Design and test results of kicker units for the positron accumulator ring at the APS
Three fast kicker units have been designed, tested, and installed in the positron accumulator ring (PAR) at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) for beam injection and extraction. The performance of these kicker units has been satisfactory. This paper presents the design and test results.
Analysis of the electrical noise from the APS kicker magnet power supplies
The APS kicker magnet power supplies deliver damped sinusoidal currents in excess of 2400 A peak with a half-period of 300 ns to the kicker magnets. Conducted and radiated electromagnetic interference (EMI) is created by this system in the low megahertz range. This interference affects a number of beam diagnostics in the APS injector. The sources and coupling mechanisms for the EMI generated by this system are described and solutions discussed.
PULSE: a high-repetition-rate linac driver for x-ray FELs
We describe a staged concept for a linac-based freeelectron laser providing coherent tuneable VUV and soft X-ray output with pulse lengths down to 10 fs or less. Use of 1.3 GHz cryomodules operated with CW RF will allow flexible pulse patterns at potentially very high repetition rates up to 1 MHz. We consider the options for FELs that may be included in a facility of this type.