Electron Guns Overview

Thermionic Guns

• High average current electron guns for high-power free electron lasers

P. Sprangle et al., Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 14, 020702 (2011) [1] media:PhysRevSTAB.14.020702.pdf

• Novosibirsk terahertz free electron laser: instrumentation development and experimental achievements

B.A. Knyazev et al., Meas. Sci. Technol. 21 054017 (2010) [2] media:MeasSciTechnol.21.054017.pdf

Photoguns

• Record high-average current from a high-brightness photoinjector

B. Dunham et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 034105 (2013) [3] media:ApplPhysLett.102.034105.pdf

• Charge Lifetime Measurements at High Average Current Using a K₂CsSb Photocathode inside a DC High Voltage Photogun.

R. Mammei et al., Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 16, 033401 (2013) [4] media:PhysRevSTAB.16.033401.pdf

Normal-Conducting RF Guns

• High Brightness Thermionic Electron Gun Performance

A. Todd et al., Advanced Energy Systems (AES), Proceedings of ERL2011, Tsukuba, Japan [5] media:A.Todd_ERL11.30.pdf

• Overview of the 100 mA average-current RF photoinjector

D.C. Nguyen et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 528, 71 (2004) [6] media:NuclInstrumMethA.528.71.pdf

• Advanced photoinjector experiment photogun commissioning results

F. Sannibale et al., Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 15, 103501 (2012) [7] media:PhysRevSTAB.15.103501.pdf

Superconducting RF Guns

• Overview on superconducting photoinjectors

A. Arnold and J. Teichert, Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 14, 024801 (2011) [8] media:PhysRevSTAB.14.024801.pdf

• Free-electron laser operation with a superconducting radio-frequency photoinjector at ELBE

J. Teichert et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 743, 114 (2014) [9] media:NuclInstrumMethA.743.114.pdf

• SRF Photoemission Electron Guns ar BNL: First Commissioning Results

S. Belomestnykh, Proceedings of SRF2013, Paris, France media:BNL_SRF_Guns.pdf