CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Successful operation of large scale particle accelerators depends on the precise correction of unavoidable magnet field or alignment errors present in the machine. In the LHC Run 2, local linear coupling in the Interaction Regions (IR) has been proven to have a severe impact on beam size and hence the luminosity - up to a 50% decrease -, making its handling a target for Run 3 and High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). However, current measurement methods are not optimised for local IR coupling. In this contribution, an approach to accurately minimise IR local coupling based on correlated external variables such as the |C-| is proposed. The validity of the method is demonstrated through simulations and benchmarked against theoretical values, such as Resonance Driving Terms (RDTs) and Ripken parameters.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
Euclid TechLabs, Solon, Ohio, USA
Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Dielectric Laser Accelerators (DLAs) have been demonstrated as a novel scheme for producing high acceleration gradients (~1 GV/m) within the damage threshold of the dielectric. The compactness of the DLAs and the low emittance of the output electron beam make it an attractive candidate for future endoscopic devices to be used in tumor irradiation. However, due to the small accelerating distances(sub-mm), the total energy gain is limited to sub-MeV which remains an obstacle for its realistic applications. Also, these DLAs operate under solid-state lasers with wavelengths near IR (800 nm to 2 um), where required sub-micron vacuum channel at such wavelengths imposes major aperture restrictions for the amount of charge to be accelerated. Here, we present numerical simulation results for a dielectric structure excited by a CO2 laser with a wavelength of 10.6 um. Upon injecting a 50 MeV electron bunch through a 5.3 um diameter of vacuum channel width, our simulation suggests an energy gain beyond 1 MeV. These results are the initial steps for the realization of an mm-scale DLA capable of producing MeV energy electron beams.
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
RadiaBeam, Santa Monica, California, USA
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Wakefields in dielectric structures are a useful tool for beam diagnostics and manipulation with applications including acceleration, shaping, chirping, and THz radiation generation. It is possible to use the produced THz radiation to diagnose the fields produced during the DWA interaction but, to do so, it is necessary to effectively out-couple this radiation to free space for transport to diagnostics such as a bolometer or interferometer. To this end, simulations have been conducted using CST Studio for a 10 GeV beam with FACET-II parameters in a slab-symmetric, dielectric waveguide. Various termination geometries were studied including flat cuts, metal horns, and the "Vlasov antenna". Simulations indicate that the Vlasov antenna geometry is optimal and detailed studies were conducted on a variety of dielectrics including quartz, diamond, and silicon. Multiple modes were excited and coherent Cherenkov radiation (CCR) was computationally generated for both symmetric and asymmetric beams. Finally, we include witness beams to study transport and acceleration dynamics as well as the achievable field gradients.
UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
RadiaBeam, Marina del Rey, California, USA
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Future plasma acceleration experiments at FACET-II will measure betatron radiation in order to provide single-shot non-destructive beam diagnostics. We discuss three models for betatron radiation: a new idealized particle tracking code with Liénard-Wiechert radiation, a Quasi-Static Particle-in-Cell (PIC) code with Liénard-Wiechert radiation, and a full PIC code with radiation computed via a Monte-Carlo QED Method. Predictions of the three models for the E-310 experiment are presented and compared. Finally, we discuss beam parameter reconstruction from the double differential radiation spectrum.
