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TY - CONF AU - ElKamchi, N. AU - Chaumat, V. AU - Soskov, V. ED - Henderson, Stuart ED - Akers, Evelyn ED - Satogata, Todd ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. TI - A Slow RF-Laser Feedback for PHIL Photoinjector J2 - Proc. of IPAC2015, Richmond, VA, USA, May 3-8, 2015 C1 - Richmond, VA, USA T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 6 LA - english AB - PHIL is an electron beam accelerator at LAL. It produces low energy (E<5 MeV) and high current (1 nC/bunch) electrons bunch at a repetition frequency of 5Hz. The stability of the beam charge at PHIL is a key issue for the succeful operation of the physic experiences that use the machine. At PHIL, the beam charge is quite stable, but we often note a slow charge drift on long duration experiences. Two ICTs, and a back-end electronics are used to monitor the stability of the beam charge, with an accuracy of about 1pC. Several types of jitter can impact the stability of the beam charge. The fluctuations of the RF power or the RF-laser relative phase drift could have significant influence, due to temperature variations that produce cables dilataion, and electronic components overheating. To correct the phase drift, we describe a method based on a slow analog-digital feedback loop between the RF wave in the gun (3 GHz) and the synchronisation signal of the laser (75MHz). It allows to maintain the jitter between the laser pulse and the RF wave stable at a very low value. As a result, the electron beam charge is maintained at a stable level, to meet the requirements of the users. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 784 EP - 786 KW - laser KW - feedback KW - gun KW - electron KW - controls DA - 2015/06 PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-95450-168-7 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2015-MOPHA006 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2015/papers/mopha006.pdf ER -