Thz User Operation With 200 pC CW Beam Generated by the ELBE SRF Gun II


Thz User Operation With 200 pC CW Beam Generated by the ELBE SRF Gun II

Arnold, A.; Awari, N.; Chen, M.; Deinert, J.-C.; Evtushenko, P.; Green, B. W.; Klopf, J. M.; Kovalev, S.; Lehnert, U.; Ma, S.; Murcek, P.; Michel, P.; Schaber, J.; Teichert, J.; Xiang, R.; Zwartek, P.

As a new electron source with higher brilliance, the second superconducting RF photoinjector (SRF Gun II) has been built at the ELBE radiation center for high power radiation sources. One of the main goals of SRF gun II is to achieve a higher bunch charge (>200 pC) and lower emittance (3 mm mrad) than the present ELBE thermionic DC gun. SRF Gun II features a 3.5-cell niobium cavity as well as a superconducting solenoid in the same cryomodule. With Mg photocathodes the gun is able to provide medium current beam with bunch charge of more than 200 pC and sub-ps bunch length at 100 kHz repetition rate. With this contribution we present convincing results from long-term user operation of SRF gun II in combination with the bunching concept of the ELBE accelerator in order to produce THz radiation with much higher stability and power than available using the existing thermionic gun.

Keywords: SRF Gun; THz; ELBE; electron source; photoinjector

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