IPAC2014 - List of Authors (Czuba, K.)

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WEPME065	European XFEL RF Gun Commissioning and LLRF Linac Installation	2427
	J. Branlard, G. Ayvazyan, V. Ayvazyan, Ł. Butkowski, M.K. Grecki, M. Hoffmann, F. Ludwig, U. Mavrič, S. Pfeiffer, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt, H.C. Weddig, B.Y. Yang DESY, Hamburg, Germany S. Bou Habib, K. Czuba, M. Grzegrzółka, E. Janas, J. Piekarski, I. Rutkowski, R. Rybaniec, D. Sikora, L.Z. Zembala, M. Żukociński Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland W. Cichalewski, D.R. Makowski, A. Mielczarek, P. Perek, A. Piotrowski, T. Pożniak 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 x-ray free electron laser (XFEL) is based on a 17.5 GeV super conducting pulsed linac and is scheduled to deliver its first beam in 2016. The first component of its accelerator chain, the RF gun, was installed in fall of 2013 and its commissioning is underway. This contribution gives an update on the low level radio frequency (LLRF) system development and installation for the XFEL. In particular, the installation, performance and conditioning results of the RF gun are presented. The subsequent steps toward LLRF components mass-production, testing and installation for the XFEL linac are also explained.
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WEPME067	Performance of the MTCA.4 Based LLRF System at FLASH	2433
	Ch. Schmidt, V. Ayvazyan, J. Branlard, Ł. Butkowski, M.K. Grecki, M. Hoffmann, F. Ludwig, U. Mavrič, K.P. Przygoda, H. Schlarb, H.C. Weddig, B.Y. Yang DESY, Hamburg, Germany W. Cichalewski, D.R. Makowski, A. Piotrowski TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland K. Czuba, I. Rutkowski, D. Sikora, M. Żukociński Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland I.M. Kudla NCBJ, Świerk/Otwock, Poland K. Oliwa, W. Wierba IFJ-PAN, Kraków, Poland
	The Free Electron Laser in Hamburg (FLASH) is the first linac which is equipped with a MTCA.4 based low level RF control system. Precise regulation of RF fields is essential for stable and and reproducible photon generation. Flash benefits from the performance increase using the new developments like, accurate and precise field detection devices. Further enourmous increase of processing capabilities allow for more sophisticated controller applications which better the overall performance of the regulation.
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WEPME069	Performance of a Compact LLRF System using Analog RF Backplane in MTCA.4 Crates	2438
	U. Mavrič, M. Fenner, M. Hoffmann, F. Ludwig, A.T. Rosner, H. Schlarb DESY, Hamburg, Germany K. Czuba, T.P. Leśniak Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland A. Rohlev Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
	In order to increase system compactness, mitigate cabling problems, increase rack space, minimize points of failure in the system and reduce digital distortion leakage into the sensitive analog signals, the concept of the RF backplane located in the rear section of the MTCA.4 crate has been introduced. Besides signal distribution, the concept includes a signal generation module and backplane management module. The generation and splitting of the analog signals is taking place in slots 15 and 14 on the rear side in theμLO generation module (uLOG). This module generates the local oscillator signal, the clocks and feeds through the master reference signal over the RF backplane to the slots. In this paper we present the recent results of such system.
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WEPRI115	Design and Integration of the Optical Reference Module at 1.3 GHz for FLASH and the European XFEL	2768
	E. Janas, K. Czuba, P. Kownacki, D. Sikora Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland M.K. Czwalinna, M. Felber, T. Lamb, H. Schlarb, S. Schulz, C. Sydlo, M. Titberidze, F. Zummack DESY, Hamburg, Germany J. Szewiński NCBJ, Świerk/Otwock, Poland
	In this paper we present recent progress on the integration and implementation of the optical reference module (REFM-OPT) for the free-electron lasers FLASH and European XFEL. In order to achieve high energy stability and low arrival time jitter of the electron beam, the accelerator requires an accurate low-level RF (LLRF) field regulation and a sophisticated synchronization scheme for various devices along the facility. The REFM-OPT is a 19” module which is responsible for resynchronizing the 1.3 GHz reference signal for the LLRF distributed by coaxial cables to a phase-stable signal of the optical synchronization system. The module provides a 1.3 GHz output signal with low phase noise and high long-term stability. Several sub-components of the REFM-OPT designed specifically for this module are described in detail. The readout electronics of the high-precision Laser-to-RF phase detector are presented as well as the integration of this key component into the 19” module. Additionally, we focus on design solutions which assure phase stability and synchronization of the 1.3 GHz signal at several high power outputs of the module.
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WEPRI116	Master Oscillator for the European XFEL	2771
	L.Z. Zembala, K. Czuba, B. Gąsowski, D. Sikora Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland J. Branlard, H. Schlarb, H.C. Weddig DESY, Hamburg, Germany
	The reference signal outage causes breakdown of the synchronisation in the entire accelerator, which could result in a multi-day break in the operation. Therefore, the Master Oscillator (MO) for the European XFEL has to be redundant, in order to achieve extremely high reliability. The redundancy concept, which provides no interruption in the reference signal, requires phase coherence, fast RF switching and sustaining the RF power with a high-Q filter. These features allow to keep possible signal transitions smooth. Furthermore, the MO has to generate a 1.3 GHz signal of exceptionally good phase noise performance – jitter < 35 fs RMS integrated from 10 Hz to1 MHz. One of the problems in the way are vibrations, which have to be properly isolated to avoid microphonics effects in oscillators. The proposed MO architecture and connection with the RF distribution system is described. A basic prototype is tested and results are presented.
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European XFEL RF Gun Commissioning and LLRF Linac Installation

