Business card Prof. Dr. Thorsten Kamps

• Accelerator Physicist
• Department High Brightness Beams
• (030) 8062 - 15157
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Current positions

• Department leader at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
• Professor of Physics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Deputy project leader for the Superconducting RF Electron Accelerator Laboratory SEALAB

Employment

• Professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Staff scientist at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
• PostDoc at Royal Holloway University of London
• Doctoral researcher at DESY
• Diploma student at DELTA/Universität Dortmund

Education

• Diplom-Physiker (Dipl.-Phys.) Universität Dortmund (now TU Dortmund)
• Doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Research Interests

My current research concerns the beam dynamics and diagnostics of particle accelerators. In particular the beam physics and the role of accelerator component design of Superconducting radio-frequency photoelectron injectors (SRF photoinjectors). This includes control of photoemission figures of merit by photocathode growth, instrumentation for high brightness electron beams and applications like free electron lasers and ultrafast scattering sources. I am also intersted in all other aspects and future trends of accelerator driven lightsources.

My activities include promoting accelerator physics education, through teaching of accelerator physics at BSc and MSc level, development of hands-on experiments for practical courses, and supervision of BSc, MSc and doctoral researchers.

Recent Publications

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Expertise

• Accelerator physics: beam physics of electron beams, photoinjectors, storage rings, electron beam diagnostics, free electron laser
• Project management of large scale accelerator phyics projects

2023

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  Alberdi-Esuain, B.; Kamps, T.: Electron optics based on quadrupole multiplets for dark field imaging and diffraction with MeV electron beams. In: Ralph Assmann [Ed.] : IPAC'23 : Proceedings of the 14th International Particle Accelerator Conference ; Venice, Italy from 7 to 12 May 2023Geneve: JACoW, 2023. - ISBN 978-3-95450-231-8, p. TUPL124/1-4
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  Kamps, T.; Abo-Bakr, M.; Alberdi-Esuain, B.; Birke, T.; Echevarria, P.; Ergenlik, E.; Fleischhauer, R.; Frahm, A.; Huck, H.; Klemz, G.; Knobloch, J.; Kolbe, J.; Kuehn, J.; Kuske, B. C.; Mistry, S.; Rehm, G.; Rotterdam, S.; Schappeit, O.; Tamashevich, Y.; Ushakov, A.; Voelker, J.; Wang, C.: Accelerator physics experiments at the versatile SRF photoinjector of SEALab. In: Ralph Assmann [Ed.] : IPAC'23 : Proceedings of the 14th International Particle Accelerator Conference ; Venice, Italy from 7 to 12 May 2023Geneve: JACoW, 2023. - ISBN 978-3-95450-231-8, p. TUPL160/1-4
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  Mistry, S.; Dube, J.; Kamps, T.; Kühn, J.; Wang, C.: Evaluation of the in-situ photocathode handling for SRF photoinjector of SEALab. In: Ralph Assmann [Ed.] : IPAC'23 : Proceedings of the 14th International Particle Accelerator Conference ; Venice, Italy from 7 to 12 May 2023Geneve: JACoW, 2023. - ISBN 978-3-95450-231-8, p. THPA141/1-3

