A5058119964- Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
- Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers
- Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research
- Superconducting Materials and Applications
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
- Photocathodes and Microchannel Plates
- Laser Design and Applications
- CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
- Offshore Engineering and Technologies
- bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
- Image and Object Detection Techniques
- Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Biosensors and Analytical Detection
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
Cockcroft Institute
2013-2024
Daresbury Laboratory
2014-2024
Lancaster University
2024
Sci-Tech Daresbury
2014-2021
University of Manchester
2021
Abstract CompactLight is a Design Study funded by the European Union under Horizon 2020 research and innovation funding programme, with Grant Agreement No. 777431. was conducted an International Collaboration of 23 international laboratories academic institutions, three private companies, five third parties. The project, which started in January 2018 duration 48 months, aimed to design innovative, compact, cost-effective hard X-ray FEL facility complemented soft source pave road for future...
This report describes the conceptual design of a proposed free electron laser test facility called CLARA that will be major upgrade to existing VELA accelerator at Daresbury Laboratory in UK. able number new schemes have been but require proof principle experiment confirm they perform as predicted. The primary focus on ultra short photon pulse generation which take lasers into whole regime, enabling area science emerge.
The compact linear accelerator for research and applications (CLARA) is an ultrabright electron beam test facility being developed at STFC Daresbury Laboratory. ultimate aim of CLARA to advanced free laser (FEL) schemes that can later be implemented on existing future short-wavelength FELs. In addition, a unique provide high-quality novel concepts ideas in wide range disciplines function as technology demonstrator United Kingdom x-ray FEL facility. built three phases; the first phase, or...
Field emission or dark current from RF electron guns is problematic for accelerators several reasons, and can be more difficult to predict, measure understand, compared the main beam. The work presented here a study of emitted CLARA 3GHz 2.5 cell gun with exchangeable photocathode, which type used single pass high quality low emittance beams uses such as Free Electron Lasers. purpose these studies was identify sources within gun, by examining distribution patterns on scintillating screens....
An rf pulse propagating through a travelling wave linac can be seen to evolve due dispersion. To accurately predict the field amplitude experienced by electron bunches cavity, this evolution must well known. Here we present an method using Fourier methods. The requires two inputs calculate dispersion: group velocity as function of cell number, and phase advance. Attenuation is included in model with addition third input: cavity Q0. faster more simple than 3D modelling, allows subtle details...
As part of the design CLARA (Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications), proposed UK FEL test facility at Daresbury Laboratory, a high repetition rate S-band photoinjector RF gun is being developed. This will be able to operate up 400 Hz in single bunch mode. We present initial cavity design, including its optimisation beam dynamics CLARA. also cooling which enable rates achieved.
In order to explore physics in the EUV soft x-ray region, we have designed a machine which is capable of accelerating $\ensuremath{\sim}250\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{pC}$ electron bunch an energy $\ensuremath{\sim}1\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}$. The front end CLARA (Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications) system at Daresbury Labs will be used as S-band injector $\ensuremath{\sim}180\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/\mathrm{c}$, sub-ps FWHM, bunches into XARA (X-Band Application) system. A rf...
The Versatile Electron Linear Accelerator (VELA) provides enabling infrastructures targeted at the development and testing of novel compact accelerator technologies, specifically through partnership with academia industry, aimed addressing applications in medicine, health, security, energy industrial processing. facility is now fully commissioned taking advantage variable electron beam parameters to demonstrate new techniques/processes or otherwise develop technologies for future commercial...
An STFC Industrial Programme Support (IPS) Scheme grant, funding Daresbury Laboratory and Shakespeare Engineering Ltd to develop the capability fabricate, process test a 9-cell, 1.3 GHz superconducting RF cavity in support of enabling UK industry address large potential market for structures. At heart development are repeatability reproducibility manufacturing an effort reduce costs. Effort has been spent on developing techniques fabricate niobium halfcells beam-pipes this paper discusses...
Copyright © 2016 CC-BY-3.0 and by the respective authors. The VELA facility at Daresbury Laboratory in UK includes a 5 MeV/c 2.5 cell S-band photoinjector gun. This gun operates blow-out regime with sub-200 fs length drive laser: resulting bunch is determined space-charge effects. We present measurements made an transverse deflecting cavity to characterise as function of charge, operating phase.