A cryogenically cooled high voltage DC photoemission electron source
Abstract
Linear electron accelerators and their applications such as ultrafast electron diffraction require compact high-brightness electron sources with high voltage and electric field at the photocathode to maximize the electron density and minimize space-charge induced emittance growth. Achieving high brightness from a compact source is a challenging task because it involves an often-conflicting interplay between various requirements imposed by photoemission, acceleration, and beam dynamics. Here we present a new design for a compact high voltage DC electron gun with a novel cryogenic photocathode system and report on its construction and commissioning process. This photoemission gun can operate at ~200 kV at both room temperature and cryogenic temperature with a corresponding electric field of 10 MV/m, necessary for achieving high quality electron beams without requiring the complexity of guns, e.g., based on RF superconductivity. Furthermore, it hosts a compact photocathode plug compatible with that used in several other laboratories opening the possibility of generating and characterizing electron beam from photocathodes developed at other institutions.
- Authors:
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- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1475491
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; PHY-1416318
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 89; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
Citation Formats
Lee, Hyeri, Liu, Xianghong, Cultrera, Luca, Dunham, Bruce, Kostroun, Vaclav O., and Bazarov, Ivan V. A cryogenically cooled high voltage DC photoemission electron source. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5024954.
Lee, Hyeri, Liu, Xianghong, Cultrera, Luca, Dunham, Bruce, Kostroun, Vaclav O., & Bazarov, Ivan V. A cryogenically cooled high voltage DC photoemission electron source. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5024954
Lee, Hyeri, Liu, Xianghong, Cultrera, Luca, Dunham, Bruce, Kostroun, Vaclav O., and Bazarov, Ivan V. 2018.
"A cryogenically cooled high voltage DC photoemission electron source". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5024954. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1475491.
@article{osti_1475491,
title = {A cryogenically cooled high voltage DC photoemission electron source},
author = {Lee, Hyeri and Liu, Xianghong and Cultrera, Luca and Dunham, Bruce and Kostroun, Vaclav O. and Bazarov, Ivan V.},
abstractNote = {Linear electron accelerators and their applications such as ultrafast electron diffraction require compact high-brightness electron sources with high voltage and electric field at the photocathode to maximize the electron density and minimize space-charge induced emittance growth. Achieving high brightness from a compact source is a challenging task because it involves an often-conflicting interplay between various requirements imposed by photoemission, acceleration, and beam dynamics. Here we present a new design for a compact high voltage DC electron gun with a novel cryogenic photocathode system and report on its construction and commissioning process. This photoemission gun can operate at ~200 kV at both room temperature and cryogenic temperature with a corresponding electric field of 10 MV/m, necessary for achieving high quality electron beams without requiring the complexity of guns, e.g., based on RF superconductivity. Furthermore, it hosts a compact photocathode plug compatible with that used in several other laboratories opening the possibility of generating and characterizing electron beam from photocathodes developed at other institutions.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5024954},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1475491},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
issn = {0034-6748},
number = 8,
volume = 89,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
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