2022

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  Alberdi Esuain, B.; Hwang, J.-G.; Kamps, T.: High-Resolution Interferometric Beam-Size Monitor For Low-Intensity Beams. In: Peter Forck ... [Ed.] : IBIC 2022 : Proceedings of the 11th International Beam Instrumentation Conference, Kraków, Poland ; 11–15 September 2022Geneva: JACoW, 2022. - ISBN 978-3-95450-235-6, p. TUP18/1-4
  https://jacow.org/ibic2022/papers/tup18.pdf
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  Alberdi Esuain, B.; Hwang, J.G.; Neumann, A.; Kamps, T.: Novel approach to push the limit of temporal resolution in ultrafast electron diffraction accelerators. Scientific Reports 12 (2022), p. 13365/1-11
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  Alberdi-Esuain, B.; Hwang, J.-G.; Kamps, T.; Neumann, A.; Völker, J.: Prospects of Ultrafast Electron Diffraction Experiments at Sealab. In: Frank Zimmermann ... [Ed.] : IPAC2022 : Proceedings of the 13th International Particle Accelerator Conference, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12–17 June 2022Geneva: JACoW, 2022. - ISBN 978-3-95450-227-1, p. WEPOTK060/1-4
  https://jacow.org/ipac2022/papers/wepotk060.pdf
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  Mistry, S.; Kamps, T.; Kühn, J.; Wang, C.: Multi-Alkali Antimonide Photocathode Development for High Brightness Beams. In: Frank Zimmermann ... [Ed.] : IPAC2022 : Proceedings of the 13th International Particle Accelerator Conference, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12–17 June 2022Geneva, Switzerland: JACoW Publishing, 2022. - ISBN 978-3-95450-227-1, p. THPOPT019/1-4
  https://jacow.org/ipac2022/papers/thpopt019.pdf

2021

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  Hwang, J.-G.; Albrecht, K.; Hoehl, A.; Alberdi Esuain, B.; Kamps, T.: Monitoring the size of low-intensity beams at plasma-wakefield accelerators using high-resolution interferometry. Communications Physics 4 (2021), p. 214/1-8

2020

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  Hwang, J.-G.; Abo-Bakr, M.; Matveenko, A.; Kourkafas, G.; Kamps, T.: Radiation Generation with an Existing Demonstrator of an Energy-Recovery Continuous-Wave Superconducting RF Accelerator. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 77 (2020), p. 337–343

2019

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  Cocchi, C.; Mistry, S.; Schmeißer, M.; Kühn, J.; Kamps, T.: First-principles many-body study of the electronic and optical properties of CsK2Sb, a semiconducting material for ultra-bright electron sources. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 31 (2019), p. 014002/1-10
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  Cocchi, C.; Mistry, S.; Schmeisser, M.; Amador, R.; Kühn, J.; Kamps, Th.: Electronic structure and core electron Fingerprints of caesium-based multi-alkali antimonides for ultra-bright electron sources. Scientific Reports 9 (2019), p. 18276/1-12
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  Kühn, J.; Al-Saokal, N.; Bürger, M.; Dirsat, M.; Frahm, A.; Jankowiak, A.; Kamps, T.; Klemz, G.; Mistry, S.; Neumann, A.; Plötz, H.: Thermal Load Studies on the Photocathode Insert with Exchangeable Plug for the BERLinPro SRF-Photoinjector. In: Peter Michel ... [Ed.] : SRF2019, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on RF Superconductivity, Dresden, GermanyGeneve: JACoW, 2019. - ISBN 978-3-95450-211-0, p. TUP100/707-711
  http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/srf2019/papers/tup100.pdf

