Scaduto, J.
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MOPP054 | Electron Gun and Injector Designs for State-of-the-Art FELs | |
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Funding: This work is supported by the Naval Sea Systems Command, the Office of Naval Research, the DoD Joint Technology Office, the Missile Defense Agency and the US Department of Energy. Reliable, high-brightness, high-power injector operation is a critical technology issue for energy recovery linac drivers of high-power free electron lasers (FEL). Advanced Energy Systems is involved in three ongoing injector programs that target up to 0.5 Ampere current levels at emittance values consistent with the requirements of the FEL. One is a DC photocathode gun and superconducting RF (SRF) booster cryomodule. A 748.5 MHz injector of this type is being assembled and will be tested up to 100 mA at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLAB) beginning in 2007. The second approach being explored is a high-current normal-conducting RF photoinjector. A 700 MHz gun, presently under fabrication, will undergo thermal test in 2006 at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Finally, a half-cell 703.75 MHz SRF gun is presently being designed and will be tested to 0.5 Ampere at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in 2007. The status and projected performance for each of these injector projects is presented. |
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