Author: Rehm, G.
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MOPPR021 Commissioning of a New Beam-position Monitoring System at ANKA 825
 
  • S. Marsching, N. Hiller, E. Huttel, V. Judin, B. Kehrer, M. Klein, C.A.J. Meuter, A.-S. Müller, M.J. Nasse, M. Schuh, N.J. Smale, M. Streichert
    KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • G. Rehm
    Diamond, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
 
  A new beam-position monitoring and diagnostic system is being commissioned at ANKA, the synchrotron light source of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. This system is based on 40 Libera Brilliance devices from Instrumentation Technologies. It provides turn-by-turn information about the beam position. This information can be used for beam diagnostics (e.g. finding the position where the beam is lost during injection phase) and can also form the base of a fast orbit-correction scheme. We have performed studies to assess the performance of the new BPM system in comparison to the old system being replaced. In order to optimize the commissioning process we have developed a scheme for switching to the new system gradually by integrating it with the MATLAB Middle-Layer using EPICS control software. In this contribution we present the results of our comparison of the two BPM systems and provide an insight into the experience gained during the commissioning process.  
 
WEPPR079 Observations of Microbunching Instabilities from a THz Port at Diamond Light Source 3114
 
  • W. Shields, G.E. Boorman, V. Karataev, A. Lyapin
    JAI, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
  • R. Bartolini, A.F.D. Morgan, G. Rehm
    Diamond, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
 
  Diamond Light source is a third generation synchrotron facility dedicated to producing radiation of outstanding brightness. Above a threshold current, the electron bunches are susceptible to the phenomenon known as the microbunching instability. This instability is characterised by the onset of radiation bursts, the wavelength of which is around one order of magnitude shorter than the bunch length. Near threshold, the bursting occurs quasi-­‐periodically, however at higher currents, the bursting appears randomly. The high frequencies involved in these emissions make detection and analysis challenging. A port specifically for the investigation of mm wave emissions has recently been built at Diamond. Ultra fast Schottky Barrier Diode detectors have been installed to obtain data for only a small fraction of the bunch revolution time in an updated data acquisition system. The threshold current and subsequent evolution of the instability have been investigated.