Commissioning results of the U14 cryogenic undulator at SLS

Abstract

After 10 years of operation the wiggler-source Materials Science beamline at the Swiss Light Source was the first beamline to undergo a significant upgrade. The replacement of the W61 wiggler by the cryogenic undulator U14 makes the SLS the first wiggler free third generation light source. With the help of the cryogenic technology [1], the period length could be reduced from 19 mm to 14 mm. With a minimum gap of 3.8 mm and the x-ray energy range could be extended to nearly 40 keV. The undulator has been built in cooperation with SPring-8 and Hitachi. PSI designed the liquid-nitrogen-based cryogenic system and made the magnetic measurements under cryogenic conditions before installation. To be cost efficient, the undulator shares the cryogenic refrigeration system with the monochromator. Operational aspects like stability or temporal response to gap changes will be discussed as well as the spectral performance.