IPAC2011 - List of Authors (Monaco, L.)

Paper	Title	Page
MOPC091	Status of the XFEL 3.9 GHz Injector Section	289
	P. Pierini, M. Bonezzi, A. Bosotti, M. Fusetti, P.M. Michelato, L. Monaco, R. Paparella, D. Sertore INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI), Italy E. Vogel DESY, Hamburg, Germany
	The European XFEL will use a superconducting third harmonic section to achieve the necessary beam quality for the FEL process. The concept has been successfully proven at the FLASH linac in DESY, with a 4 cavity superconducting module contributed by FNAL. The design of the third harmonic system at the XFEL injector is being finalized and prototypes of the components (cavities and couplers) have been fabricated and are currently in the testing stage. The paper will provide a status of the activities.

TUPS011	Use of NEG Pumps to Ensure Long Term Performances of High Quantum Efficiency Photocathodes	1539
	L. Monaco, P.M. Michelato, D. Sertore INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI), Italy P. Manini, F. Siviero SAES Getters S.p.A., Lainate, Italy
	Laser triggered photo-cathodes are key components of the electron sources of 4th generation light machines. However, they are very sensitive to the vacuum level and its composition. Photo-cathodes are usually prepared in UHV chamber and then transferred, keeping the extreme vacuum condition, to the operation sites. Since transportation/storage may last from several days to weeks, retaining UHV conditions is a fundamental task to the photocathode usage. In this paper the results obtained using a novel pumping approach are given. This approach is based on coupling a 20 l.s⁻¹ ion getter pump with a Capacitorr® D100 Non Evaporable Getter (NEG) pump. Pressure of 2x10-11 mbar was achieved with the NEG pump after 2 days bake-out, as compared to 8x10-10 mbar achieved with the ion pump alone, after 7 days bake-out. Such pressure values were retained even in absence of power, due to the ability of the NEG to remove gases by chemical reaction. Long term monitoring of cathodes QEs was also carried out at different photon wavelengths over more than 6 months, showing no degradation of the photo-emissive film properties.

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Status of the XFEL 3.9 GHz Injector Section

289

P. Pierini, M. Bonezzi, A. Bosotti, M. Fusetti, P.M. Michelato, L. Monaco, R. Paparella, D. Sertore
INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI), Italy
E. Vogel
DESY, Hamburg, Germany

The European XFEL will use a superconducting third harmonic section to achieve the necessary beam quality for the FEL process. The concept has been successfully proven at the FLASH linac in DESY, with a 4 cavity superconducting module contributed by FNAL. The design of the third harmonic system at the XFEL injector is being finalized and prototypes of the components (cavities and couplers) have been fabricated and are currently in the testing stage. The paper will provide a status of the activities.

TUPS011

Use of NEG Pumps to Ensure Long Term Performances of High Quantum Efficiency Photocathodes

1539

L. Monaco, P.M. Michelato, D. Sertore
INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI), Italy
P. Manini, F. Siviero
SAES Getters S.p.A., Lainate, Italy

Laser triggered photo-cathodes are key components of the electron sources of 4th generation light machines. However, they are very sensitive to the vacuum level and its composition. Photo-cathodes are usually prepared in UHV chamber and then transferred, keeping the extreme vacuum condition, to the operation sites. Since transportation/storage may last from several days to weeks, retaining UHV conditions is a fundamental task to the photocathode usage. In this paper the results obtained using a novel pumping approach are given. This approach is based on coupling a 20 l.s⁻¹ ion getter pump with a Capacitorr® D100 Non Evaporable Getter (NEG) pump. Pressure of 2x10-11 mbar was achieved with the NEG pump after 2 days bake-out, as compared to 8x10-10 mbar achieved with the ion pump alone, after 7 days bake-out. Such pressure values were retained even in absence of power, due to the ability of the NEG to remove gases by chemical reaction. Long term monitoring of cathodes QEs was also carried out at different photon wavelengths over more than 6 months, showing no degradation of the photo-emissive film properties.