High bandwidth wall current monitor

Wall Current Monitors (WCM) are commonly used to observe the time profile and spectra of a particle beam by detecting its image current. Within the framework of the EuroTeV Programme, a WCM for CLIC and ILC having a very large bandwidth (100kHz-20GHz) is required and has been developed. A deep study of the field configuration for the device has been necessary. Consequently, the geometrical parameters crucial for a proper functioning of the structure have been found. Three possible geometrical configurations were found. Two of them required a reduction of the geometrical aperture and were therefore rejected. The third one, which was chosen, has been fully characterized both from an electromagnetic and from a mechanical point of view. Furthermore, the very stringent initial requests (bandwidth from 100kHz to 20GHz) were reviewed in a more critical way showing that the low frequency cutoff can be sensibly increased.