Author: Vogel, E.
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WEA01 Overview of CW RF Guns for Short Wavelength FELs 290
 
  • H.J. Qian
    DESY Zeuthen, Zeuthen, Germany
  • E. Vogel
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  Hard X-ray FELs (XFELs) operating with pulsed RF provide unprecedented peak brilliance for scientific research. Operating the accelerators with CW RF improves the flexibility w.r.t. the available time structure for experiments and opens the next frontier of average brilliance. One of the challenges of CW XFELs is the electron source, which requires both CW operation and highest possible beam quality allowing lasing at shortest wavelengths. The CW mode technically constraints the gun acceleration gradient, which is one of the keys to electron source brightness, so R&D is devoted to CW gun improvements since decades. In this contribution, the worldwide development status of CW RF guns, both normal conducting and superconducting, is reviewed.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-FEL2019-WEA01  
About • paper received ※ 25 August 2019       paper accepted ※ 07 November 2019       issue date ※ 05 November 2019  
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WEP051 PITZ Experimental Optimization for the Aimed Cathode Gradient of a Superconducting CW RF Gun 440
 
  • M. Krasilnikov, P. Boonpornprasert, Y. Chen, G.Z. Georgiev, J.D. Good, M. Groß, P.W. Huang, I.I. Isaev, C. Koschitzki, S. Lal, X. Li, O. Lishilin, G. Loisch, D. Melkumyan, R. Niemczyk, A. Oppelt, H.J. Qian, H. Shaker, G. Shu, F. Stephan, G. Vashchenko
    DESY Zeuthen, Zeuthen, Germany
  • M. Dohlus, E. Vogel
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  A continuous wave (CW) mode operation of the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) is under considerations for a future upgrade. Therefore, a superconducting radio frequency (SRF) CW gun is under experimental development at DESY in Hamburg. Beam dynamics simulations for this setup have been done assuming 100 pC bunch charge and a maximum electric field at the photocathode of 40 MV/m. Experimental studies for these parameters using a normal conducting RF photogun have been performed at the Photo Injector Test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (PITZ). The beam transverse emittance was minimized by optimizing the main photo injector parameters in order to demonstrate the feasibility of generating electron beams with a beam quality required for successful CW operation of the European XFEL for conditions similar to the SRF gun setup.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-FEL2019-WEP051  
About • paper received ※ 20 August 2019       paper accepted ※ 27 August 2019       issue date ※ 05 November 2019  
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