Analysis of the microbunching instability in a mid-energy electron linac

Microbunching instability usually exists in the linear accelerator (linac) of a free electron laser (FEL) facility. If it is not controlled effectively, the beam quality will be damaged seriously and the machine will not operate properly. In the electron linac of a soft X-ray FEL device, because the electron energy is not very high, the problem can become even more serious. As a typical example, the microbunching instability in the linac of the proposed Shanghai Soft X-ray Free Electron Laser facility (SXFEL) is investigated in detail by means of both analytical formulae and simulation tools. In the study, a new mechanism introducing random noise into the beam current profile as the beam passes through a chicane-type bunch compressor is proposed. The higher-order modes that appear in the simulations suggest that further improvement of the current theoretical model of the instability is needed.     

Physical design of a 10 MeV LINAC for polymer radiation processing

In China, polymer radiation processing has become one of the most important processing industries. The radiation processing source may be an electron beam accelerator or a radioactive source. Physical design of an electron beam facility applied for radiation crosslinking is introduced in this paper because of it’s much higher dose rate and efficiency. Main part of this facility is a 10 MeV travelling wave electron linac with constant impedance accelerating structure. A start to end simulation concerning the linac is reported in this paper. The codes Opera-3d, Poisson-superfish and Parmela are used to describe electromagnetic elements of the accelerator and track particle distribution from the cathode to the end of the linac. After beam dynamic optimization, wave phase velocities in the structure have been chosen to be 0.56, 0.9 and 0.999 respectively. Physical parameters about the main elements such as DC electron gun, iris-loaded periodic structure, solenoids, etc, are presented. Simulation results proves that it can satisfy the industrial requirement. The linac is under construction. Some components have been finished. Measurements proved that they are in a good agreement with the design values.     

Design of a high-efficiency C-band backward wave oscillator

For practicability of the high power microwave source,a C-band backward wave oscillator（BWO） which has high conversion efficiency is designed.When the axial guiding magnetic field is 0.83 T,the electron energy and the beam current of the diode are respectively 80 keV and 2.1 kA,a microwave output power of 100 MW at 7.4 GHz microwave frequency with 65% conversion efficiency is achieved in simulation.     

BBU effect in an ERL-FEL two-purpose test facility

Both the energy recovery linac (ERL) and the free electron laser (FEL) are considered to be candidate fourth generation light sources. It is proposed to combine an FEL into an ERL facility to integrate the advantages of both, and to realize a compact two-purpose light source. A test facility to verify this principle is being designed at the Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing. One main concern is the beam breakup (BBU) instability which limits the available beam current. To this end, we developed a numerical simulation code to calculate the BBU threshold, which is found to have only a small reduction even in a high-FEL-bunch-charge operation mode, compared with that in the case with ERL bunches only. However, even with the ERL beam current far below the BBU threshold, we observed a fluctuation of the central orbit of the ERL bunches in the presence of an FEL beam. We then present a physical model of BBU and understand the mechanism of the orbit-fluctuation in an ERL-FEL two-purpose machine. We found that by choosing an appropriate FEL bunch repetition rate, the central orbit fluctuation amplitude can be well controlled.     

Stabilization of betatron tune in Indus-2 storage ring

Indus-2 is a synchrotron radiation source that is operational at RRCAT, Indore, India. It is essentially pertinent in any synchrotron radiation facility to store the electron beam without beam loss. During the day to day operation of Indus-2 storage ring, difficulty was being faced in accumulating higher beam current. After examination, it was found that the working point was shifting from its desired value during accumulation. For smooth beam accumulation, a fixed desired tune in both horizontal and vertical plane plays a significant role in avoiding beam loss via the resonance process. This required a betatron tune feedback system to be put in the storage ring. After putting ON this feedback, the beam accumulation was smooth. The details of this feedback and its working principle are described in this paper.     

Progress on the construction of the 100 MeV/100 kW electron linac for the NSC KIPT neutron source

IHEP, China is constructing a 100 MeV/100 kW electron Linac for NSC KIPT, Ukraine. This linac will be used as the driver of a neutron source based on a subcritical assembly. In 2012, the injector part of the accelerator was pre-installed as a testing facility in the experimental hall #2 of IHEP. The injector beam and key hardware testing results met the design goal. Recently, the injector testing facility was disassembled and all of the components for the whole accelerator have been shipped to Ukraine from China by the ocean shipping. The installation of the whole machine in KIPT will be started in June, 2013. The construction progress, the design and testing results of the injector beam and key hardware are presented.     