2018

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  Kourkafas, G.; Kamps, T.; Neumann, A.; Keune, B.: Transverse deflecting cavity for longitudinal beam diagnostics at BerlinPro. In: Guoxi Pei ... [Ed.] : LINAC2018, Proceedings of the 29th Linear Accelerator Conference, Beijing, China, 16–21 September 2018Geneva: JACoW, 2018. - ISBN 978-3-95450-194-6, p. 875-878
  http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/linac2018/papers/thpo083.pdf
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  Kühn, J.; Al-Saokal, N.; Bürger, M.; Frahm, A.; Jankowiak, A.; Kamps, T.; Klemz, G.; Kourkafas, G.; Mistry, S.; Neumann, A.; Ohm-Krafft, N.; Schmeißer, M.; Schuster, M.; Völker, J.: A Cu Photocathode for the Superconducting RF Photoinjector of BERLinPro. In: Shane Koscielniak ... [Ed.] : IPAC2018 : Proceedings of the 9th International Particle Accelerator Conference, Vancouver, BC, CanadaJACoW, 2018. - ISBN 978-3-95450-184-7, p. TUPMF002/1-4
  http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2018/papers/tupmf002.pdf
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  Panofski, E.; Jankowiak, A.; Kamps, T.; Neumann, A.: Multi-Objective Optimization of an SRF Photoinjector with Booster Section for High Brightness Beam Performance. In: Shane Koscielniak ... [Ed.] : IPAC2018 : Proceedings of the 9th International Particle Accelerator Conference, Vancouver, BC, CanadaGeneve: JACoW, 2018. - ISBN 978-3-95450-184-7, p. THPAF087/1-4
  http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2018/papers/thpaf087.pdf
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  Schmeißer, M.A.H.; Mistry, S.; Kirschner, H.; Schubert, S.; Jankowiak, A.; Kamps, T.; Kühn, J.: Towards the operation of Cs-K-Sb photocathodes in superconducting rf photoinjectors. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 21 (2018), p. 113401/1-11

2017

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  Kamps, T.; Böhlick, D.; Büchel, A.; Bürger, M.; Echevarria, P.; Frahm, A.; Göbel, F.; Heling, S.; Jankowiak, A.; Keckert, S.; Kirschner, A.; Klemz, G.; Knobloch, J.; Kourkafas, G.; Kühn, J.; Kugeler, O.; Matveenko, A.; Neumann, A.; Ohm-Krafft, N.; Panofski, E.; Pflocksch, F.; Rotterdam, S.; Schmeißer, M.A.H.; Schuster, M.; Stein, H.; Ullrich, J.; Ushakov, A.; Völker, J.; Will, I.: Setup and Status of an SRF Photoinjector for Energy-Recovery Linac Applications. In: Gianluigi Arduini ... [Ed.] : IPAC2017 - Proceedings, Copenhagen, DenmarkJACoW, 2017. - ISBN 978-3-95450-182-3, p. MOPVA010/1-4
  http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2017/papers/mopva010.pdf
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  Kirschner, H.; Jankowiak, A.; Kamps, T.; Kühn, J.; Schmeißer, M.A.H.: Measuring the Spectral Response of Cs-K-Sb Photocathodes for BERLinPro. In: Gianluigi Arduini ... [Ed.] : IPAC2017 - Proceedings, Copenhagen, DenmarkJaCoW, 2017. - ISBN 978-3-95450-182-3, p. TUPAB028/1-3
  http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2017/papers/tupab028.pdf
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  Kourkafas, G.; Jankowiak, A.; Kamps, T.; Li, J.; Völker, J.; Schebek, M.: Solenoid Alignment for the SRF Photoinjector of BERLinPro at HZB. In: Gianluigi Arduini ... [Ed.] : IPAC2017 - Proceedings, Copenhagen, DenmarkJaCoW, 2017. - ISBN 978-3-95450-182-3, p. TUPIK042/1-3
  http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2017/papers/tupik042.pdf

