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Electron sources are a key component of the electron beam-driven wakefield accelerator method.

Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) is actively working on the beam phase space manipulation theory and its experimental demonstration. Currently the major research item at AWA is emittance exchange and its applications.

A comprehensive program to develop the next generation of high-gradient and high-efficiency acceleration is being carried out at the AWA facility.

The 70 MeV Drive and the 15 MeV Witness linacs propagate in opposite directions, and come to a common area designated as the beamline switchyard where each linac can branch out into any of several beamlines where experiments are conducted.

There are two Cs2Te deposition chambers at AWA. The first chamber is dedicated to the AWA drive beamline. It is a stainless steel UHV chamber with a base pressure of 2×10-10 Torr.

Unique capabilities of the AWA laser system include a multi-lens array (MLA) and a pulse multisplitter.

L-band klystrons (1.3 GHz) provide RF power to the AWA electron guns and linac accelerating structures.

The Argonne Cathode Test-stand (ACT) at AWA is a flexible and well-instrumented beamline dedicated to electron source research including field emission, photoemission, and other advanced emission mechanisms.