating. A phase shift is deduced from the time variation of the zero crossings of the low frequency signal, giving a result which is independent of amplitude fluctuations. Using pyroelectric detectors, the interferometer has a time resolution of 100 μsec and a sensitivity of 10^-2 fringe.     

Self-consistent charging in dielectric films under defocused electron beam irradiation

We clarify the transient and equilibrium charging characteristics of grounded dielectrics due to low-energy defocused electron beam irradiation by a three-dimensional self-consistent simulation model. The model incorporates the electron scattering, transport and trapping. Results show that some electrons can arrive at the grounded substrate due to the internal field and density gradient, forming the leakage current. The transient charging process tends to equilibrium as the surface potential decreases and the leakage electron current increases. The positive and negative space charges are distributed alternately along the beam incident direction. In the equilibrium state, the surface potential and leakage electron current decrease to stable values with increasing film thickness and the trap density, but with decreasing electron mobility. Moreover, the surface potential of the dielectric thin film exhibits a maximum negative value with variation of the beam energy; for example, under the condition of the film thicknesses 0.5 μm and 2 μm, the maximum negative values of surface potentials are -13 V and -98 V in beam energies 2 keV and 3.5 keV, respectively. However, for the thick film, the surface potential decreases with the increase in beam energy.     

Observation of an optical vortex beam from a helical undulator in the XUV region

The observation of an optical vortex beam at 60 nm wavelength, produced as the second‐harmonic radiation from a helical undulator, is reported. The helical wavefront of the optical vortex beam was verified by measuring the interference pattern between the vortex beam from a helical undulator and a normal beam from another undulator. Although the interference patterns were slightly blurred owing to the relatively large electron beam emittance, it was possible to observe the interference features thanks to the helical wavefront of the vortex beam. The experimental results were well reproduced by simulation.     

Power coupler kick of the TRIUMF ICM capture cavities

The TRIUMF Injector CryoModule (ICM) adapted two superconducting single cavities as the capture section for the low injecting energy of 100 keV electrons. Coupler kick induced beam deflection and projected emittance growth are one of the prime concerns of the beam stability, especially at low energies. In low energy applications, the electron velocity changes rapidly inside the cavity, which makes the numerical analysis much more complicated. The commonly used theoretical formulas of the direct integral or the Panofsky-Wenzel theorem is not suitable for the kick calculation of β<1 electrons. Despite that, the above mentioned kick calculation method doesn't consider injecting electron energy, the beam offset due to the coupler kick may not be negligible because of the low injection energy even if the kick is optimized. Thus the beam dynamics code TRACK is used here for the simulation of the power coupler kick perturbation. The coupler kick can be compensated for by a judicious choice of the coupler position in successive cavities from upstream to downstream. The simulation shows that because of the adiabatic damping by the following superconducting 9-cell cavity, even for the worst orbit distortion case after two capture cavities, the kick is still acceptable at the exit of the ICM after reaching 10 MeV. This paper presents the analysis of the transverse kick and the projected emittance growth induced by the coupler for β<1 electrons. The simulated results of the TRIUMF ICM capture cavities are described and presented.     

在不同的退火温度下钴注入二氧化钛结构与磁性

选用能量为180 keV,温度为623 K,注入4×10¹⁶ cm^-2剂量的钴离子束注入TiO₂样品.在不同的退火温度下,用高分辨的扫描电镜、同步辐射X射线衍射、卢瑟福背散射/沟道实验和超导量子干涉仪,分别对样品进行结构与磁性的测试. SR-XRD和HRTEM测试结果表明: 在Co注入TiO₂后,形成了钴的体心立方(hcp)相和面心立方(fcc)相,且在TiO₂中,钴-纳米粒子也已经形成. 随着退     

A dedicated small‐angle X‐ray scattering beamline with a superconducting wiggler source at the NSRRC

At the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), which operates a 1.5 GeV storage ring, a dedicated small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) beamline has been installed with an in‐achromat superconducting wiggler insertion device of peak magnetic field 3.1 T. The vertical beam divergence from the X‐ray source is reduced significantly by a collimating mirror. Subsequently the beam is selectively monochromated by a double Si(111) crystal monochromator with high energy resolution (ΔE/E? 2 × 10^?4) in the energy range 5–23 keV, or by a double Mo/B₄C multilayer monochromator for 10–30 times higher flux (～10¹¹ photons s^?1) in the 6–15 keV range. These two monochromators are incorporated into one rotating cradle for fast exchange. The monochromated beam is focused by a toroidal mirror with 1:1 focusing for a small beam divergence and a beam size of ～0.9 mm × 0.3 mm (horizontal × vertical) at the focus point located 26.5 m from the radiation source. A plane mirror installed after the toroidal mirror is selectively used to deflect the beam downwards for grazing‐incidence SAXS (GISAXS) from liquid surfaces. Two online beam‐position monitors separated by 8 m provide an efficient feedback control for an overall beam‐position stability in the 10 µm range. The beam features measured, including the flux density, energy resolution, size and divergence, are consistent with those calculated using the ray‐tracing program SHADOW. With the deflectable beam of relatively high energy resolution and high flux, the new beamline meets the requirements for a wide range of SAXS applications, including anomalous SAXS for multiphase nanoparticles (e.g. semiconductor core‐shell quantum dots) and GISAXS from liquid surfaces.