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THP202 | First Operation of the LANL/AES Normal Conducting Radio Frequency Photoinjector | 2498 |
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Funding: We gratefully acknowledge funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office (HEL-JTO). The LANL/AES normal-conducting radio-frequency (NCRF) injector has undergone high power testing, confirming field gradients of up to 10 MV/m at the cathode. Most NCRF designs are limited to low-duty-factor operation to constrain rf power consumption and limit ohmic heat generation. This cavity structure utilizes high density micro-channel cooling to successfully remove heat with the option of dynamic temperature control to actively adjust cavity resonance. This first high power rf test demonstrated stable cw (100% duty cycle) operation using resonant frequency tracking and produced intentional dark current emission from a roughened cathode blank. Resulting end-point x-ray measurements confirm the cathode gradient of 9.8 ± 0.2 MV/m required for acceleration of nC bunches to a beam energy of 2.5 MeV. |
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