Development of a seven-cell S-band standing-wave RF-deflecting cavity for Tsinghua Thomson scattering X-ray source

Abstract

A 2856-MHz, π-mode, seven-cell standing-wave deflecting cavity was designed and fabricated for bunch length measurement in Tsinghua Thomson scattering X-ray source (TTX) facility. This cavity was installed in the TTX and provided a deflecting voltage of 4.2 MV with an input power of 2.5 MW. Bunch length diagnoses of electron beams with energies up to 39 MeV have been performed. In this article, the RF design of the cavity using HFSS, fabrication, and RF test processes are reviewed. High-power operation with accelerated beams and calibration of the deflecting voltage are also presented.