Author: De Monte, R.
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TUOC01 Integration of a Pilot-Tone Based BPM System Within the Global Orbit Feedback Environment of Elettra 190
 
  • G. Brajnik, S. Bassanese, G. Cautero, S. Cleva, R. De Monte
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
 
  In this contribution, we describe the advantages of the pilot tone compensation technique that we implemented in a new BPM prototype for Elettra 2.0. Injecting a fixed reference tone upstream of cables allows for a continuous calibration of the system, compensating the different behaviour of every channel due to thermal drifts, variations of cable properties, mismatches and tolerances of components. The system ran successfully as a drop-in substitute for a Libera Electron not only during various machine shifts, but also during a user dedicated beamtime shift for more than 10 hours, behaving in a transparent way for all the control systems and users. The equivalent RMS noise (at 10 kHz data rate) for the pilot tone position was less than 200 nm on a 19 mm vacuum chamber radius, with a long-term stability better than 1 um in a 12-hour window. Two main steps led to this important result: firstly, the development of a novel RF front end that adds the pilot tone to the signals originated by the beam, secondly, the realisation of an FPGA-based double digital receiver that demodulates both beam and pilot amplitudes, calculating the compensated X and Y positions.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2018-TUOC01  
About • paper received ※ 31 August 2018       paper accepted ※ 13 September 2018       issue date ※ 29 January 2019  
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TUPB13 Stability Tests with Pilot-Tone Based Elettra BPM RF Front End and Libera Electronics 289
 
  • M. Cargnelutti, P. Leban, M. Žnidarčič
    I-Tech, Solkan, Slovenia
  • S. Bassanese, G. Brajnik, S. Cleva, R. De Monte
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
 
  Long-term stability is one of the most important properties of the BPM readout system. Recent developments on pilot tone capable front end have been tested with an established BPM readout electronics. The goal was to demonstrate the effectiveness of the pilot tone compensation to varying external conditions. Simulated cable attenuation change and temperature variation of the readout electronics were confirmed to have no major effect to position data readout. The output signals from Elettra front end (carrier frequency and pilot tone frequency) were processed by a Libera Spark with the integrated standard front end which contains several filtering, attenuation and amplification stages. Tests were repeated with a modified instrument (optimized for pilot tone) to compare the long-term stability results. Findings show the pilot tone front end enables great features like self-diagnostics and cable-fault compensation as well as small improvement in the long-term stability. Measurement resolution is in range of 10 nanometers RMS in 5 Hz bandwidth.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2018-TUPB13  
About • paper received ※ 31 August 2018       paper accepted ※ 12 September 2018       issue date ※ 29 January 2019  
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WEPC06 The New Diagnostic Suite for the Echo Enabled Harmonic Generation Experiment at FERMI 501
 
  • M. Veronese, A. Abrami, E. Allaria, M. Bossi, I. Cudin, M.B. Danailov, R. De Monte, M. Ferianis, F. Giacuzzo, S. Grulja, G. Kurdi, P. Rebernik Ribič, R. Sauro, G. Strangolino
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
 
  The Echo Enabled Harmonic Generation (EEHG) experiment has been implemented on the FEL2 line of the FERMI FEL at Elettra (Italy). The main purpose is to validate the expected performance improvements at short wavelengths before a dedicated major upgrade is deployed. This paper describes the new diagnostics and the operational experience with them during the EEHG experiment. By means of a multi position vacuum vertical manipulator, different optical components are positioned on the electron and seed laser path. Both transverse and longitudinal measurements are performed. A YAG:Ce screen (e beam) and a terbium doped UV scintillator (laser) are imaged on a dedicated CMOS camera. For the temporal alignment, an OTR screen and a scattering surface are used to steer radiation from the e-beam and laser, onto a fast photodetector. Also coherent OTR radiation, due to micro-bunching, is acquired by means of a PbSe photodetector. Finally, for the normal EEHG operation, the laser beam is injected on the electron beam axis by means of a UV reflecting mirror. The results of the installed diagnostics commissioning are here presented.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2018-WEPC06  
About • paper received ※ 05 September 2018       paper accepted ※ 13 September 2018       issue date ※ 29 January 2019  
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