Author: Wang, J.
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WEPSM08 Fast-Switching Variably Polarizing Undulator 1061
 
  • M.S. Jaski, R.J. Dejus, B. Deriy, E. Gluskin, E.R. Moog, I. Vasserman, J. Wang, A. Xiao
    ANL, Argonne, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357
Development of a new fast-switching Electromagnetic Variably Polarizing Undulator (EMVPU) is underway at the Advanced Photon Source (APS). The EMVPU can produce x-rays with left- and right-handed circular polarizations and horizontal and vertical linear polarizations in the energy range 400-2000 eV. The undulator will be able to switch between left- and right-handed circular polarization at 10 Hz, fast enough to allow for magnetic circular dichroism studies that rely on lock-in amplifier techniques. The handedness switch will be accomplished by switching only the vertical component of the field while the horizontal component stays constant. Details of the EMVPU and its initial experimental test models are presented.