Periodic Reporting for period 1 - TECHNO-CLS (Emerging technologies for crystal-based gamma-ray light sources)
Reporting period: 2022-06-01 to 2023-05-31
2. Experimental characterization of the fabricated crystalline samples at synchrotron B16 beamline of the Diamond Light Source and at the ESR facility.
3. Experiments carried out that allowed to positively assess a Pulse Laser Melting (PLM) technology as a novel technique to produce bent and periodically bent crystalline structures.
4. Development of the diagnostic system for the analysis of the structure of the acoustically excited crystals.
5. Two construction stages out of three planned for the first two years of the project have been performed towards building a beam transport system for monochromatic low divergence 600 MeV positron beam to be used in channeling experiments at the Mainz Mikrotron (MAMI) facility at University of Mainz;
6. Started preparation for approved channeling experiments at CERN with 1-10 GeV electron and positron beams in linear, bent and periodically bent crystals.
7. The process of photon emission by 10 GeV electrons and positrons in periodically bent diamond, silicon and germanium crystals has been characterized via accurate atomistic simulations carried out by means of MBN Explorer software.
8. Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed by means of MBN Explorer software package developed by the MBN RC to quantify the impact of dopant concentration on structure of SiGe superlattices.
9. Systematic numerical evaluation of the impact of radiation reaction force on the channeling phenomenon at ultra-high energies.
2. Experimental characterization of fabricated crystalline samples made of novel materials (Iridium, Tungsten, Silicon Carbide) for potential application in CLSs.
3. Application of the PLM technology as a technique to produce bent crystals.
4. Advance numerical analysis of feasibility of creating a crystalline undulator by means of acoustic waves (AW). The analysis has been followed by designing and specification of the corresponding experimental setup for (i) AW excitation, (ii) characterization of the resulting crystalline structure, (iii) carrying out channeling experiments.