Progress on the construction of the 100 MeV/100 kW electron linac for the NSC KIPT neutron source

IHEP, China is constructing a 100 MeV/100 kW electron Linac for NSC KIPT, Ukraine. This linac will be used as the driver of a neutron source based on a subcritical assembly. In 2012, the injector part of the accelerator was pre-installed as a testing facility in the experimental hall ≠2 of IHEP. The injector beam and key hardware testing results met the design goal. Recently, the injector testing facility was disassembled and all of the components for the whole accelerator have been shipped to Ukraine from China by the ocean shipping. The installation of the whole machine in KIPT will be started in June, 2013. The construction progress, the design and testing results of the injector beam and key hardware are presented.     

Time-and-space resolved measurements of the emission uniformity of carbon fibre cathode in high-current pulsed discharge

The remaining challenges, confronting high-power microwave (HPM) sources and pulsed power generators, stimulate the developments of robust relativistic electron beam sources. This paper presents a carbon fibre cathode which is tested in a single pulsed power generator. The distribution and the development of cathode plasma are observed by time-and-space resolved diagnostics, and the uniformity of electron beam density is checked by taking x-ray images. A quasistationary behaviour of cathode plasma expansion is observed. It is found that the uniformity of the extracted electron beam is satisfactory in spite of individual plasma jets on the cathode surface. These results show that carbon fibre cathodes can provide a positive prospect for developing a high-quality electron beam.     

Amplitude and phase stability studies in a DC superconducting injector

The DC superconducting injector will be used in the PKU-THz facility which consists of a DC-gun and a 3+1/2-cell superconducting cavity. The cavity must accelerate the electron beam to 5.82 MeV which is susceptible to perturbations because of its narrow bandwidth. In this paper, the sources and influences of the perturbations in the 3+1/2-cell cavity are discussed. It is shown that the control system is essential for the cavity. The design of a feedback based digital RF low level control system for the 3+1/2-cell cavity is accomplished.     

Instantaneous electron beam emittance measurement system based on the optical transition radiation principle

One kind of instantaneous electron beam emittance measurement system based on the optical transition radiation principle and double imaging optical method has been set up. It is mainly adopted in the test for the intense electron-beam produced by a linear induction accelerator. The system features two characteristics. The first one concerns the system synchronization signal triggered by the following edge of the main output waveform from a Blumlein switch. The synchronous precision of about 1 ns between the electron beam and the image capture time can be reached in this way so that the electron beam emittance at the desired time point can be obtained. The other advantage of the system is the ability to obtain the beam spot and beam divergence in one measurement so that the calculated result is the true beam emittance at that time, which can explain the electron beam condition. It provides to be a powerful beam diagnostic method for a 2.5 kA, 18.5 MeV, 90 ns （FWHM） electron beam pulse produced by Dragon I. The ability of the instantaneous measurement is about 3 ns and it can measure the beam emittance at any time point during one beam pulse. A series of beam emittances have been obtained for Dragon I. The typical beam spot is 9.0 mm （FWHM） in diameter and the corresponding beam divergence is about 10.5 mrad.     

Numerical Analysis of the C-Band Klystrode with Annular Electron Beam

A klystrode oscillator cavity is designed using annular electron beam in the C-band frequency that can be easily scaled to S and X bands. Beam electrons are assumed pre-modulated and injected into the toroidal cavity in the shape of thin reentrant resonator with the grid structure built in the beam entrance. We optimize the beam conversion efficiency via the MAGIC code in the range of sixty to seventy percent with the fundamental TM₀₁-mode which is fine tuned by the 3D HFSS code. The annular electron beam has a merit to permit the center coupling to the adjacent cavity to enhance and stabilize the beam pre-modulation in addition to increased power handling capability.     

大间隙C波段三轴速调管束流调制模拟研究

利用SUPERFISH软件设计了一种兼具大间隙速调管及三轴速调管优势的C波段大间隙三轴速调管,对所设计大间隙三轴速调管的束流传输及调制情况进行了2维粒子模拟研究。模拟结果表明,三轴速调管设计需要特别关注"模式泄露"问题以及谨慎选择内导体接地支撑杆的位置,以获得稳定传输的电子束。综合考虑上述两个条件,在440 kV的二极管电压下,5.0 GHz,200 MW的强注入功率可以获得11.8 kA的基频调制积分电流,束流调制深度88%,调制电流峰峰值大于40 kA,且调制电流具有良好的频率及相位稳定性。在此基础上,初步模拟得到了大于2.0 GW的平均微波功率,平均效率约33.8%。     

