Differential method for measuring periodic magnetic structure

Abstract

The improvement of accelerator parameters requires the transition to superconducting undulator technologies since SCUs allow higher magnetic fields compared to classical planar undulators with the same gap. The primary method for characterizing magnetic structures is to measure the magnetic field distribution along the undulator axis with a Hall probe. Special test rigs based on vertical cryostats with liquid helium are used to parameterize superconducting magnetic structures (undulator coils). However, during the probe immersion and cooling to cryogenic temperatures, its linear dimensions change, which needs to be taken into account by applying complex thermodynamic models since the position encoder of the probe is located on the cryostat flange at room temperature. To eliminate this effect, it is proposed to equip the probe with two Hall sensors spaced apart half a period of the measured structure.