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MOPC013 | Design, Fabrication and High Power RF Test of a C-band Accelerating Structure for Feasibility Study of the SPARC Photo-injector Energy Upgrade | 89 |
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The energy upgrade of the SPARC photo-injector from 170 to 250 MeV will be done by replacing a low gradient 3m S-Band structure with two 1.5m high gradient C-band structures. The structures are traveling wave, constant impedance sections, have symmetric waveguide input couplers and have been optimized to work with a SLED RF input pulse. A prototype with a reduced number of cells has been fabricated and tested at high power in KEK (Japan) giving very good performances in terms of breakdown rates at high accelerating gradient (>50 MV/m). The paper illustrates the design criteria of the structures, the fabrication procedure and the high power RF test results. | ||