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Intense beams, such as those in proposed plasma based linear colliders, can not only blow out electrons to form a bubble but can also attract ions towards the beam. This violates the assumption that the ions are stationary on the timescale of the beam, which is a common assumption for shorter and less intense beams. While some research has been done on understanding the physics of ion motion in blowout Plasma Wakefield Accelerators (PWFAs), this research has almost exclusively focused on cylindrically symmetric beams, rather than flat asymmetric emittance beams which are often used in linear colliders in order to minimize beamstrahlung at the final focus. This contribution investigates both analytically and computationally ion motion of a flat beam scenario in order to understand the basic physics as well as how to mitigate emittance growth, beam hosing and quadrupole.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
HIP, University of Helsinki, Finland
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
A Hollow Electron Lens (HEL) is currently under development for the High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC). In this device, a hollow electron beam co-propagates with a central proton beam and provides active halo control in the LHC. To ensure the concentricity of the two beams, a non-invasive diagnostic instrument is currently being commissioned. This instrument is a compact version of an existing prototype that leverages beam induced fluorescence with supersonic gas curtain technology. This contribution includes the design features of this version of the monitor, recent progress, and future plans for tests at the Cockcroft Institute and the electron lens test stand at CERN.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
The quadrupole scan method is one of the traditional ways to measure beam emittance in an accelerator. The required devices are simple: several quadrupole magnets and a beam profile monitor. Beam sizes are measured from the beam profile monitor with different quadrupole settings to bring the beam through its waist and then fitted to a quadratic equation to determine the Twiss parameters. measured data from a quadrupole scan taking the beam through its waist is fitted to a quadratic equation and this allows determining the Twiss parameters. However, with increasing beam intensity, the transfer function becomes non-linear and this causes a deviation of the fitted emittance from its real value, making it no longer useful. In this contribution, a genetic algorithm is applied to find the optimum quadrupole scan fit in space-charge dominated electron beams. Results from simulations using different space charge levels are presented and scenarios identified where this method can be applied.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cancer Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Proton therapy for cancer treatment is a rapidly growing field and increasing evidence suggests it induces more complex DNA damage than photon therapy. Accurate comparison between the two treatments requires quantification of the DNA damage the cause, which can be assessed using the Comet Assay. The program outlined here is based on neural network architecture and aims to speed up analysis of Comet Assay images and provide accurate, quantifiable assessment of the DNA damage levels apparent in individual cells. The Comet Assay is an established technique in which DNA fragments are spread out under the influence of an electric field, producing a comet-like object. The elongation and intensity of the comet tail (consisting of DNA fragments) indicate the level of damage incurred. Many methods to measure this damage exist, using a variety of algorithms. However, these can be time consuming, so often only a small fraction of the comets available in an image are analysed. The automatic analysis presented in this contribution aims to improve this. To supplement the training and testing of the network, a Monte Carlo model will also be presented to create simulated comet assay images.
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
NIKHEF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
ADVACAM s.r.o, Prague, Czech Republic
The Douglas Cyclotron, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral, United Kingdom
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Recent advancements in accelerator technology have led the rapid emergence of particle therapy facilities worldwide, affirming the need for enhanced characterisation methods of radiation fields and radiobiological effects. The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, UK operates a 60 MeV proton beam to treat ocular cancers and facilitates studies into proton induced radiobiological responses. Accordingly, an indicator of radiation quality is the linear energy transfer (LET), a challenging physical quantity to measure. The MiniPIX-Timepix is a miniaturised, hybrid semiconductor pixel detector with a Timepix ASIC, enabling wide-range measurements of the deposited energy, position and direction of individual charged particles. High resolution spectrometric tracking and simultaneous energy measurements of single particles enable the beam profile, time, spatial dose mapping and LET (0.1 to >100 keV/µm) to be resolved. Measurements were performed to determine the LET spectra in silicon, at different positions along the Bragg Peak (BP). We discuss the experimental setup, preliminary results and applicability of the MiniPIX for clinical environments.
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
A quantum gas jet scanner-based beam profile monitor is under development at the Cockcroft Institute (CI), the UK for beam diagnostics based on the principle of ionization detection induced in a quantum gas jet interacting with an ionizing primary beam that shall be characterized. It promises superior position resolution and high signal intensity resulting from a strongly focused quantum gas jet. In order to achieve the gas jet with a diameter of less than 100 µm, a novel focusing method exploiting the quantum wave function of the neutral gas atoms, generate an interference pattern with a single maximum acting as an ultra-thin gas jet. An ‘atom sieve’ has been designed for generating the interference pattern, applying the principle of a photon sieve. It will be analogous to a mechanical wire scanner though with a minimal interception. The idea of moving a quantum gas jet through the beam is proposed for transverse profiling. This contribution provides a general overview of the design, working principle, the results obtained from initial measurements carried out at CI and University of Bergen (Norway), for designing the same and possible methods for optimizing the scanner’s design.
