22–26 Aug 2022
Trieste Convention Centre
Europe/Zurich timezone

Millimeter-Wave Undulators for Compact X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers

WEP60
24 Aug 2022, 16:00
1h 30m
Exhibition Hall (Trieste Convention Centre)

Exhibition Hall

Trieste Convention Centre

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Speakers

Dr Liang Zhang (University of Strathclyde and Cockcroft Institute) Jack Easton (Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde)Dr Craig Donaldson (University of Strathclyde and Cockcroft Institute) Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde) Adrian Cross (University of Strathclyde and Cockcroft Institute) Jim Clarke (Science and Technology Facilities Council and Cockcroft Institute)

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Electromagnetic wave undulators have the advantage of a shorter period compared with the permanent magnet undulators when operating at high frequency, therefore producing FEL radiation at the same wavelength with less electron energy. This paper investigates the properties of a Ka-band microwave undulator, and the factors that affect the choice of the high-power drive sources, through the design and beam dynamic study of a 36GHz cavity-type microwave undulator proposed for the CompactLight X-ray FEL. The future research is to prototype a millimeter-wave undulator operating at ~100GHz, which will have an undulator period of about 1/10 of the state-of-the-art permanent magnet undulators. The millimeter-wave undulator will allow the generation of soft X-ray radiation at much lower beam energy, such as hundreds of MeV, enabling a reduction in the cost of a compact XFEL facility.

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Dr Liang Zhang (University of Strathclyde and Cockcroft Institute) Jack Easton (Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde) Dr Craig Donaldson (University of Strathclyde and Cockcroft Institute) Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde) Adrian Cross (University of Strathclyde and Cockcroft Institute) Jim Clarke (Science and Technology Facilities Council and Cockcroft Institute)

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