Published 1991 | Version v1
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Performance of the Brookhaven photocathode rf gun

  • 1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
  • 2. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States). Dept. of Applied Physics
  • 3. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Physics
  • 4. State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (United States). Dept. of Physics
  • 5. California Univ., Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics

Description

The Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) uses a photocathode rf gun to provide a high-brightness electron beam intended for FEL and laser-acceleration experiments. The rf gun consists of 1 1/2 cells driven at 2856 MHz in π-mode with a maximum cathode field of 100 MV/m. To achieve long lifetimes, the photocathode development concentrates on robust metals such as copper, yttrium and samarium. We illuminate these cathodes with a 10-ps, frequency-quadrupled Nd:YAG laser. We describe the initial operation of the gun, including measurements of transverse and longitudinal emittance, quantum efficiencies, and peak current. The results are compared to models

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
9 p.
Report number
BNL--46679

Conference

Title
13. international free-electron laser (FEL) conference.
Dates
25-30 Aug 1991.
Place
Santa Fe, NM (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
23036339
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BEAM EMITTANCE; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATHODES; RF SYSTEMS
Descriptors DEC
AMPLIFIERS; BEAMS; CATHODES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT; LASERS; LEPTON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; SOLID STATE LASERS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC02-76CH00016
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).
Secondary number(s)
CONF-9108118--38.