Two-port CW measurements on RF cavities: Notes on self-consistency assessment and indirect methods

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Hauptverfasser: Hartung, Walter H., Chang, Wei, Kim, Sang-Hoon, Konomi, Taro, Xu, Ting
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author Hartung, Walter H.
Chang, Wei
Kim, Sang-Hoon
Konomi, Taro
Xu, Ting
author_facet Hartung, Walter H.
Chang, Wei
Kim, Sang-Hoon
Konomi, Taro
Xu, Ting
contents In the case of a radio-frequency (RF) cavity with a mismatched input coupler, a direct calculation of the power dissipation in the cavity and the intrinsic quality factor from continuous-wave (CW) measurements may have uncertainty due to systematic errors. Formulae for an indirect calculation of these quantities are derived for the case of a cavity with two couplers of fixed coupling strength. In this approach, the signal from the pickup coupler is used to infer the amplitude of the "emitted wave" from the input coupler. A graphical method for self-consistency assessment is evaluated. The impact of frequency offsets is considered. Applications of these methods are presented, drawing on cold tests of superconducting cavities produced for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.
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spellingShingle Two-port CW measurements on RF cavities: Notes on self-consistency assessment and indirect methods
Hartung, Walter H.
Chang, Wei
Kim, Sang-Hoon
Konomi, Taro
Xu, Ting
Accelerator Physics
In the case of a radio-frequency (RF) cavity with a mismatched input coupler, a direct calculation of the power dissipation in the cavity and the intrinsic quality factor from continuous-wave (CW) measurements may have uncertainty due to systematic errors. Formulae for an indirect calculation of these quantities are derived for the case of a cavity with two couplers of fixed coupling strength. In this approach, the signal from the pickup coupler is used to infer the amplitude of the "emitted wave" from the input coupler. A graphical method for self-consistency assessment is evaluated. The impact of frequency offsets is considered. Applications of these methods are presented, drawing on cold tests of superconducting cavities produced for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.
title Two-port CW measurements on RF cavities: Notes on self-consistency assessment and indirect methods
topic Accelerator Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.14583