The New Superconducting RF Photoinjector – a High-Average Current & High-Brightness Gun

The paper reports on the first operation results of the Rossendorf superconducting RF photo electron gun (SRF gun). Developed in a collaboration with BESSY, DESY, and MBI and within the frame of European CARE project, the SRF gun is now installed at the superconducting electron accelerator ELBE. In November 2007 the first beam was produced. In 2008 the gun was operated with Cs2Te photo cathodes and RF and electron beam parameter measurements were carried out.