Progress on a Superconducting Planar Undulator in the UK

Superconducting (SC) undulators can potentially reach a higher field, for short period devices, than permanent magnet devices. The latest design work on a proposed superconducting planar undulator being designed in the UK by the STFC is presented. The initial layout of the undulator, including superconducting fill factor and the cryogenic system is presented. Calculations of the wakefield heating effects due to different vacuum vessels and electron beam configurations are also presented. Another important issue for superconducting planar undulators is the effect of engineering tolerances of the pole pieces: the computer simulated effects, for different size pole errors, on the electron beam trajectory and phase error through the device are also shown.