IPAC2013 - List of Authors (Hoffmann, M.)

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FLUTE: A Versatile Linac-based THz Source Generating Ultra-short Pulses

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M.J. Nasse, E. Huttel, S. Marsching, A.-S. Müller, S. Naknaimueang, R. Rossmanith, R. Ruprecht, M. Schreck, M. Schuh, M. Schwarz, P. Wesolowski
KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
R.W. Aßmann, M. Felber, K. Flöttmann, M. Hoffmann, H. Schlarb
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
H.-H. Braun, R. Ganter, L. Stingelin
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

FLUTE is a linac-based accelerator test facility and a THz source currently being constructed at KIT with an electron beam energy of ~41 MeV. It is designed to cover a large charge range from a few pC to ~3 nC. FLUTE is optimized to provide ultra-short electron bunches with an RMS length down to a few fs. In this contribution, we focus on the layout of the machine from the RF gun & gun laser over the linac and the compressor to the THz beamline for the generation of coherent synchrotron, transition and edge radiation (CSR, CTR, CER).

Poster WEPWA010 [0.802 MB]

WEPME008

Precision LLRF Controls for the S-Band Accelerator REGAE

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M. Hoffmann, H. Kay, U. Mavrič, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
W. Jałmużna, T. Kozak, A. Piotrowski
TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland

The linear accelerator REGAE (Relativistic Electron Gun for Atomic Exploration) at DESY delivers electron bunches with a few femtosecond duration for time-resolved experiments of material structure in pump-probe configuration. To achieve the desired 10 fs resolution, the Low Level RF controls for the normal conducting S-band cavities must provide field stability of 0.01% in amplitude and of 0.01deg in phase. To achieve these demanding stability a recently developed LLRF controller based on the Micro-Telecommunications Computing Architecture (MTCA.4) have been installed and commission. In this paper, we report on measurement performance of the LLRF system, the achieved stability and current limitations.

WEPME009

Recent Developments of the European XFEL LLRF System

2941

Ch. Schmidt, G. Ayvazyan, V. Ayvazyan, J. Branlard, Ł. Butkowski, M.K. Grecki, M. Hoffmann, T. Jeżyński, F. Ludwig, U. Mavrič, S. Pfeiffer, H. Schlarb, H.C. Weddig, B.Y. Yang
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
P. Barmuta, S. Bou Habib, K. Czuba, M. Grzegrzółka, E. Janas, J. Piekarski, I. Rutkowski, D. Sikora, Ł. Zembala, M. Żukociński
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland
W. Cichalewski, K. Gnidzińska, W. Jałmużna, D.R. Makowski, A. Mielczarek, A. Napieralski, P. Perek, A. Piotrowski, T. Pożniak, K.P. Przygoda
TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland
S. Korolczuk, I.M. Kudla, J. Szewiński
NCBJ, Świerk/Otwock, Poland
K. Oliwa, W. Wierba
IFJ-PAN, Kraków, Poland

The European XFEL is comprised of more than 800 TESLA-type super-conducting accelerator cavities which are driven by 25 high-power multi-beam klystrons. For reliable, reproducible and maintainable operation of linac, the LLRF system will process more than 3000 RF channels. Beside the large number of RF channels to be processed, stable FEL operation demands field stability better than 0.010deg in phase and 0.01% in amplitude. To cope with these challenges the LLRF system is developed on MTCA.4 platform. In this paper, we will give an update of the latest electronics developments, advances in the feedback controller algorithm and measurement results at FLASH.

THPEA031

REGAE LLRF Control System Overview

3210

I. Rutkowski, Ł. Butkowski
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland
M. Hoffmann, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt
DESY, Hamburg, Germany

The linear accelerator REGAE (Relativistic Electron Gun for Atomic Exploration) at DESY delivers electron bunches with a few femtosecond duration for time-resolved investigation of material structures in pump-probe configuration. To achieve sub-10fs resolution, the Low Level RF controls for the normal conducting S-band cavities must provide field stability of .005% in amplitude and of .005deg in phase. To achieve these demands, the recently developed LLRF control modules based on the Micro-Telecommunications Computing Architecture (MTCA.4) platform are used. For precise field detection and control a rear transition module (DRTM-DWC8VM1) housing 8 down-converters and 1 vector-modulator has been developed. The down-converted signals are transmitted to low-noise ADCs on an advanced mezzanine card (SIS8300L) with two high speed DACs driving the vector-modulator. The on board FPGA device runs the advanced control algorithms with minimum latency. Shot-to-shot learning feed forward and ultra-fast analog and digital feedbacks are applied. In this paper, the first results of the new RTM-AMC module pairs are presented together with the achievements and limitations on the RF field stability.

