Cell Design for Damped Detuned Structure (DDS) of the Next Linear Collider (NLC)
We used Omega3P to determine the dimensions for the 206 cells in the NLC Damped Detuned Structure. Each cell has 11 distinguished dimensions. The following is a picture of the cell manufactured according to the designed parameters. Microwave QC of the cells verified frequency accuracy of 1 part in 10,000 as targeted (the same as the machining tolerance). That would have led to potential savings of more than $100 millions in NLC machine cost because the DDS is 14% more efficient than the structure with standard cell designs.
