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High power experimental studies of hybrid photonic band gap accelerator structures

JieXi Zhang, Brian J. Munroe, Haoran Xu, Michael A. Shapiro, and Richard J. Temkin
Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 19, 081304 – Published 31 August 2016

Abstract

This paper reports the first high power tests of hybrid photonic band gap (PBG) accelerator structures. Three hybrid PBG (HPBG) structures were designed, built and tested at 17.14 GHz. Each structure had a triangular lattice array with 60 inner sapphire rods and 24 outer copper rods sandwiched between copper disks. The dielectric PBG band gap map allows the unique feature of overmoded operation in a TM02 mode, with suppression of both lower order modes, such as the TM11 mode, as well as higher order modes. The use of sapphire rods, which have negligible dielectric loss, required inclusion of the dielectric birefringence in the design. The three structures were designed to sequentially reduce the peak surface electric field. Simulations showed relatively high surface fields at the triple point as well as in any gaps between components in the clamped assembly. The third structure used sapphire rods with small pin extensions at each end and obtained the highest gradient of 19MV/m, corresponding to a surface electric field of 78MV/m, with a breakdown probability of 5×101 per pulse per meter for a 100-ns input power pulse. Operation at a gradient above 20MV/m led to runaway breakdowns with extensive light emission and eventual damage. For all three structures, multipactor light emission was observed at gradients well below the breakdown threshold. This research indicated that multipactor triggered at the triple point limited the operational gradient of the hybrid structure.

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  • Received 3 February 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.081304

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Published by the American Physical Society

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  1. Research Areas
  1. Physical Systems
Accelerators & Beams

Authors & Affiliations

JieXi Zhang*, Brian J. Munroe, Haoran Xu, Michael A. Shapiro, and Richard J. Temkin

  • Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

  • *zhangjx03@gmail.com

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Vol. 19, Iss. 8 — August 2016

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