2016

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  Abo-Bakr, M.; Anders, W.; Büchel, A.B.; Bürkmann-Gehrlein, K.B.; Echevarria, P.; Frahm, A.; Glock, H.-W.; Glöckner, F.; Göbel, F.; Hall, B.; Heling, S.; Hoberg, H.-G.; Jankowiak, A.; Kalus, C.; Kamps, T.; Klemz, G.; Knobloch, J.; Kolbe, J.; Kourkafas, G.; Kühn, J.; Kuske, B.; Kuske, P.; Kuszynski, J.; Malyutin, D.; Matveenko, A.; McAteer, M.J.; Meseck, A.; Metzger-Kraus, C.; Müller, R.; Neumann, A.; Ohm, N.; Ott, K.; Panofski, E.; Pflocksch, F.; Rahn, J.; Rudolph, J.; Schmeißer, M.; Schüler, O.; Schuster, M.; Ullrich, J.; Ushakov, A.; Völker, J.: Status Report of the Berlin Energy Recovery Linac Project BERLinPro. In: Proceedings of IPAC 2016, Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference, Busan, KoreaJACoW, 2016. - ISBN 978-3-95450-147-2, p. TUPOW034/1-4=1827-1830
  http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2016/papers/tupow034.pdf
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  Kamps, T.: SRF Gun Development for Energy Recovery Linac Applications. In: Compact EUV & X-ray Light Sources 2016, Long Beach, California United States, 20–22 March 201OSA, 2016. - ISBN 978-1-943580-09-5, p. ET1A.3
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  Neumann, A.; Böhlick, D.; Echevarria, P.; Frahm, A.; Göbel, F.; Kamps, T.; Knobloch, J.; Kugeler, O.; Schuster, M.; Ullrich, J.; Ushakov, A.; Matheisen, A.; Schalwat, M.; Schmökel, M.; Zaplatin, E.; Ciovati, G.; Kneisel, P.: Final Acceptance Test of SRF Photo-injector Cold String for the BERLinPro Energy Recovery Linac. In: Proceedings of LINAC 2016LINAC, 2016. - ISBN 978-3-95450-169-4, p. TUPRC015/1-4
  http://linac2016.vrws.de/papers/tuprc015.pdf

2015

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  Lagotzky, S.; Barday, R.; Jankowiak, A.; Kamps, T.; Klimm, C.; Knobloch, J.; Müller, G.; Senkovskiy, B.; Siewert, F.: Prevention of electron emission from molybdenum substrates for photocathodes by the native oxide layer. The European Physical Journal : Applied Physics 70 (2015), p. 21301/1-8

2014

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  Völker, J.; Kamps, T.: Fast transverse phase space measurement system for GUNLAB – a compact test facility for SRF photoinjectors. In: Proceedings of IBIC 2014, 3rd International Beam Instrumentation Conference, Monterey, California, USA, September 14-18, 2014SLAC, 2014, p. WEPF19/1-4
  http://jacow.web.psi.ch/conf/ibic14slac/prepress/WEPF19.PDF

2013

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  Barday, R.; Burrill, A.; Jankowiak, A.; Kamps, T.; Knobloch, J.; Kugeler, O.; Matveenko, A.; Neumann, A.; Schmeißer, M.; Völker, J.; Kneisel, P.; Nietubyc, R.; Schubert, S.; Smedley, J.; Sekutowicz, J.; Will, I.: Characterization of a Superconducting Pb Photocathode in a Superconducting RF Photoinjector Cavity. Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams 16 (2013), p. 123402/1-7
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  Boulware, C.; Corlett, J.; Harday, K.; Hannon, F.; Hernandez-Garcia, C.; Kamps, T.; Krasilnikov, M.; Militsyn, B.; Quast, T.; Sannibale, F.; Teichert, J.: Electron Sources for Future Lightsources, Summary and Conclusions for the Activities during FLS 2012 Newport News, USA 2013. , 2013
  http://arxiv.org/pdf/1307.1571.pdf

2012

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  Abo-Bakr, M.; Anders, W.; Barday, R.; Bondarenko, A.; Bürkmann-Gehrlein, K.; Dürr, V.; Heßler, S.; Jankowiak, A.; Kamps, T.; Knobloch, J.; Kugler, O.; Kuske, B.; Kuske, P.; Matveenko, A.; Meseck, A.; Müller, R.; Neumann, A.; Ott, K.; Petenev, Y.; Pflückhahn, D.; Quast, T.; Rahn, J.; Schubert, S.: Status of the Berlin Energy Recovery Project BERLinPro. In: Proceedings of Future Light Source workshop 2012, 2012, p. 1-5
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  Schubert, S.; Barday, R.; Kamps, T.; Quast, T.; Siewert, F.; Varykhalov, A.; Nietubyc, R.; Smedley, J.; Weinberg, G.: Investigation of Laser-Cleaning Process on lead Photocathodes. In: Proceedings of IPAC 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 2012. - ISBN 978-3-95450-115-1, p. 1515-1517
  http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/accelconf/IPAC2012/papers/tuppd050.pdf

