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New Design of the 40 GHz Bunch Arrival Time Monitor Using MTCA.4 Electronics at FLASH and for the European XFEL

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M.K. Czwalinna, C. Gerth, H. Schlarb
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
S. Bou Habib
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland
S. Korolczuk, J. Szewiński
NCBJ, Świerk/Otwock, Poland
A. Kuhl
Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany

At free-electron lasers, today's pump-probe experiments and seeding schemes make high demands on the electron bunch timing stability with an arrival time jitter reduction down to the femtosecond level. At FLASH and the upcoming European XFEL, the bunch train structures with their high bunch repetition rates allow for an accurate intra-train stabilisation. To realise longitudinal beam-based feedbacks a reliable and precise arrival time detection over a broad range of bunch charges, which can even change from 1 nC down to 20 pC within a bunch train, is essential. Benefitting from the experience at FLASH, the current bunch arrival time monitors (BAMs), based on detection of RF signals from broad-band pick-ups by use of electro-optic modulators, are further developed to cope with the increased requirements. In this paper, we present the new BAM prototype, including an adapted electro-optical front-end and the latest development of the read-out electronics based on the MTCA.4 platform.

WEPC32

Past, Present and Future Aspects of Laser-Based Synchronization at FLASH

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S. Schulz, M. Bousonville, M.K. Czwalinna, M. Felber, M. Heuer, T. Lamb, J. Müller, P. Peier, S. Ruzin, H. Schlarb, B. Steffen, C. Sydlo, F. Zummack
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
T. Kozak, P. Predki
TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland
A. Kuhl
Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany

Free-electron lasers, like FLASH and the upcoming European XFEL, are capable of producing XUV and X-ray pulses of a few femtoseconds duration. For time-resolved pump-probe experiments and the externally seeded operation mode it is crucial not only to stabilize the arrival time of the electron bunches, but also to achieve a synchronization accuracy of external lasers on the same timescale. This can only be realized with a laser-based synchronization infrastructure. At FLASH, a periodic femtosecond laser pulse train is transmitted over actively stabilized optical fibers to the critical subsystems. In this paper we report on the present status and performance of the system, as well as its imminent upgrades and new installations. These include the connection of FLASH2, electron bunch arrival time monitors for low charges, a new master laser pulse distribution scheme, all-optical synchronization of the pump-probe laser and arrival time measurements of the UV pulses on the e-gun photocathode. Along with the coming connection of the acceleration modules to the master laser and the switch of the low-level hardware to the uTCA platform, an outlook to improved feedback strategies is given.

WEPC41

Comparative Analysis of Different Electro-Optical Intensity Modulator Candidates for the New 40 GHz Bunch Arrival Time Monitor System for FLASH and European XFEL

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A. Kuhl, J. Rönsch-Schulenburg, J. Roßbach
Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany
M.K. Czwalinna, C. Gerth, H. Schlarb, C. Sydlo
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
S. Schnepp
ETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IFH), Zurich, Switzerland
T. Weiland
TEMF, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

Funding: The work is supported by Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) within FSP 301 under the contract numbers 05K10GU2 and 05K10RDA.
The currently installed Bunch Arrival time Monitors (BAMs) at the Free electron LASer in Hamburg (FLASH) achieved a time resolution of less than 10 fs for bunch charges higher than 500 pC. In order to achieve single spike FEL pulses at FLASH, electron bunch charges down to 20 pC are of interest. With these BAMs the required time resolution is not reachable for bunch charges below 500 pC. Therefore new pickups with a bandwidth of up to 40 GHz are designed and manufactured*. The signal evaluation takes place with a time-stabilized reference laser pulse train which is modulated with an Electro-Optical intensity Modulator (EOM). The new BAM system also requires new EOMs for the electro-optical frontend. The available selection of commercial EOM candidates for the new frontend is very limited. In this paper we present a comparison between different EOM candidates for the new electro optical frontend.
* A. Angelovski et al. Proceedings Phys. Rev ST AB, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.112803

Poster WEPC41 [0.619 MB]

