Euclid TechLabs, LLC, Solon, Ohio, USA
ANL, Argonne, USA
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
Diamond is being evaluated as a dielectric material for dielectric loaded accelerating structures. It has a very low microwave loss tangent, high thermal conductivity, and supports high RF breakdown fields. We report on progress in our recent beam tests of the diamond based accelerating structures of the Ka-band and THz frequency ranges. Wakefield breakdown test of a diamond-loaded accelerating structure has been carried out at the ANL/AWA accelerator. The high charge beam from the AWA linac (~70 nC, σz = 2.5 mm) was passed through a rectangular diamond loaded resonator and induce an intense wakefield. A groove is cut on the diamond to enhance the field. Electric fields up to 0.3 GV/m has been detected on the diamond surface to attempt to initiate breakdown. A surface analysis of the diamond has been performed before and after the beam test. Wakefield effects in a 250 GHz planar diamond accelerating structure has been observed at BNL/ATF accelerator as well. We have directly measured the mm-wave wake fields induced by subpicosecond, intense relativistic electron bunches in a diamond loaded accelerating structure via the dielectric wake-field acceleration mechanism.
Euclid TechLabs, LLC, Solon, Ohio, USA
ANL, Argonne, USA
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
Diamond is being evaluated as a dielectric material for dielectric loaded accelerating structures. It has a very low microwave loss tangent, high thermal conductivity, and supports high RF breakdown fields. We report on progress in our recent beam tests of the diamond based accelerating structures of the Ka-band and THz frequency ranges. Wakefield breakdown test of a diamond-loaded accelerating structure has been carried out at the ANL/AWA accelerator. The high charge beam from the AWA linac (~70 nC, σz = 2.5 mm) was passed through a rectangular diamond loaded resonator and induce an intense wakefield. A groove is cut on the diamond to enhance the field. Electric fields up to 0.3 GV/m has been detected on the diamond surface to attempt to initiate breakdown. A surface analysis of the diamond has been performed before and after the beam test. Wakefield effects in a 250 GHz planar diamond accelerating structure has been observed at BNL/ATF accelerator as well. We have directly measured the mm-wave wake fields induced by subpicosecond, intense relativistic electron bunches in a diamond loaded accelerating structure via the dielectric wake-field acceleration mechanism.