Undulator and method of operation thereof

US7129807B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Robert Rossmanith · Walzbachtal, DE
• Uwe Schindler · Reichenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 31, 2006
• Expiry date: Feb 27, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05H7/04
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In an undulator for the generation of synchrotron radiation from a particle beam introduced into the undulator, two partial undulators are provided each comprising a conductor of superconductive material which, when a current is conducted therethrough, generates an undulator field that extends perpendicularly to the current flow, and the superconductive conductors are arranged in the individual partial undulators such that the undulator fields generated are not parallel, whereby, by controlling the energization of the two partial undulators, the polarization direction of the synchrotron radiation can be adjusted without mechanical movements.