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Since in an undulator the photons add up coherently over the whole undulator length even small magnetic field errors can disturb the superposition of photons and reduce the intensity of the generated photon beam. Therefore, as in any other undulator, the magnetic field has to be measured with high accuracy. Precise measurements of the magnetic properties of conventional, i.e., permanent magnet based insertion devices (IDs) has undergone huge improvements over the past years and initiated a new era in synchrotron light sources worldwide. A similar breakthrough is now necessary in the field of superconducting insertion devices. Therefore, a part of our R&D program for superconducting insertion devices is to perform quality assessment of their magnetic field properties. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Superconducting insertion devices (IDs) are very attractive for synchrotron light sources since they offer the possibility to enhance the tuning range and functionality significantly by period length switching. Period length switching can be achieved by employing two or more individually powerable subsets of superconducting coils and reverse the current in a part of the windings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Accurate magnetic field measurements are a prerequisite for the characterization and optimization of undulators. The precision for measuring the magnetic properties of conventional, i.e., permanent magnet based insertion devices, has undergone tremendous improvements over the past 10 to 15 years initiating a new era in synchrotron light sources worldwide; a similar breakthrough is now necessary in the field of superconducting insertion devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to produce synchrotron radiation of the highest brilliance, third generation synchrotron sources make use of insertion devices (IDs). The state of the art available today for IDs is the permanent magnet technology with magnet blocks placed inside the vacuum (IVU) of the storage ring. Following an initial proposal at SPring-8 [1], the concept of Cryogenic Permanent Magnet Undulators (CPMU) is presently considered as a possible future evolution of in-vacuum undulators [2-52, 5]. Superconducting undulators (SCUs) can reach, for the same gap and period length, even higher fields than CPMU devices, allowing increases in the spectral range and the brilliance. At ANKA we are running a research and development program to develop superconducting IDs. The proof of principle of SCU technology application in a storage ring has been demonstrated at ANKA with a device developed together with the company ACCEL Instr. GmbH and installed in the ANKA storage ring since March 2005 [6]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Superconducting undulators and wigglers are developed for synchrotron light sources, damping rings for linear colliders and polarized positron sources. In an undulator the emitted photons along the trajectory have to interfere. In order to do so the magnetic field in all periods has to be almost identical. The field strength over one or several hundred periods is not allowed to deviate by more than 1%. Translated into mechanical accuracy the position of the wire and the poles has to be more accurate than about 5 p.m over 1 to 2 m. High quality measurement of the field is an essential requirement. In this paper we present two field measuring systems, one is under construction and another one is under design phase at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the last years the Research Center Karlsruhe developed novel high-field superconducting in-vacuum undulators with period lengths of 3.8 and 14 mm. The undulators were tested with beam, both in linac type accelerators (Mainzer Microtron MAMI) and storage rings (ANKA). Based on this experience a new generation of superconducting undulators is planned: undulators capable of electrical field error compensation, undulators with electrically variable polarization direction and high brilliance for various accelerators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the first beam experimental test of a superconductive undulator (SCU14) at the Institute for Synchrotron Radiation storage ring at the Karlsruhe Research Center in Karlsruhe, Germany. SCU14 has been designed by ACCEL Instruments GmbH for nanometer beamline. The experiment has been aimed at demonstrating that the device can be operated under conventional user considerations, which will pave way towards advancement in spectroscopy.