Magnetic evaluation of a developed permanent magnet undulator as a linac-based THz coherent radiation source

Abstract

Due to the various applications of THz sources, we developed a pure permanent magnet (PPM) undulator with 8 periods and min/max values of gap equal to 15/25, to use at the end of our current 10 MeV linear accelerator (linac) in order to produce THz coherent radiation. We used RADIA for simulation and calculation of our magnet and B2E code for calculation of its radiation harmonics. After fabrication, we also measured the magnetic field via high precision Hall probes. Calculations and measurements are in good agreements. These calculations show that it is possible to reach photon energies from 3 meV to 23 meV in the THz region.