LCLS-II

LCLS-II Activities at Fermilab

Fermilab is one of the partner institutions contributing to SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source II (LCLS-II), an electron accelerator project that will produce a high-power free-electron laser for cutting-edge scientific explorations ranging from refined observations of molecules and cellular interactions to innovative materials engineering. Argonne National Laboratory, Cornell University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility are also partners.

Fermilab is contributing to LCLS-II in the overlapping areas of superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) accelerator technology and cryogenics, critical components that distinguish LCLS-II from SLAC’s current LCLS facility, whose laser production has enabled noted scientific investigations in cancer treatment and other important areas. The SRF technology used in the new 4 GeV linear accelerator for LCLS-II will allow the pulse rate to increase from 120 pulses per second to 1 million pulses per second. LCLS-II will also add two new X-ray laser beams and room for additional new instruments, greatly increasing the number of experiments carried out each year. The project is supported by DOE-Basic Energy Sciences.

Fermilab’s scope of work for LCLS-II includes:

• High Q₀ R&D program: LCLS-II uses the breakthrough nitrogen-doping technology invented at Fermilab to improve the quality factor (Q₀), lowering the both cost of the cryogenic plant infrastructure and the operating costs. The high Q₀ R&D program established a recipe to reproducibly achieve the Q₀ goal of 2.7×10¹⁰.
• Design, fabricate & test seventeen 1.3 GHz and two 3.9 GHz cryomodules
  • Fermilab was responsible for the design
  • Fermilab and JLab share production of 1.3 GHz cryomodules
  • Fermilab has sole responsibility for 3.9 GHz cryomodule
  • This activity leverages DOE investment made for infrastructure at both labs, using existing infrastructure and adding cryomodule testing capability
• Design & fabricate cryogenic distribution system: Fermilab experts have worked closely with those at Jefferson Lab on the interface of the cryoplant, cryo distribution and cryomodules to ensure a completely consistent design
• For above deliverables provide installation and commissioning support at SLAC
• Assistance with linac accelerator physics and LLRF control

LCLS-II offers the opportunity to bring together on one project the leading U.S. SRF institutions and takes advantage of the existing DOE investment in SRF infrastructure at both Fermilab and Jefferson Lab. It provides an opportunity for cooperation and collaboration between our two labs, using expertise at both labs and to build identical cryomodules at each facility. Cryomodules are tested at the lab where they are assembled and shipped to SLAC for installation in the tunnel.