Author: Lamb, T.
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TUPAB291 Subsystem Level Data Acquisition for the Optical Synchronization System at European XFEL 2167
 
  • M. Schütte, A. Eichler, T. Lamb, V. Rybnikov, H. Schlarb, T. Wilksen
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  The optical synchronization system for the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser provides sub-10 femtosecond timing precision * for the accelerator subsystems and experiments. This is achieved by phase locking a mode-locked laser oscillator to the main RF reference and distributing the optical pulse train carrying the time information via actively propagation-time stabilized optical fibers to multiple end-stations. Making up roughly one percent of the entire European XFEL, it is the first subsystem to receive a large-scale data acquisition system [2] for storing not just hand-selected information, but in fact all diagnostic, monitoring, and configuration data relevant to the optical synchronization available from the distributed control system infrastructure. A minimum of 100 TB per year may be stored in a persistent archive for long-term health monitoring and data mining whereas excess data is stored in a short-term ring buffer for high-resolution fault analysis and feature extraction algorithm development. This paper describes scale, challenges and first experiences from the optical synchronization data acquisition system.
* S. Schulz et al., "Few-Femtosecond Facility-Wide Sync. of the European XFEL," in Proc. FEL’19
** T. Wilksen et al., "A Bunch-Sync. DAQ System for the European XFEL," in Proc. ICALEPCS’17
 
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-TUPAB291  
About • paper received ※ 14 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 17 June 2021       issue date ※ 24 August 2021  
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WEPAB294 LLRF Control and Synchronization System of the ARES Facility 3347
 
  • S. Pfeiffer, J. Branlard, F. Burkart, M. Hoffmann, T. Lamb, F. Ludwig, H. Schlarb, S. Schulz, B. Szczepanski, M. Titberidze
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  The linear accelerator ARES (Accelerator Research Experiment at SINBAD) is a new research facility at DESY. Electron bunches with a maximum repetition rate of 50 Hz are accelerated up to 155 MeV. The facility aims for ultra-stable sub-femtosecond arrival-times and high peak-currents at the experiment, placing high demands on the reference distribution and field regulation of the S-band RF structures. In this paper, we report on the current status of the RF reference generation, facility-wide distribution, and the LLRF systems of the RF structures.  
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About • paper received ※ 18 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 05 July 2021       issue date ※ 20 August 2021  
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WEPAB378 Near-Infrared Laser System for Dielectric Laser Acceleration Experiments at SINBAD 3596
 
  • C. Mahnke, U. Grosse-Wortmann, I. Hartl, C.M. Heyl, Y. Hua, T. Lamb, Y. Ma, C. Mohr, J. Müller, S.H. Salman, S. Schulz, C. Vidoli
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • H. Çankaya
    CFEL, Hamburg, Germany
 
  The technique of dielectric laser acceleration (DLA) utilizes the strong field gradients generated by intense laser light near the surfaces of microscopic photonic structures, possibly allowing compact accelerator devices. We report on the infrared laser system at the SINBAD facility at DESY, where first DLA experiments with relativistic electrons pre-accelerated by the ARES linear accelerator started in late 2020. We constructed a low-noise Holmium fiber oscillator producing pulses at a wavelength of 2050 nm, seeding a Ho:YLF regenerative amplifier. Pulses of 2 mJ and 2 ps duration from the amplifier are transported over a distance of about 30 m to the DLA interaction point. The laser system is synchronized to the accelerator by locking the laser repetition rate to an RF master oscillator using an all-digital phase-locked loop, giving a residual timing jitter of about 45 fs. The digital locking scheme allows precise shifting of the relative timing between laser pulses and electrons without need for a dedicated optical delay line. It is planned to lock the system to the UV photocathode laser by means of an optical cross correlator further to improve the locking performance.  
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About • paper received ※ 19 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 22 June 2021       issue date ※ 18 August 2021  
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