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Ionization beam profile monitor using a supersonic gas jet is an attractive option for the characterization of low and medium energy beams. In this scheme, a primary beam crosses a 45-degree tilted thin gas curtain which causes ionization of gas molecules in the jet. The generated ions are then collected using an electrostatic extraction system to determine the 2D transverse profile of the primary beam. The most commonly used gases for the jet are neon and nitrogen. The signal from the gas jet is always super-imposed with the signal resulting from residual gases in the interaction chamber. CST simulations indicate that the gas jet speed is a key factor for the separation of the jet and the residual gas signals. To obtain a good signal separation, one can increase the velocity of the gas jet. This can be accomplished by generating a gas jet that mixes heavier and lighter gases. This contribution gives a general overview of the monitor design, discusses the effects of gas mixing and CST simulation results. It also presents experimental results obtained with Helium, and Nitrogen, as well as a mixture of them using different percentages and the impact on measurement resolution.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Standard beam loss monitors are used to detect losses at specific locations which is not a practical solution for loss monitoring throughout the whole beam-line. Optical fibre beam loss monitors (oBLMs) are based on the detection of Cherenkov radiation from high energy charged particles having the advantage of covering more than 100 m of an accelerator with a single detector. This system was successfully installed at the Australian Synchrotron covering the entire facility for beam loss measurements. Successful measurements were also demonstrated on the Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications (CLARA), UK with sub-metre beam loss resolution. oBLMs are non-invasive monitors for the detection of the beam loss and RF breakdown within particle accelerators, which has been developed by the QUASAR Group based at the Cockcroft Institute/University of Liverpool, UK in collaboration of D-Beam Ltd, UK. This paper discusses the overview of the system, the incorporation of the monitor into the accelerator diagnostic system, calibration experiment of oBLM and future plans for the system.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Lund University, Division of Atomic Physics, Lund, Sweden
STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Bunch length measurements with femtosecond resolution are a key component in the optimisation of beam quality in FELs, storage rings, and plasma-based accelerators. This contribution presents the development of a novel single-shot bunch length monitor with femtosecond resolution, based on broadband imaging of the spatial distribution of emitted coherent radiation. The technique can be applied to many radiation sources; in this study the focus is coherent transition radiation (CTR) at the MAX IV Short Pulse Facility. Bunch lengths of interest at this facility are <100 fs FWHM; therefore the CTR is in the THz to Far-IR range. To this end, a THz imaging system has been developed, utilising high resistivity float zone silicon lenses and a pyroelectric camera; building upon previous results where single-shot compression monitoring was achieved. This contribution presents simulations of this new CTR imaging system to demonstrate the synchrotron radiation mitigation and imaging capability provided, alongside initial measurements and a bunch length fitting algorithm, capable of shot-to-shot operation. A new machine learning analysis method is also discussed.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Adaptix Imaging, Didcot, United Kingdom
Digital tomosynthesis (DT) is a 3D imaging modality with a lower cost and lower dose than computed tomography. A DT system made of a flat panel array with 45 X-ray sources, but compact enough to fit on the desktop is near market realisation by the company Adaptix Ltd. This work presents a framework of FLUKA and Geant4 Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of the Adaptix system including the X-ray beam generation and the final image quality. The results show that MC methods offer an insight into the performance details of such an innovative device at different levels between the X-ray emitter array and the detector. As such, a large portion of the design and optimisation of such novel X-ray imaging systems can be done with a single toolkit. Finally, the modularity of the approach allows other tools to be imported at various steps within the framework and thus provide answers to questions that cannot be addressed by general-purpose MC codes.
