Original author of paper: Brian M. Kincaid
Citation: Kincaid J. Appl. Phys. 48, 2684–2691 (1977)
Link to paper: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/article/48/7/2684/506076/A-short-period-helical-wiggler-as-an-improved
Author of notebook: Óscar Amaro (2019)
Abstract:A new kind of wiggler is proposed as an improved source of synchrotron radiation from high‐energy electron storage rings. The electrons are made to travel in a short‐period helix by a transverse helical magnetic field. The radiation spectrum produced is calculated and it is shown that the helical wiggler design could produce a total intensity (photons sec−1 per unit bandwidth) improvement of several hundred and a brightness (photons sec−1 per solid angle per unit bandwidth) improvement of 4×104 over the present state of the art in synchrotron radiation sources.