(Los Angeles, CA, 29APR05) RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC has won a Small Business Innovation in Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the Department of Energy. The title of the awarded project is "An X-band, Travelling Wave, Deflection Mode Cavity for Ultra-Fast Beam Manipulation and Diagnosis."
Under the grant, RadiaBeam will develop a compact deflector cavity for beam longitudinal profiling and fast pulse switching. The device works by creating a special radio-frequency mode in a cavity that transversely accelerates the electron beam in a time-dependent manner. For diagnostic purposes, this can be used to "sweep" the pulse of electrons, mapping the longitudinal distribution onto a transverse distribution. For high average current accelerators, the same cavity can be used to switch out a single pulse in a long pulse train for use elsewhere.
While deflecting cavities have been developed before, the innovation comes with the application of X-band RF power and a travelling wave structure. This makes the device much more compact and allows a faster sweeping and switching action. "This new deflecting cavity will become an indispensable tool for next-generation light sources and linear colliders" according to Salime Boucher, President of RadiaBeam Technologies. These types of accelerators, several of which are in construction and planning stages around the world, will require precise and fast diagnosis of the longitudinal profile with femtosecond resolution, explained Boucher.
RadiaBeam Technologies will work with UCLA's Particle Beam Physics Laboratory, headed by Professor James Rosenzweig, which has extensive experience in RF structure design and electron beam diagnosis. Dr. David Alesini, a highly respected expert in deflecting cavity design, will consult for the project.
Additional information on RadiaBeam is available at the company web site: http://www.radiabeam.com/
About RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC
RadiaBeam Technologies manufactures products, performs directed research, and provides custom design and engineering services in the beam and accelerator research sector.
Our products come from technology transfer, licensing and original designs. We focus on novel acceleration methods, diagnostics, subsystems and EM radiation production.
The company has three main regimes of specialization: high brightness beams, femtosecond systems, and novel industrial / medical accelerators.
About the SBIR Program
The SBIR program is a highly competitive grant system that encourages small business to explore their technological potential. SBIR funds the critical startup and development stages and it encourages the commercialization of the technology, product, or service, which, in turn, stimulates the U.S. economy. Since its enactment in 1982, as part of the Small Business Innovation Development Act, SBIR has helped thousands of small businesses to compete for federal research and development awards. In 2005, there were 1,555 applications submitted to the Department of Energy, of which 288 were granted.
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