Record high-average current from a high-brightness photoinjector

Journal Article · Mon Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2013 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4789395· OSTI ID:22162688

Dunham, Bruce; Barley, John; Bartnik, Adam; Bazarov, Ivan; Cultrera, Luca; Dobbins, John; Hoffstaetter, Georg; Johnson, Brent; Kaplan, Roger; Karkare, Siddharth; Kostroun, Vaclav; Yulin, Li; Liepe, Matthias; Xianghong, Liu; Loehl, Florian; Maxson, Jared; Quigley, Peter; Reilly, John; Rice, David; Sabol, Daniel ^[1] ; others, and

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1. Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 (United States)

High-power, high-brightness electron beams are of interest for many applications, especially as drivers for free electron lasers and energy recovery linac light sources. For these particular applications, photoemission injectors are used in most cases, and the initial beam brightness from the injector sets a limit on the quality of the light generated at the end of the accelerator. At Cornell University, we have built such a high-power injector using a DC photoemission gun followed by a superconducting accelerating module. Recent results will be presented demonstrating record setting performance up to 65 mA average current with beam energies of 4-5 MeV.

• OSTI ID: 22162688
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 102, Issue 3; Other Information: (c) 2013 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
BRIGHTNESS
CURRENTS
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRON GUNS
ENERGY RECOVERY
FREE ELECTRON LASERS
LIGHT SOURCES
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
MEV RANGE 01-10
PHOTOEMISSION