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A superconductive undulator with a period length of 3.8 mm
1Projektgruppe Errichtung ANKA, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, PO Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
|July 21, 2004
Abstract:
During recent years several attempts have been undertaken to decrease the period length of undulators to the millimetre range. In this paper a novel type of in-vacuum undulator is described which is built using superconductive wires. The period length of this special device is 3.8 mm. In principle, it is possible to decrease this period length even further. A 100-period-long undulator has been built and will be tested with a beam in the near future.
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