Matching and Power Coupling
Accelerator Physics
2026-05-19 v1
Abstract
A key factor in any RF system is the mechanism for coupling the RF power from an amplifier into an accelerating cavity. Any tranmission line will experience reflections if there is a mismatch in the impedance between the line and its load. In accelerating cavities due to their high quality factors there is often a large mismatch between the cavity shunt impedance and the tranmission line. This lecture will look at how to overcome this mismatch and ensure efficient coupling without steady-state reflections in both standing-wave and travelling-wave cavties.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.18526,
title = {Matching and Power Coupling},
author = {Graeme Burt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.18526},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
13 pages, contribution to the CAS - CERN Accelerator School: RF for Accelerators, 18 June - 01 July 2023, Berlin Germany