LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
Niowave, Inc., Lansing, Michigan, USA
We present an update on the 2.1 GHz superconducting rf (SRF) photonic band gap (PBG) resonator experiment in Los Alamos. The SRF PBG cell was designed to operate at 2.1 GHz. PBG cells have great potential for outcoupling long-range wakefields in SRF accelerator structures without affecting the fundamental accelerating mode. Using PBG structures in superconducting particle accelerators will allow operation at higher frequencies and moving forward to significantly higher beam luminosities thus leading towards a completely new generation of colliders for high energy physics. However, the technology of fabrication of PBG accelerator cells from niobium has not been well developed to date. Here we report the results of our efforts to fabricate a 2.1 GHz PBG cell and to test it at high gradients in a liquid helium bath at the temperature of 2 Kelvin. The high gradient performance of the cell will be evaluated and the results will be compared to simulations with the CST Microwave Studio.
