

The European X-ray free electron laser accelerator consists of 800 superconducting cavities grouped in 25 RF stations. The Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Centre Świerk, Świerk/Otwock, Poland

W. Cichalewski, K. Gnidzińska, W. Jałmużna, D.R. Makowski, A. Mielczarek, A. Napieralski, P. Perek, A. Piotrowski, T. Pożniak, K.P. Przygoda.Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland P. Barmuta, S. Bou Habib, L. Butkowski, K. Czuba, M. Grzegrzółka, E. Janas, J. Piekarski, I. Rutkowski, D. Sikora, L. Zembala, M. Żukociński.J. Branlard, G. Ayvazyan, V. Ayvazyan, M.K. Grecki, M. Hoffmann, T. Jeżyński, I.M. Kudla, T. Lamb, F. Ludwig, U. Mavrič, S. Pfeiffer, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt, H.C. Weddig, B.Y. Yang.In this work, we report experimental and simulation results from operating the emittance exchange beam line using an energy chirped beam with higher charge (500 pC) at different RF-chirp settings. The energy chirp helps to overcome the thick lens effect of the deflecting mode cavity and other second order effects that might lead to an incomplete emittance exchange at higher charges. Theory predicts an improvement in the emittance exchange scheme when the incoming beam has an energy chirp imparted on it. The experiment used a low charge bunch (250 pC) with no energy chirp. The principle of emittance exchange - where the transverse phase space of the electron beam is exchanged with the longitudinal phase space - has been demonstrated recently at the A0 photoinjector. J.C.T. Thangaraj, H.T. Edwards, A.S. Johnson, A.H. Lumpkin, T.J. Maxwell, J. Ruan, J.K. Santucci, Y.-E. Sun, R.M. Thurman-KeupĮmittance exchange has been proposed to increase the performance of free electron lasers by tailoring the phase space of an electron beam.Transverse-to-longitudinal Emittance-exchange with an Energy Chirped BeamĮmittance, electron, simulation, radiation This talk should provide an overview of international activities. This presentation should recount the remarkable progress in improving the performance of superconducting cavities over the past 50 years and explore future directions, including advances in materials other than Nb, such as MgB2 and novel multi-layer superconductor-insulator systems. State-of-the-Art and Future Prospects in RF Superconductivity
