Survey of Superconducting Insertion Devices for Light Sources

The first superconducting insertion devices were designed, fabricated and installed on electron storage rings more than 25 years ago, and used for generation of synchrotron radiation [11]. Since then, a wide experience of manufacturing and use of such superconducting (SC) insertion devices as SC wave length shifters, multipole wigglers, and undulators is accumulated. A review of various types of Superconducting Insertion Devices for Light Sources is given in the report. Their basic characteristics as SR sources are discussed.