An X-band Dielectric-based Wakefield Power Extractor

An X-band dielectric-based wakefield power extractor is under development to function as a high power rf source primarily for Two Beam Accelerator applications. A low surface electric field to gradient ratio and low fabrication cost are two main advantages of the dielectric-loaded accelerating/decelerating structure. We have designed a 12 GHz dielectric-based power extractor that has similar performance parameters to the CLIC PETS (23 mm beam channel, 240 ns pulse duration, 135 MW output per structure) using the CLIC drive beam. In order to study potential rf breakdown issues, as a first step we built a 11.424 GHz dielectric-based power extractor scaled from the 12 GHz design. A high power rf test will be conducted using the SLAC 11.424 GHz high power rf source in Dec. 2012. Results of the high power testing will be reported. Meanwhile, the 12 GHz fully featured dielectric power extractor is also under construction; construction progress and bench tests will be discussed.