Progress at SLAC on high-power rf pulse compression
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Rf pulse compression is a technique for augmenting the peak power output of a klystron (typically 50--100 MW) to obtain the high peak power required to drive a linear collider at a high accelerating gradient (typically 200 MW/m is required for a gradient of 100 MV/m). The SLED pulse compression system, with a power gain of about 2.6, has been operational on the SLAC linac for more than a decade. Recently, a binary pulse-compression system with a power gain of about 5.2 has been tested up to an output power of 120 MW. Further high-power tests are in progress. Our current effort is focused on prototyping a so-called SLED-II pulse-compression system with a power gain of four. Over-moded TE{sub 01}-mode circular waveguide components, some with novel technical features, are used to reduce losses at the 11.4-GHz operating frequency.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 10137398
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB--5866; ON: DE93009730
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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