Emittance Measurements of a Superconducting High Frequency Electron Gun

TL;DR

This paper presents emittance measurements of a superconducting high frequency electron gun using slit mask and solenoid scanning techniques to analyze beam quality under different operational conditions.

Contribution

It demonstrates the application of diagnostic techniques to characterize the beam emittance of a superconducting electron gun, providing insights into beam quality control.

Findings

Emittance measurements vary with operational parameters.

Diagnostic methods effectively characterize beam transverse phase space.

Results inform optimization of gun design and operation.

Abstract

In order to investigate and understand the influence of gun design, cathode preparation and operational parameters on the beam quality it is important to have reliable and accurate beam diagnostics available. The focus of this work was thus to employ the available diagnostic beam line of the current gun demonstrator to characterize the transverse phase space of the beam and measure the emittance at various beam settings and operation conditions. Slit mask and solenoid scanning techniques are applied.