Paper	Title	Page
WEPWA010	FLUTE: A Versatile Linac-based THz Source Generating Ultra-short Pulses	2147
	M.J. Nasse, E. Huttel, S. Marsching, A.-S. Müller, S. Naknaimueang, R. Rossmanith, R. Ruprecht, M. Schreck, M. Schuh, M. Schwarz, P. Wesolowski KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany R.W. Aßmann, M. Felber, K. Flöttmann, M. Hoffmann, H. Schlarb DESY, Hamburg, Germany H.-H. Braun, R. Ganter, L. Stingelin PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
	FLUTE is a linac-based accelerator test facility and a THz source currently being constructed at KIT with an electron beam energy of ~41 MeV. It is designed to cover a large charge range from a few pC to ~3 nC. FLUTE is optimized to provide ultra-short electron bunches with an RMS length down to a few fs. In this contribution, we focus on the layout of the machine from the RF gun & gun laser over the linac and the compressor to the THz beamline for the generation of coherent synchrotron, transition and edge radiation (CSR, CTR, CER).
	Poster WEPWA010 [0.802 MB]

WEPME008	Precision LLRF Controls for the S-Band Accelerator REGAE	2938
	M. Hoffmann, H. Kay, U. Mavrič, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt DESY, Hamburg, Germany W. Jałmużna, T. Kozak, A. Piotrowski TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland
	The linear accelerator REGAE (Relativistic Electron Gun for Atomic Exploration) at DESY delivers electron bunches with a few femtosecond duration for time-resolved experiments of material structure in pump-probe configuration. To achieve the desired 10 fs resolution, the Low Level RF controls for the normal conducting S-band cavities must provide field stability of 0.01% in amplitude and of 0.01deg in phase. To achieve these demanding stability a recently developed LLRF controller based on the Micro-Telecommunications Computing Architecture (MTCA.4) have been installed and commission. In this paper, we report on measurement performance of the LLRF system, the achieved stability and current limitations.

WEPME009	Recent Developments of the European XFEL LLRF System	2941
	Ch. Schmidt, G. Ayvazyan, V. Ayvazyan, J. Branlard, Ł. Butkowski, M.K. Grecki, M. Hoffmann, T. Jeżyński, F. Ludwig, U. Mavrič, S. Pfeiffer, H. Schlarb, H.C. Weddig, B.Y. Yang DESY, Hamburg, Germany P. Barmuta, S. Bou Habib, K. Czuba, M. Grzegrzółka, E. Janas, J. Piekarski, I. Rutkowski, D. Sikora, Ł. Zembala, M. Żukociński Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland W. Cichalewski, K. Gnidzińska, W. Jałmużna, D.R. Makowski, A. Mielczarek, A. Napieralski, P. Perek, A. Piotrowski, T. Pożniak, K.P. Przygoda TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland S. Korolczuk, I.M. Kudla, J. Szewiński NCBJ, Świerk/Otwock, Poland K. Oliwa, W. Wierba IFJ-PAN, Kraków, Poland
	The European XFEL is comprised of more than 800 TESLA-type super-conducting accelerator cavities which are driven by 25 high-power multi-beam klystrons. For reliable, reproducible and maintainable operation of linac, the LLRF system will process more than 3000 RF channels. Beside the large number of RF channels to be processed, stable FEL operation demands field stability better than 0.010deg in phase and 0.01% in amplitude. To cope with these challenges the LLRF system is developed on MTCA.4 platform. In this paper, we will give an update of the latest electronics developments, advances in the feedback controller algorithm and measurement results at FLASH.

THPEA031	REGAE LLRF Control System Overview	3210
	I. Rutkowski, Ł. Butkowski Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland M. Hoffmann, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt DESY, Hamburg, Germany
	The linear accelerator REGAE (Relativistic Electron Gun for Atomic Exploration) at DESY delivers electron bunches with a few femtosecond duration for time-resolved investigation of material structures in pump-probe configuration. To achieve sub-10fs resolution, the Low Level RF controls for the normal conducting S-band cavities must provide field stability of .005% in amplitude and of .005deg in phase. To achieve these demands, the recently developed LLRF control modules based on the Micro-Telecommunications Computing Architecture (MTCA.4) platform are used. For precise field detection and control a rear transition module (DRTM-DWC8VM1) housing 8 down-converters and 1 vector-modulator has been developed. The down-converted signals are transmitted to low-noise ADCs on an advanced mezzanine card (SIS8300L) with two high speed DACs driving the vector-modulator. The on board FPGA device runs the advanced control algorithms with minimum latency. Shot-to-shot learning feed forward and ultra-fast analog and digital feedbacks are applied. In this paper, the first results of the new RTM-AMC module pairs are presented together with the achievements and limitations on the RF field stability.