NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 6, 060201(2025)

Key problems in design and commissioning of compact FEL-THz beam injector

Hao HU1, Yifeng ZENG1, Tongning HU1、*, Xiude TU1,2, Guangyao FENG3, and Yuanji PEI3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2Wuhan Second Ship Design and Research Institute, Wuhan 430205, China
  • 3University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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    Figures & Tables(10)
    HUST injector (a) Schematic diagram, (b) Physical photograph
    Structural diagram of ITC preinjector
    Longitudinal phase space evolution in ITC preinjector (a) Numerical method, (b) Analytical method
    Evolution of drift performance of the preinjector output (a) Without accelerator, (b) With accelerator
    Errors of bunch length measurement using RF phase shift method and its compensation results
    Experimentally measured S11 curve and cavity loss as a function of frequency
    Stabilities of microwave system stability before and after LLRF system is connected (a) Amplitude jitter, (b) Phase jitter
    RF power waveform during breakdown (color online)
    • Table 1. Main parameters of HUST injector

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      Table 1. Main parameters of HUST injector

      参数 Parameter设计目标 Design target测量结果 Measured result
      射频频率 Radio frequency / MHz2 856.002 855.92
      束流能量 Beam energy / MeV6.0~14.013.7
      能散度 Energy spread / %≤0.80.41
      横向发射度 Transverse emittance / mm·mrad≤158.8
      束团长度 Beam length / ps≤103.05
      宏脉冲电流 Macro pulse current / A≥0.570.67
      宏脉冲宽度 Macro pulse width / μs≥11.2
    • Table 2. Experimental measurement results of cavity 2 in HUST injector

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      Table 2. Experimental measurement results of cavity 2 in HUST injector

      参数 Parameter测量值 Measured value
      输入功率 Input power / MW3.56
      耦合度 Coupling1.785
      束流能量 Beam energy / MeV2.24
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    Hao HU, Yifeng ZENG, Tongning HU, Xiude TU, Guangyao FENG, Yuanji PEI. Key problems in design and commissioning of compact FEL-THz beam injector[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(6): 060201

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    Paper Information

    Category: ACCELERATOR, RAY TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS

    Received: Jun. 10, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: Tongning HU (胡桐宁)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240242

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