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WEPC31	New Design of the 40 GHz Bunch Arrival Time Monitor Using MTCA.4 Electronics at FLASH and for the European XFEL	749
	M.K. Czwalinna, C. Gerth, H. Schlarb DESY, Hamburg, Germany S. Bou Habib Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland S. Korolczuk, J. Szewiński NCBJ, Świerk/Otwock, Poland A. Kuhl Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany
	At free-electron lasers, today's pump-probe experiments and seeding schemes make high demands on the electron bunch timing stability with an arrival time jitter reduction down to the femtosecond level. At FLASH and the upcoming European XFEL, the bunch train structures with their high bunch repetition rates allow for an accurate intra-train stabilisation. To realise longitudinal beam-based feedbacks a reliable and precise arrival time detection over a broad range of bunch charges, which can even change from 1 nC down to 20 pC within a bunch train, is essential. Benefitting from the experience at FLASH, the current bunch arrival time monitors (BAMs), based on detection of RF signals from broad-band pick-ups by use of electro-optic modulators, are further developed to cope with the increased requirements. In this paper, we present the new BAM prototype, including an adapted electro-optical front-end and the latest development of the read-out electronics based on the MTCA.4 platform.

WEPC32	Past, Present and Future Aspects of Laser-Based Synchronization at FLASH	753
	S. Schulz, M. Bousonville, M.K. Czwalinna, M. Felber, M. Heuer, T. Lamb, J. Müller, P. Peier, S. Ruzin, H. Schlarb, B. Steffen, C. Sydlo, F. Zummack DESY, Hamburg, Germany T. Kozak, P. Predki TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland A. Kuhl Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany
	Free-electron lasers, like FLASH and the upcoming European XFEL, are capable of producing XUV and X-ray pulses of a few femtoseconds duration. For time-resolved pump-probe experiments and the externally seeded operation mode it is crucial not only to stabilize the arrival time of the electron bunches, but also to achieve a synchronization accuracy of external lasers on the same timescale. This can only be realized with a laser-based synchronization infrastructure. At FLASH, a periodic femtosecond laser pulse train is transmitted over actively stabilized optical fibers to the critical subsystems. In this paper we report on the present status and performance of the system, as well as its imminent upgrades and new installations. These include the connection of FLASH2, electron bunch arrival time monitors for low charges, a new master laser pulse distribution scheme, all-optical synchronization of the pump-probe laser and arrival time measurements of the UV pulses on the e-gun photocathode. Along with the coming connection of the acceleration modules to the master laser and the switch of the low-level hardware to the uTCA platform, an outlook to improved feedback strategies is given.

WEPC41	Comparative Analysis of Different Electro-Optical Intensity Modulator Candidates for the New 40 GHz Bunch Arrival Time Monitor System for FLASH and European XFEL	782
	A. Kuhl, J. Rönsch-Schulenburg, J. Roßbach Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany M.K. Czwalinna, C. Gerth, H. Schlarb, C. Sydlo DESY, Hamburg, Germany S. Schnepp ETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IFH), Zurich, Switzerland T. Weiland TEMF, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
	Funding: The work is supported by Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) within FSP 301 under the contract numbers 05K10GU2 and 05K10RDA. The currently installed Bunch Arrival time Monitors (BAMs) at the Free electron LASer in Hamburg (FLASH) achieved a time resolution of less than 10 fs for bunch charges higher than 500 pC. In order to achieve single spike FEL pulses at FLASH, electron bunch charges down to 20 pC are of interest. With these BAMs the required time resolution is not reachable for bunch charges below 500 pC. Therefore new pickups with a bandwidth of up to 40 GHz are designed and manufactured. The signal evaluation takes place with a time-stabilized reference laser pulse train which is modulated with an Electro-Optical intensity Modulator (EOM). The new BAM system also requires new EOMs for the electro-optical frontend. The available selection of commercial EOM candidates for the new frontend is very limited. In this paper we present a comparison between different EOM candidates for the new electro optical frontend. A. Angelovski et al. Proceedings Phys. Rev ST AB, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.112803
	Poster WEPC41 [0.619 MB]