Author: Betz, M.
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THPPC021 A Microwave Paraphoton and Axion Detection Experiment with 300 dB Electromagnetic Shielding at 3 GHz 3320
 
  • M. Betz, F. Caspers
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Funding: Work supported by the Wolfgang-Gentner-Programme of the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF).
For the microwave equivalent of "light shining through the wall" (LSW) experiments, a sensitive microwave detector and very high electromagnetic shielding is required. The screening attenuation between the axion-generating cavity and the nearby detection-cavity should be greater than 300 dB, in order to push beyond the presently existing exclusion limits. To achieve these goals in practice, a "box in a box" concept was utilized for shielding the detection-cavity, while a vector signal analyzer was used as a microwave receiver with a very narrow resolution bandwidth in the order of a few micro-Hz. This contribution will present the experimental layout and show the results to date.
 
 
THPPC023 RF Loads for Energy Recovery 3326
 
  • S. Federmann, M. Betz, F. Caspers
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Different conceptional designs for RF high power loads are presented. One concept implies the use of solid state rectifier modules for direct RF to DC conversion with efficiencies beyond 80%. In addition, robust metallic low-Q resonant structures, capable of operating at high temperatures (>150 ̊C) are discussed. Another design deals with a very high temperature (up to 800 ̊C) air cooled load using a ceramic foam block inside a metal enclosure. This porous ceramic block is the actual microwave absorber and is not brazed to the metallic enclosure.