Advanced in undulator technology at STI Optronics
- STI Optronics, Inc., Bellevue, WA (United States); and others
Eighteen undulators and wigglers have been designed and built by STI Optronics since 1980 for FEL and synchrotron radiation applications. Design concepts for producing higher magnetic field strength with improved field quality will be reviewed. Shim tuning methods have permitted magnetic field tolerances, including pole-to-pole Field uniformity, trajectory straightness, and higher order moments, to be controlled to low levels as needed for various applications. A key figure of merit is the optical phase error, which determines the coherence of the light generated in the device. Coherence is a strict requirement for maximizing gain in FELs and is highly desirable for maintaining spectral intensity in synchrotron radiation sources with low emittance. The measurement capability necessary to certify coherence over extended undulator lengths has been developed. Example results obtained on undulators delivered to the Advanced Photon Source (APS) will be presented. STI is currently under contract for delivery of nineteen APS Undulator-A devices. These are 2.4 m long, wedged-pole hybrid undulators with on-axis peak Field in excess of 0.75 tesla at a gap of 11.5 mm and a period of 33 mm. The optical phase error is nominally controlled to 3{degrees} over the undulator length, thereby maintaining the spectral intensity of the third harmonic synchrotron radiation to better than 90% of the ideal value. The first five of these devices have been delivered as of early 1995 and the remainder are under construction. Experience gained applicable to free-electron lasers will be emphasized.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 238784
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-61982-Absts.; CONF-9508156-Absts.; ON: DE96002729; TRN: 96:013273
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 17. international free electron laser conference, New York, NY (United States), 21-25 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]; Related Information: Is Part Of 17th international free electron laser conference and 2nd international FEL users` workshop. Program and abstracts; PB: 300 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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