Bidirectional coupler optimization in WR 284-type waveguide

Author

Smith, T.L. ; Waldschmidt, G. ; Grelick, A. ; Berg, S.

Author_Institution

Adv. Photon Source, Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

12-16 May 2003

Firstpage

1422

Abstract

In the Advanced Photon Source linac gun test area at Argonne National Laboratory a new S-band ballistic bunch compression (BBC) gun is being tested. It was determined that a WR 284 waveguide bidirectional coupler with a directivity of greater than 30 dB and a coupling of -57 ± 1 dB was desired for evaluation of waveguide rf power conditions. Numerical simulations were performed using the High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) and experimental models were built to determine the optimal dimensions of the bidirectional coupler assembly and the orientation of the loop coupler element. Magnetic and electric fields in the coupler were adjusted by modifying the coupling of the fields as well as the capacitance of the coupling loop.

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; beam handling techniques; electron accelerators; electron guns; linear accelerators; particle beam bunching; particle beam diagnostics; particle beam dynamics; waveguides; Advanced Photon Source linac gun test area; S-band ballistic bunch compression gun; WR 284 waveguide bidirectional coupler optimization; bidirectional coupler assembly; coupling loop capacitance; electric field; high frequency structure simulator; loop coupler element; magnetic field; optimal dimensions; waveguide rf power conditions; Assembly; Ceramics; Couplings; Directional couplers; Frequency; Iris; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Testing; Waveguide transitions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the

ISSN

1063-3928

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7738-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2003.1289726

Filename

1289726