2011

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  Anders, W.; Jankowiak, A.; Kamps, T.; Knobloch, J.; Kugeler, O.; Neumann, A.: RF AND SRF COMPONENTS FOR BERLINPRO. In: Conference Proceedings / 15th International Conference on RF Superconductivity, SRF 2011. July 25 - 29, 2011,Chicago, USA, 2011, p. [1-3]
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  Barday, R.; Anders, W.; Jankowiak, A.; Kamps, T.; Knobloch, J.; Kugeler, O.; Matveenko, A.; Neumann, A.; Quast, T.; Rudolph, J.; Schenk, M.; Völker, J.; Sekutowicz, J.; Smedley, J.; Kneisel, P.; Nietubyc, R.; Teichert, J.: Commissioning Results oft the SRF Gun with Lead Cathode. In: K. Grigoryev ... [Ed.] : Proceedings of the XIVth International Workshop on Polarized Sources, Targets & Polarimetry (PSTP 2011), 12-16 September 2011, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2011. - ISBN 978-5-86763-282-3, p. 90-93
  http://pstp2011.lkst.ru/proc/PSTP2011_proc_90-93_Barday.pdf
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  Barday, R.; Kamps, T.; Neumann, A.; Rudolph, J.; Schubert, S.: Instrumentation Needs and Solutions for the Development of an SRF Photoelectron Injector at the Energy-Recovery Linac BERLinPro. In: Michaela Marx ... [Ed.] : 10th European Workshop on Beam Diagnostics and Instrumentation for Particle Accelerators, DIPAC2011, Hamburg, Germany, May 16 - 18, 2011Hamburg: DESY, 2011, p. 317-319
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  Kamps, T.; Anders, W.; Barday, R.; Jankowiak, A.; Knobloch, J.; Kugeler, O.; Matveenko, A.; Neumann, A.; Quast, T.; Rudolph, J.; Schubert, S.; Völker, J.; Kneisel, P.; Nietubyc, R.; Sekutowicz, J.; Smedley, J.; Volkov, V.; Weinberg, G.; Will, I.: FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF ELECTRON BEAM GENERATION AND CHARACTERIZATION WITH AN ALL SUPERCONDUCTING RADIOFREQUENCY (SRF) PHOTOINJECTOR. In: Proceedings of IPAC2011, 4 - 9 September 2011, San Sebastián, Spain, 2011, p. 3143-3145
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  Kamps, T.; Anders, W.; Frahm, A.; Knobloch, J.; Kugeler, O.; Rudolph, J.; Matveenko, A.; Neumann, A.; Quast, T.; Schenk, M.; Schuster, M.; Kneisel, P.; Sekutowicz, J.; Nietubyc, R.; Will, I.: Status and perspectives of superconducting radio-frequency gun development for BERLinPro. Journal of Physics : Conference Series 298 (2011), p. 012009/1-5

2009

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  Kamps, Th.: A Superconducting Radio-Frequency Photo-Gun for the Energy Recovery Linac Test Facility in Berlin. In: The Second Workshop on High Average Power & High Brightness Beams January 14-16, 2009, 2009, p. [1-4]
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  Lewellen, J.W.; Bluem, H.; Burill, A.; Grimm, T.L.; Kamps, T.; Legg, R.; Liu, K.; Rao, T.; Smedley, J.; Teichert, J.; Zhang, S.: ERL 2009 WG1 Summary Paper: Drive Lasers and RF Gun Operation and Challenges. In: Energy Recovery Linac Workshop June 08-12, 2009, Ithaca, USA, 2009, p. [1-13]