High Performance Superconducting Undulator Development

The demand for increased brightness of synchrotron light sources is driven by advancement of novel experimental techniques to study nanomaterials, micro- and nanocrystals, and interactions of atomic and molecular structures Strong demand has pushed technologies of low emittance electron sources, novel concepts in electron storage rings, free electron lasers (FELs) and undulators – the primary source of X-rays at these facilities The latest, fourth generation, light sources are based upon FELs that can generate femtosecond pulses of very high peak intensity X-rays There are currently 30 large light sources around the world, many of which are in the United States and are world-leading facilities In this program new superconducting undulator (SCU) technology developed at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source will be transferred to Cryomagnetics for industrial commercialization Through optimization of engineering and manufacturing processes SCU production cost will be reduced enabling widespread adoption Next generation light sources worldwide will benefit from US leadership in SCU production Cryomagnetics is a leading supplier of high field superconducting magnets for high energy physics, medical applications and materials research worldwide