Manufacturing and Testing of a TBL PETS Prototype

The goal of the present CLIC Test Facility (CTF3) is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of the CLIC scheme. The Test Beam Line (TBL) is used to study a CLIC decelerator focusing on 12 GHz power production and the stability of the decelerated beam. The extracted CTF3 drive beam from the Combiner Ring (CR) features a maximum intensity of 28 A and 140 ns pulse duration, where the Test Beam Line consists of 16 cells, each one including a BPM, a quadrupole on top of a micrometeraccuracy mover and a RF power extractor so-called PETS (Power Extraction and Transfer Structure). This paper describes the first prototype fabrication techniques, with particular attention to the production of the long copper rods which induce the RF generation. A special test bench for the characterization of the device with low RF power measurements has been developed. Performed measurements of the scattering parameters and the electric field profile along the structure are carefully described. Finally, the prototype has been installed at CTF3. First measurements with beam are also reported