具有双电子束结构的双波段相对论返波振荡器粒子模拟研究北大核心CSCD

研究了一种能够同时产生C波段和X波段微波、具有双电子束结构的相对论返波振荡器,采用嵌套式的高频结构将两个波段的束-波相互作用空间隔离开来,从而使两个波段的束-波相互过程互不影响。当二极管电压为650kV、内外环形电子束流分别为5.4,6.4kA、导引磁场为2.2T时,两个波段微波的频率分别为4.625,8.450GHz,模拟产生的微波功率分别为920,600MW,转换效率约为21.8%,17.1%。并采用粒子模拟法研究了导引磁场、二极管电压及两个束-波相互作用区关键结构参数对器件运行的影响,给出了双波段微波功率、频率随导引磁场、二极管电压等参数的变化曲线。     

Low emittance lattice for the storage ring of the Turkish Light Source Facility TURKAY

The TAC(Turkish Accelerator Center) project aims to build an accelerator center in Turkey. The first stage of the project is to construct an Infra-Red Free Electron Laser(IR-FEL) facility. The second stage is to build a synchrotron radiation facility named TURKAY, which is a third generation synchrotron radiation light source that aims to achieve a high brilliance photon beam from a low emittance electron beam at 3 Ge V. The electron beam parameters are highly dependent on the magnetic lattice of the storage ring. In this paper a low emittance storage ring for TURKAY is proposed and the beam dynamic properties of the magnetic lattice are investigated.     

Design of a high-efficiency C-band backward wave oscillator

For practicability of the high power microwave source,a C-band backward wave oscillator(BWO)which has high conversion efficiency is designed.When the axial guiding magnetic field is 0.83 T,the electron energy and the beam current of the diode are respectively 80 keV and 2.1 kA,a microwave output power of100 MW at 7.4 GHz microwave frequency with 65% conversion efficiency is achieved in simulation.     

飞秒电子束装置的初步实验结果

 上海应用物理研究所建造并调试了一台飞秒电子束装置。这台装置主要由一把S波段热阴极微波电子枪、一台alpha磁铁和一根SLAC型加速管组成。这台装置可以产生能量为 20~30 MeV,峰值电流为100 A,微束团长度为250 fs的电子束。这篇文章报道了这台装置的调试和电子束团参数的测量。     

折叠型平板Blumlein线高功率微波驱动源

 介绍了一种使用折叠型平板Blumlein线为主体的紧凑型高功率微波驱动源,Kapton薄膜和纯净变压器油分别作为折叠型平板Blumlein线的传输线介质和绝缘介质,Blumlein线的整体尺寸为1.00 m×0.40 m×0.15 m。采用一个特征阻抗大约是12 W的C波段磁绝缘振荡器作为高功率微波源。折叠型平板Blumlein线传输的能量可以使磁绝缘振荡器的阴极发射出电压550 kV,电流40 kA ,脉宽90 ns的电子束,从而产生峰值功率350 MW,脉宽40 ns的高功率微波。     

高功率跨波段相对论速调管放大器模拟设计

设计了一种能在S波段和C波段实现稳定输出的高功率相对论速调管放大器,并使用电磁粒子PIC程序进行了模拟研究。模拟结果表明:采用700 kV,4 kA的电子束,在注入微波功率340 kW、注入微波频率分别为2.8 GHz和3.2 GHz的条件下,通过合理选择输入腔和中间腔的结构和工作模式、调节器件输出腔的腔长,模拟实现了S波段（3.2 GHz）和C波段（5.6 GHz）分别为1 GW和490 MW的微波输出,束波转换效率分别约为35%和17%。     

Experiments on the physics of charged particle beams at the VEPP-4M electron-positron collider

The VEPP-4M accelerator facility with a universal KEDR detector is designed to conduct experiments with colliding electron-positron beams. High-energy physics, nuclear physics, and studies using synchrotron radiation are the main directions of research with this facility. In addition, experiments on poorly explored issues in the physics of beams in the electron-positron storage ring and methodological studies to prepare an experiment aimed at testing corollaries of the CPT theorem for an electron and a positron are regularly conducted at the VEPP-4 facility. A number of works performed in recent years are described: studies to increase the accuracy of comparing the electron and positron spin precession frequencies by the resonant depolarization method; measurements of the count rate of Touschek electrons as a function of the beam energy in a wide range; comparison of the methods for measuring the beam energy spread; a study of the electron beam dynamics when a nonlinear betatron resonance is crossed.