Author: Shi, L.
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TUPB07 Stability Study of Beam Position Measurement Based on Higher Order Mode Signals at FLASH 273
 
  • J.H. Wei
    USTC/NSRL, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
  • N. Baboi
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • L. Shi
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
 
  FLASH is a free-electron laser driven by a supercon-ducting linac at DESY in Hamburg. It generates high-brilliance XUV and soft X-ray pulses by SASE (Self Amplified Spontaneous Emission). Many accelerating cavities are equipped with HOMBPMs (Higher Order Mode based Beam Position Monitors) to align the beam and monitor the transverse beam position. However, these lose their position prediction ability over time. In this paper, we applied an efficient measurement and signal analysis with various data process methods including PLS (Partial Least Square) and SVD (Singular Value Decomposition) to determine the transverse beam position. By fitting the HOM signals with a genetic algorithm, we implemented a new HOMBPM calibration procedure and obtained reliable beam prediction positions over a long time. A stable RMS error of about 0.2 mm by using the spectra of signals and 0.15 mm by using the new method over two months has been observed.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2018-TUPB07  
About • paper received ※ 05 September 2018       paper accepted ※ 13 September 2018       issue date ※ 29 January 2019  
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WEPA09 Long Term Beam Phase Monitoring Based on HOM Signals in SC Cavities at FLASH 388
 
  • J.H. Wei
    USTC/NSRL, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
  • N. Baboi
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • L. Shi
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
 
  The accelerating RF fields in superconducting cavities must be controlled precisely in FEL (Free Electron Laser) facilities to avoid beam energy spread and arrival time jitter. Otherwise the beam quality is degraded. The LLRF (Low Level Radio Frequency) system controls the RF field and provides a highly stable RF reference. A new type of beam phase determination technique based on beam-excited HOMs (Higher Order Modes) in cavities has been implemented. The two special couplers installed at both ends of each cavity, pick up the signals containing both the leakage of the accelerating field and the HOM signals. Therefore the signals can be used to calculate the beam phase directly with respect to the RF phase. We analysed the factors which may affect the result of the beam phase on a long-term based on an experimental platform at FLASH. Some phase drifts between the HOM-BPhM (Beam Phase Monitor) and the LLRF system phase measurement were observed and the reason will be further studied.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2018-WEPA09  
About • paper received ※ 05 September 2018       paper accepted ※ 13 September 2018       issue date ※ 29 January 2019  
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