An Engineering Guide To Photoinjectors

• Main Authors: Rao, Triveni, Dowell, David H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 28-03-2014
• Subjects: Physics - Accelerator Physics
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1403.7539

Since the discovery of electrons more than a century ago, the generation,
transport and characterization of electron beams has been an active field of
research. Breakthroughs in this field have led to applications as far reaching
as cancer treatment, investigation of nanoscale material and dark matter. In
this book, we present a snapshot of the photoinjector technology which has
contributed to these advances by providing an introduction to the basic theory
and engineering of state-of-the-art electron beam sources. Photoinjectors
produce relativistic electrons for exciting new devices such as x-ray free
electron lasers and the polarized beams for very high energy physics linear
colliders. The chapters are written by renowned experts in the field who share
their working knowledge of the technologies needed for designing and building
photoinjectors. This 335 page book covers the following topics: Photoinjector
Theory, Normal Conducting RF Injectors, Superconducting RF Photoinjectors,
DC/RF Injectors, Photocathode Theory, Metal Cathodes, Semiconductor
Photocathodes for Unpolarized Beams, Cathodes for Polarized Electron Beams,
Laser Systems, RF Systems and Beam Diagnostics.