Author: Hierholzer, M.
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THYPLS1 RF Controls Towards Femtosecond and Attosecond Precision 3414
 
  • F. Ludwig, J. Branlard, Ł. Butkowski, M.K. Czwalinna, M. Hierholzer, M. Hoffmann, M. Killenberg, T. Lamb, J. Marjanovic, U. Mavrič, J.M. Müller, S. Pfeiffer, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt, L. Springer
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • M. Kuntzsch, K. Zenker
    HZDR, Dresden, Germany
 
  In the past two decades, RF controls have improved by two orders in magnitude achieving meanwhile sub-10 fs phase stabilities and 10-4 amplitude precision. Advances are through improved field detection methods and massive usage of digital signal procession on very powerful field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The question rise, what can be achieved in the next 10 years? In this talk, a review is given of existing systems and strategies, current stability limitations of RF control system and new technologies with the potential to achieve attosecond resolutions.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-THYPLS1  
About • paper received ※ 15 May 2019       paper accepted ※ 23 May 2019       issue date ※ 21 June 2019  
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THPRB024 Piezo Controls For The European XFEL 3856
 
  • K.P. Przygoda, J. Branlard, Ł. Butkowski, M.K. Grecki, M. Hierholzer, M. Omet, H. Schlarb
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  The European X-Ray Free Electron Laser (E-XFEL) accelerator is a pulse machine. The typical time duration of a radio frequency (RF) pulse is about 1.3 ms. The RF power transmitted to the superconducting RF (SCRF) cavity as a set of successive pulses (10 Hz repetition rate), causes strong mechanical stresses inside the cavity. The mechanical deformations of the RF cavity are typically caused by the Lorentz force detuning (LFD). The cavity can be tuned to a 1.3 GHz resonance frequency during the RF pulse using fast piezo tuners. Since the E-XFEL will use around 800 cavities (each cavity with double piezos), a distributed architecture with multi-channel digital and analog control circuits seems to be essential. The most sought-after issue is high-voltage, high-current piezo driving circuit dedicated to multi-channel configuration. The driving electronics should allow a maximum piezo protection against any kind of failure. The careful automation of the piezo tuners control and its demonstration for the high gradient conditions a real challenge. The first demonstration of piezo controls applied for chosen RF stations of the E-XFEL linear accelerator (linac) are presented and obtained results are briefly discussed within this paper.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-THPRB024  
About • paper received ※ 30 April 2019       paper accepted ※ 22 May 2019       issue date ※ 21 June 2019  
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THPRB025 New MicroTCA Piezo Driver (PZT4) 3860
 
  • K.P. Przygoda, Ł. Butkowski, M. Fenner, M. Hierholzer, R. Rybaniec, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • R. Rybaniec
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
 
  In the paper we would like to present a new Micro Telecommunication Computing Architecture (MicroTCA) piezo driver (PZT4). The piezo driver module is capable of driving of 4 piezo actuators with high voltages up to 160 Vpp. It is also possible to measure cavity mechanical vibrations using 4 analog to digital converters (ADC) ported to the driver electronics. The new piezo driver can be supplied using internal 12 V payload power provided by the MicroTCA standard. For the applications that need more than 30 W of the input power, the external power supply module can be provided. In order to protect the piezo driver electronics against output short condition a dedicated supervision circuit is designed. The piezo driver module has been setup at Cryo Module Test Bench (CMTB) facility in Deutsches-Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY) as a part of the single cavity low-level radio frequency (LLRF) controls. The LLRF control system has been used to demonstrate the radio frequency (RF) field stabilization and cavity tuning capabilities for continuous (CW) and pulse modes of operation of 1.3 GHz superconducting resonant RF (SCRF) cavity. The preliminary results are demonstrated and briefly discussed.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-THPRB025  
About • paper received ※ 08 May 2019       paper accepted ※ 21 May 2019       issue date ※ 21 June 2019  
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