Utilization of the Transverse Deflecting RF Cavities in the Designed QBA Lattice of the 3 GeV Taiwan Photon Source

TL;DR

This paper explores the use of superconducting transverse deflecting RF cavities in the 3 GeV Taiwan Photon Source to generate ultra-short X-ray pulses, optimizing cavity placement and RF parameters for improved beam quality.

Contribution

It investigates optimal configurations and RF settings for deflecting cavities in the TPS lattice, enhancing photon pulse quality and intensity with detailed nonlinear and error analysis.

Findings

Optimal cavity placement improves electron bunch and photon pulse quality.

Using a 3.0 MV RF cavity increases photon pulse intensity by 30%.

Achieved 540 fs photon pulse duration with optimized optical elements.

Abstract

A pair of superconducting transverse deflecting RF cavities has been studied in the QBA low emittance lattices of the 3 GeV TPS for generating ultra short X-ray pulses. Three configurations with different locations for the two cavities in a super-period of the TPS ring are investigated. During numerous turns of the electron tracking, the nonlinear effects between the cavities, the energy spread, the momentum compaction factor, and the synchrotron radiation effects are taken into account. The configuration with positioning the RF deflectors between the QBA cells in each super-period as an optimum arrangement gives rise to better quality electron bunches and radiated photon pulses. The FWHM of the radiated photon pulses of about 540 fs with an acceptable intensity is attained by optimizing the compression optical elements of the TPS photon beam line. Furthermore, the effects of the electron bunch length are studied by alternatively employing an accelerating RF cavity operating with 1.1 MV and 3.0 MV, respectively. The operation of the accelerating RF cavity at 3.0 MV improved the intensity of the photon pulses up to 30% and reduced the equilibrium vertical emittance down to 70 pm-rad. The error tolerance for the deflecting cavities, QBA lattice and injection process are also evaluated.