IP Library Granted Patent US 9,786,464
Granted Patent B2
US 9,786,464 · App. 14/813,811 · Granted Oct 10, 2017

Superconducting multi-cell trapped mode deflecting cavity

Inventors: Andrei Lunin (Geneva, IL); Timergali Khabiboulline (Geneva, IL); Ivan Gonin (Sugar Grove, IL); Vyacheslav Yakovlev (Batavia, IL); Alexander Zholents (Darien, IL)
Assignee: Fermi Research Alliance, LLC
H01J23/20H01J25/78H01P7/06H01P1/162H01P5/082
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Patent No.
US 9,786,464
App. No.
14/813,811
Granted
Oct 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and system for beam deflection. The method and system for beam deflection comprises a compact superconducting RF cavity further comprising a waveguide comprising an open ended resonator volume configured to operate as a trapped dipole mode; a plurality of cells configured to provide a high operating gradient; at least two pairs of protrusions configured for lowering surface electric and magnetic fields; and a main power coupler positioned to optimize necessary coupling for an operating mode and damping lower dipole modes simultaneously.

Claims (26)

1. An RF cavity for beam deflection comprising:

a waveguide comprising an open ended resonator volume configured to operate as a trapped dipole mode;

a plurality of cells configured to provide a high operating gradient; and

at least two pairs of protrusions configured for lowering surface electric and magnetic fields.

2. The RF cavity of claim 1 wherein said RF cavity comprises a compact superconducting RF cavity.

3. The RF cavity of claim 1 further comprising high order monopole modes wherein said higher order monopole modes are damped by radiating to open beam line pipes.

4. The RF cavity of claim 1 further comprising:

a main power coupler positioned to optimize necessary coupling for an operating mode and damping lower dipole modes simultaneously.

5. The RF cavity of claim 1 wherein said at least two pairs of protrusions are elliptical shaped.

6. The RF cavity of claim 1 wherein said plurality of cells comprise electrodes formed in opposite walls of said resonator.

7. The RF cavity of claim 1 further corn pr ng a beam of particles configured to pass through said open ended resonator.

8. The RF cavity of claim 1 further comprising:

a broadband coaxial antenna configured as an EM-field pick-up probe.

9. The RF cavity of claim 1 further comprising a capacitive diaphragm configured to control a power coupling ratio associated with said RF cavity.

10. A system for beam deflection comprising:

a compact superconducting RF cavity further comprising:

a waveguide comprising an open ended resonator volume configured to operate as a trapped dipole mode;

a plurality of cells configured to provide a high operating gradient;

at least two pairs of protrusions configured for lowering surface electric and magnetic fields; and

a main power coupler positioned to optimize necessary coupling for an operating mode and damping lower dipole modes simultaneously.

11. The system of claim 10 further comprising high order monopole modes wherein said higher order monopole modes are damped by radiating to open beam line pipes.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein said at least two pairs of protrusions are elliptical shaped.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein said plurality of cells comprise electrodes formed in opposite walls of said resonator.

14. The system of, claim 10 further comprising:

a broadband coaxial antenna configured as an EM-field pick-up probe.

15. The system of claim 10 further comprising a capacitive diaphragm configured to control a power coupling ratio associated with said RF cavity.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2024
From: FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC
To: FERMI FORWARD DISCOVERY GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 069795/0347 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Aug 11, 2023
From: FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC
To: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Reel/Frame 064558/0681 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2019
From: FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC
To: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
Reel/Frame 050908/0345 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2019
From: FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC
To: FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC; UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
Reel/Frame 050847/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2015
From: LUNIN, ANDREI; KHABIBOULLINE, TIMERGALI; GONIN, IVAN; YAKOVLEV, VYACHESLAV; ZHOLENTS, ALEXANDER
To: FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC
Reel/Frame 036220/0185 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62030680 · Jul 30, 2014
Provisional Application 62037316 · Aug 14, 2014
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