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Waldur Symposium 2006 ‘Pulsed Power’
Pulsed DC Acceleration
Seth Brussaard
Outline
Accelerators
The Future of Accelerators
Pulsed DC Acceleration
CERN
Accelerators
10 keV
CRT
10 MeV
Cyclotron
10 GeV
Synchrotron Collider
10 TeV
Supernova
Future Accelerators
ILC: International Linear Collider
XFEL: X-ray Free Electron Laser
ILC: International Linear ColliderP.Grannis, Michigan State
ILC
ILC: International Linear Collider
9- March-06 LCWS06 Bangalore 21
Superconducting RF Cavities
High Gradient Accelerator35 MV/meter -- 40 km linear collider
XFEL: X-Ray Laser
XFEL: X-Ray Laser
Scaling Laws
Higher Energy
Smaller Details
Larger Accelerator
More €
More (Pulsed) Power
Shorter Pulses
Better time resolution
New Accelerator Concepts
More Research
Higher Peak Current
Challenges for Future Accelerators
Shorter Bunches
with
More Electrons
Brightness
FCoulomb FCoulomb
ce-FLorentz
low Energy relativistic Energy
femtosecondLaser
Getting to the speed of light fast
Electron Rest Mass: 0.511 MeV
Accelerate to a few MeV
over a short distance
Total power 10 MWFrequency 2998 MHzQ (2×) 7200
TU/e Photoinjector
Maximum output energy: 6.9 MeVCathode field at max energy: <100 MV/mLaunch phase: –50°
norm
aliz
ed fi
eld
position (cm)0 105 15
0
1
Getting to the speed of light fast
Electron Rest Mass: 0.511 MeV
Accelerate to a few MeV
over a shorter distance
Breakdown
Breakdown needs time
10-9
10-7
10-5
10-3
108 109 1010
td
E V/m
s
A. Emelyanov
Pulsed DC Acceleration
Make MegaVolt pulses
that are shorter than 1 nanosecond
Megavolt Pulser
Megavolt Pulser
Pulse Forming Line
Pulse Forming Line
0 400 800t [ ns ]
U [M
V]0
24
0-2
40 42 44 46 48 50
1
40 42 44 46 48 50-2
-1
0
2
t [ns]
U [
MV
]
Vacuum Diode
Cathode Anode
3.5 MV pulses3 mm Acceleration Gap
> 1 GV/m
Jitter
1.5 2.50
Output Voltage[ MV ]
coun
ts
1.5 2.5
20
40
60
2.52.0time (ns)
300 600400 5000
coun
ts
10
20
30
☺ Fast (ps rise time)
☺ Almost no time jitter
No recovery after breakdown
Limited to ‘low’ power
☺ High voltages, high currents
☺ Good recovery after breakdown
Slow (sub-ns rise time)
Large time jitter due to stochastic breakdown processesspark gap
coax
trigger laser
Semiconductor switch vs laser triggered spark gap
Photoconductive switching of a spark gap
☺ High voltages, high currents
☺ Fast switching by fs laser (ps rise time)
☺ Almost no jitter (no stochastic breakdown processes)
Ionization of the complete gap with high power fs laser
spark gapcoax
TeraWatt switching laser
Photoconductive switching spark gap setup
Brass (inner Ø 15 mm)Cu (Ø 6 mm)
Probing beam
TW switching beam2 MV,
1 ns pulse
Switched pulse with ps risetime
switched pulses @ different laser energies
-40 -20 0 20 40
time (ps)
num
bero
f sho
ts
15k
10k
5k
0
jitter: σ = 12 ps
Summary of Results
• 2 MV, 1 ns pulses produced by Tesla Transformer with Pulse Forming Line
• Jitter 20-70 ns
• Photoconductive Spark Gap Switch demonstrated at 5 kV
• Jitter < 10-15 ps
‘Artistic’ impression of a multistage accelerator
2 MV, 1 ns pulse
Laser trigger
Accelerator structure
Electron bunch
Spark-gaps
25 mm
< 10 psswitching time
GV/m 3 MV
3 mm between plates
plate thickness about 3 mm
Conclusions
For Future Accelerators:
More Pulsed Power
Better Pulsed Power