Author: Gonzalez Anton, S.
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MOPAB142 A Compact, Low-Field, Broadband Matching Section for Externally-Powered X-Band Dielectric-Loaded Accelerating Structures 495
 
  • Y. Wei, C.P. Welsch
    The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • H. Bursali
    Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
  • N. Catalán Lasheras, S. Gonzalez Anton, A. Grudiev, R. Wegner, Y. Wei
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
  • B.T. Freemire, C.-J. Jing
    Euclid TechLabs, Solon, Ohio, USA
  • J. Sauza-Bedolla
    Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • Y. Wei, C.P. Welsch
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
 
  It has been technically challenging to efficiently couple external radiofrequency (RF) power to cylindrical dielectric-loaded accelerating (DLA) structures. This is especially true when the DLA structure has a high dielectric constant. This contribution presents a novel design of a matching section for coupling the RF power from a circular waveguide to an X-band DLA structure with a dielectric constant εr=16.66 and a loss tangent \tanθ = 3.43× 10-5. It consists of a very compact dielectric disk with a width of 2.035 mm and a tilt angle of 60 degrees, resulting in a broadband coupling at a low RF field which has the potential to survive in the high-power environment. To prevent a sharp dielectric corner break, a 45-degree chamfer is added. Moreover, a microscale vacuum gap, caused by metallic clamping between the thin coating and the outer thick copper jacket, is studied in detail. Based on simulation studies, a prototype of the DLA structure with the matching sections was fabricated. Results from preliminary bench measurements and their comparison with design values will also be discussed.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-MOPAB142  
About • paper received ※ 11 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 21 May 2021       issue date ※ 19 August 2021  
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WEPAB374 The Southern Hemisphere’s First X-Band Radio-Frequency Test Facility at the University of Melbourne 3588
 
  • M. Volpi, R.P. Rassool, S.L. Sheehy, G. Taylor, S.D. Williams
    The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • M.J. Boland
    CLS, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • M.J. Boland
    University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
  • N. Catalán Lasheras, S. Gonzalez Anton, G. McMonagle, S. Stapnes, W. Wuensch
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
  • R.T. Dowd, K. Zingre
    AS - ANSTO, Clayton, Australia
 
  The first Southern Hemisphere X-band Laboratory for Accelerators and Beams (X-LAB) is under construction at the University of Melbourne, and it will operate CERN X-band test stand containing two 12GHz 6MW klystron amplifiers. By power combination through hybrid couplers and the use of pulse compressors, up to 50 MW of peak power can be sent to any of 2 test slots at pulse repetition rates up to 400 Hz. The test stand is dedicated to RF conditioning and testing CLIC’s high gradient accelerating structures beyond 100 MV/m. It will also form the basis for developing a compact accelerator for medical applications, such as radiotherapy and compact light sources. Australian researchers working as part of a collaboration between the University of Melbourne, international universities, national industries, the Australian Synchrotron -ANSTO, Canadian Light Source and the CERN believe that creating a laboratory for novel accelerator research in Australia could drive technological and medical innovation.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB374  
About • paper received ※ 18 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 06 July 2021       issue date ※ 30 August 2021  
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