La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
INFN/LNF, Frascati, Italy
ENEA C.R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma), Italy
Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy
INFN-Milano, Milano, Italy
Following the EU Terahertz (THz) Road Map*, high-intensity, ps-long, THz)/Infrared (IR) radiation is going to become a fundamental spectroscopy tool for probing and control low-energy quantum systems ranging from graphene, and Topological Insulators, to novel superconductors** ***. In the framework of the SABINA project, a novel THz/IR beamline based on an APPLE-X undulator emission will be developed at the SPARC-Lab facility at LNF-INFN. Light will be propagated from the SPARC-Lab to a new user lab facility nearly 20 m far away. This beamline will cover a broad spectral region from 3 THz to 30 THz, showing ps- pulses and energy of tens of µJ with variable polarization from linear to circular. The corresponding electric fields up to 10 MV/cm, are able to induce non-linear phenomena in many quantum systems. The beamline, open to user experiments, will be equipped with a 5 T magnetic cryostat and will be synchronized with a fs laser for THz/IR pump, VIS/UV probe experiments.
[*] S.S. Dhillon et al., J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50, 043001 (2017);
[**] F. Giorgianni et al., Nature Commun. 7, 11421 (2016);
[***] P. Di Pietro et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 226403 (2020);
INFN/LNF, Frascati, Italy
In the framework of LATINO project (Laboratory in Advanced Technologies for INnOvation) funded by Lazio regional government, a TEst stand for X-band (TEX) is being commissioned at Frascati National Laboratories (LNF) of INFN. TEX is born as a collaboration with CERN, aimed at carrying out high power tests of X-band accelerating structure prototypes and waveguide components, and it is of paramount importance in view of the construction of EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB facility at LNF. In order to generate, manipulate and measure the RF pulses needed to feed the RF power unit (solid state ScandiNova K400 modulator, CPI 50 MW 50 Hz klystron) an X-band low level RF system has been developed, making use of a commercial S-band (2.856 GHz) Libera digital LLRF (manufactured by Instrumentation Technologies) with a newly designed up/down conversion stage and a reference generation/distribution system, which is able to produce coherent reference frequencies for the American S-band (2.856 GHz) and European X-band (11.994 GHz). In this paper the main features of such systems will be reviewed together with preliminary laboratory measurement results.
INFN/LNF, Frascati, Italy
We report the status of the development of an High Power RF Laboratory in X-Band called TEX (TEst-stand for X-Band). TEX is part of the LATINO (Laboratory in Advanced Technologies for INnOvation) initiative that is ongoing at the Frascati National Laboratories (LNF) of the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) that covers many different areas focused on particle accelerator technologies. TEX is a RF test facility based on solid-state K400 modulator from ScandiNova with a 50MW class X-band (11.996 GHz) klystron tube model vkx 8311a operating at 50 Hz. This RF source will operate as resource for test and research programs such as the RF breakdown on RF waveguide components as well as high power testing of accelerating structures for future high gradient linear accelerator such as EuPRAXIA and CLIC. The high power testing will be performed in a dedicated brand-new bunker that has been recently built. RF system, vacuum controls and safety equipments are currently being installed. The first accelerating structure testing is scheduled by beginning 2022. In this document design and tests for all the sub-systems of the facility will be presented and discussed.
INFN/LNF, Frascati, Italy
Università di Roma II Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
INFN-Roma II, Roma, Italy
ENEA C.R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma), Italy
Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy
La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Universita’ degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
INFN-Milano, Milano, Italy
SABINA (Source of Advanced Beam Imaging for Novel Applications) is a project aimed at the enhancement of the SPARC_LAB research facility. This enhancement is carried out through the following actions: first, the increase of the uptime through the consolidation of technological systems and the replacement of some critical equipment in order to limit the number and extent of faults; then, the improvement of the accelerator performances, by replacing some devices with updated ones. The effect will be greater reliability of the accelerator, which will allow it to be opened as a facility for external users, both industrial and scientific, with the goal of increasing the competitiveness of industries in a broad range of technological areas and enhancing collaborations with research institutions. The two user lines that will be implemented are a power laser target area and a THz radiation line, by using a dedicated undulator. The undulator and the THz line are also described in other contributions to this conference. A brief description of the project and potential exploitations are reported.