IKNO, a user facility for coherent terahertz and UV synchrotron radiation

IKNO (Innovation and KNOwledge) is a proposal for a multi-user facility based
on an electron storage ring optimized for the generation of coherent
synchrotron radiation (CSR) in the terahertz frequency range, and of broadband
incoherent synchrotron radiation ranging from the IR to the VUV. IKNO can
be operated in an ultra-stable CSR mode with photon flux in the terahertz
frequency region up to nine orders of magnitude higher than in existing thirdgeneration
light sources. Simultaneously to the CSR operation, broadband
incoherent synchrotron radiation up to VUV frequencies is available at the
beamline ports. The main characteristics of the IKNO storage and its
performance in terms of CSR and incoherent synchrotron radiation are
described in this paper. The proposed location for the infrastructure facility is
Sardinia, Italy.