2427

J. Branlard, G. Ayvazyan, V. Ayvazyan, Ł. Butkowski, M.K. Grecki, M. Hoffmann, F. Ludwig, U. Mavrič, S. Pfeiffer, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt, H.C. Weddig, B.Y. Yang
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
S. Bou Habib, K. Czuba, M. Grzegrzółka, E. Janas, J. Piekarski, I. Rutkowski, R. Rybaniec, D. Sikora, L.Z. Zembala, M. Żukociński
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland
W. Cichalewski, D.R. Makowski, A. Mielczarek, P. Perek, A. Piotrowski, T. Pożniak
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 x-ray free electron laser (XFEL) is based on a 17.5 GeV super conducting pulsed linac and is scheduled to deliver its first beam in 2016. The first component of its accelerator chain, the RF gun, was installed in fall of 2013 and its commissioning is underway. This contribution gives an update on the low level radio frequency (LLRF) system development and installation for the XFEL. In particular, the installation, performance and conditioning results of the RF gun are presented. The subsequent steps toward LLRF components mass-production, testing and installation for the XFEL linac are also explained.

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WEPME067

Performance of the MTCA.4 Based LLRF System at FLASH

2433

Ch. Schmidt, V. Ayvazyan, J. Branlard, Ł. Butkowski, M.K. Grecki, M. Hoffmann, F. Ludwig, U. Mavrič, K.P. Przygoda, H. Schlarb, H.C. Weddig, B.Y. Yang
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
W. Cichalewski, D.R. Makowski, A. Piotrowski
TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland
K. Czuba, I. Rutkowski, D. Sikora, M. Żukociński
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland
I.M. Kudla
NCBJ, Świerk/Otwock, Poland
K. Oliwa, W. Wierba
IFJ-PAN, Kraków, Poland

The Free Electron Laser in Hamburg (FLASH) is the first linac which is equipped with a MTCA.4 based low level RF control system. Precise regulation of RF fields is essential for stable and and reproducible photon generation. Flash benefits from the performance increase using the new developments like, accurate and precise field detection devices. Further enourmous increase of processing capabilities allow for more sophisticated controller applications which better the overall performance of the regulation.

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WEPME069

Performance of a Compact LLRF System using Analog RF Backplane in MTCA.4 Crates

2438

U. Mavrič, M. Fenner, M. Hoffmann, F. Ludwig, A.T. Rosner, H. Schlarb
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
K. Czuba, T.P. Leśniak
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland
A. Rohlev
Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy

In order to increase system compactness, mitigate cabling problems, increase rack space, minimize points of failure in the system and reduce digital distortion leakage into the sensitive analog signals, the concept of the RF backplane located in the rear section of the MTCA.4 crate has been introduced. Besides signal distribution, the concept includes a signal generation module and backplane management module. The generation and splitting of the analog signals is taking place in slots 15 and 14 on the rear side in theμLO generation module (uLOG). This module generates the local oscillator signal, the clocks and feeds through the master reference signal over the RF backplane to the slots. In this paper we present the recent results of such system.

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WEPRI115

Design and Integration of the Optical Reference Module at 1.3 GHz for FLASH and the European XFEL

2768

E. Janas, K. Czuba, P. Kownacki, D. Sikora
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland
M.K. Czwalinna, M. Felber, T. Lamb, H. Schlarb, S. Schulz, C. Sydlo, M. Titberidze, F. Zummack
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
J. Szewiński
NCBJ, Świerk/Otwock, Poland

In this paper we present recent progress on the integration and implementation of the optical reference module (REFM-OPT) for the free-electron lasers FLASH and European XFEL. In order to achieve high energy stability and low arrival time jitter of the electron beam, the accelerator requires an accurate low-level RF (LLRF) field regulation and a sophisticated synchronization scheme for various devices along the facility. The REFM-OPT is a 19” module which is responsible for resynchronizing the 1.3 GHz reference signal for the LLRF distributed by coaxial cables to a phase-stable signal of the optical synchronization system. The module provides a 1.3 GHz output signal with low phase noise and high long-term stability. Several sub-components of the REFM-OPT designed specifically for this module are described in detail. The readout electronics of the high-precision Laser-to-RF phase detector are presented as well as the integration of this key component into the 19” module. Additionally, we focus on design solutions which assure phase stability and synchronization of the 1.3 GHz signal at several high power outputs of the module.

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WEPRI116

Master Oscillator for the European XFEL

2771

L.Z. Zembala, K. Czuba, B. Gąsowski, D. Sikora
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland
J. Branlard, H. Schlarb, H.C. Weddig
DESY, Hamburg, Germany

The reference signal outage causes breakdown of the synchronisation in the entire accelerator, which could result in a multi-day break in the operation. Therefore, the Master Oscillator (MO) for the European XFEL has to be redundant, in order to achieve extremely high reliability. The redundancy concept, which provides no interruption in the reference signal, requires phase coherence, fast RF switching and sustaining the RF power with a high-Q filter. These features allow to keep possible signal transitions smooth. Furthermore, the MO has to generate a 1.3 GHz signal of exceptionally good phase noise performance – jitter < 35 fs RMS integrated from 10 Hz to1 MHz. One of the problems in the way are vibrations, which have to be properly isolated to avoid microphonics effects in oscillators. The proposed MO architecture and connection with the RF distribution system is described. A basic prototype is tested and results are presented.

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