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TY - CONF AU - Szymczyk, K. AU - Lorkiewicz, J.A. AU - Nietubyć, R. AU - Sekutowicz, J.K. ED - Bishofberger, Kip:Carlsten, Bruce (LANL, Los Alamos, NM, USA)[ORCID:0000-0001-5619-907X] ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - Preliminary Results of the Dark Current Modelling for the Polfel Superconducting Lead Photocathode J2 - Proc. of FEL2017, Santa Fe, NM, USA, August 20-25, 2017 C1 - Santa Fe, NM, USA T2 - International Free Electron Laser Conference T3 - 38 LA - english AB - Preparation for the construction of Polish Free Electron Laser (POLFEL) will begin shortly at National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) in Warsaw. POLFEL is planned as a fourth-generation light source driven by a superconducting (sc) electron accelerator. The concept includes an all-superconducting injector with a thin-film lead sc photocathode, dedicated to continuous wave or long-pulse linac operation. One of the issues which emerges in connection with operation of high-gradient electron guns furnished with dismountable photocathode plugs is the dark current emitted from the cathode surface inhomogeneities. The dark current usually degrades accelerator performance. The purpose of this paper is to present preliminary investigation results of the dark current generation in the electron gun with a thin lead layer deposited on a niobium plug. Specific features of geometric configuration like rounded plug edges, a gap between the plug and the back gun wall as well as cathode surface roughness have been taken into account for the electron field emission and RF field calculations. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 463 EP - 465 KW - ion KW - cathode KW - cavity KW - gun KW - electron DA - 2018/02 PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-95450-179-3 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-FEL2017-WEP021 UR - http://jacow.org/fel2017/papers/wep021.pdf ER -