Author: Diao, C.
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TUP239 Development of a Super-Mini Undulator 1274
 
  • A. Deyhim, J.D. Kulesza
    Advanced Design Consulting, Inc, Lansing, New York, USA
  • C. Diao, H.O. Moser
    SSLS, Singapore, Singapore
 
  This paper describes development and initial results for a small prototype of a superconducting undulator with a period less than 1 cm, referred to here as a “super-mini” undulator. The development of superconducting mini-undulators started in the early 1990s with work at BNL and KIT (Germany). In 1998, KIT demonstrated the first photon production with a super-mini of 3.8 mm period length *. This super-mini consisted of two coils wound bi-filarly in analogy to a solenoid. If such coils are arranged alongside each other, separated only by a small gap of the order of a couple of millimeters, a spatially alternating magnetic field is produced that makes a passing electron beam undulate and emit undulator radiation. Owing to the short period length, the photon energy is much higher than with conventional undulators at the same electron energy. Likewise, for a given photon energy, the electron energy can be much smaller entailing considerable cost savings of accelerator, building, and operations.
* T. Hezel, B. Krevet, H.O. Moser, J.A. Rossmanith, R. Rossmanith, and Th. Schneider, A superconductive undulator with a period length of 3.8 mm, J. Synchrotron Rad. 5(1998) pp. 448-450.