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Experiments with low-energy antiprotons are at the cutting edge of science and offer unique opportunities to test some of the fundamental laws of physics. The experiments are, however, very difficult to realize. They critically depend on high-performance numerical tools that can model realistic beam transport and storage and also require advanced beam monitors and detectors that can fully characterize the beam. Finally, novel experiments need to be designed that exploit the enhanced beam quality that the new ELENA ring at CERN provides. This paper presents some selected findings from the pan-European AVA network’s three scientific work packages. It shows results from studies into electron cooling at the new ELENA storage ring, research into carbon nanotubes as cold electron field emitters for electron cooling, and how antiproton-atom collision experiments can be optimized using GEANT4. Finally, the paper gives an overview of the network’s interdisciplinary training program.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Accelerators and the experiments that they enable are some of the largest, most data-intensive, and most complex scientific systems in existence. The interrelations between machine subsystems are complicated and often nonlinear. The system dynamics involve large parameter spaces that evolve over multiple relevant time scales and accelerator systems. Any accelerator-based experiments and applications are almost always difficult to model. LIV. DAT, the Liverpool Centre for Doctoral Training in Data-intensive science, was established in 2017 as a hub for training students in Big Data science. The centre currently has 36 PhD students that are working across nuclear, particle and astrophysics, as well as in accelerator science. This paper presents results from R&D into betatron radiation models and beam parameter reconstruction for plasma acceleration experiments at FACET-II, simulations for MeV energy gain in dielectric structures driven by a CO2 laser, and modelling of seeded self-modulation of long elliptical bunches in plasma. It also gives an overview of the training program offered to the LIV. DAT students.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Between 2016 and 2020, 15 Fellows have carried out collaborative research within the 4 MEUR Optimization of Medical Accelerators (OMA) EU-funded innovative training network. Based at universities, research and clinical facilities, as well as industry partners in several European countries, the Fellows have successfully developed a range of beam and patient imaging techniques, improved biological and physical models in Monte Carlo codes, and also help improve the design of existing and future clinical facilities. This paper gives an overview of the research outcomes of this network. It presents results from tracking and LET measurements with the MiniPIX-TimePIX detector for 60 MeV clinical protons, a new treatment planning approach accounting for prompt gamma range verification and interfractional anatomical changes, and summarizes findings from high-gradient testing of an S-band, normal-conducting low phase velocity accelerating structure. Finally, it gives a brief over-view of the scientific and training events organized by the OMA consortium.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
The interaction between antiprotons and hydrogen or helium atoms is a fundamental problem in many-particle atomic physics, attracting strong interest from both theory and experiments. Atomic collisions are ideal to study the three and four-body Coulomb problem as the number of possible reaction channels is limited. Currently, only the total cross-sections of such interactions have been measured in an energy range between keV and a few MeV. This contribution investigates the discrepancies between different theories and available experimental data. It also describes a pathway for obtaining differential cross-sections. A purpose-designed experimental setup is presented and detailed Geant4 simulations provide an insight into the interaction between short (ns) antiproton bunches and a dense gas-jet target.
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
UVEG, Burjasot (Valencia), Spain
Low energy (~100 keV) facilities working with antiprotons, heavy ions, or charged molecules may experience severe beam transport instabilities caused by field imperfections. For example, long (~10 m), unshielded beamlines will not be able to transfer particles due to the natural Earth magnetic field or stray fields from closely located experiments. Currently, only a limited number of simulation codes allow a simplified representation of such field errors, limiting capabilities for beam delivery optimization. In this contribution, a new simulation approach is presented that can provide detailed insight into 4D beam transport. It illustrates the impact of imperfections and stray fields on beam stability and quality through simulations of two antiproton experiments located in the Antimatter Factory (AD) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Magnetic field imperfections are examined in two different ways, providing greater flexibility and an opportunity to benchmark all outcomes. Simulation performance is analyzed as a function of the level of detail and efficiency.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
High-intensity beams in low-energy synchrotrons are subject to space charge as well as intra-beam scattering (IBS). Accurate modelling of both effects becomes essential when the transverse emittances and minimum bunch length are determined through heating processes and resonances induced by machine errors. To date, only very few tools available to the general public allow to simultaneously study space charge and IBS in self-consistent simulations. In this contribution, we present our recent development of an IBS module for PyHEADTAIL, an open-source 6D multi-particle tracking tool, which already includes various 2.5D and 3D space-charge models based on the self-consistent particle-in-cell algorithm. A simulation example of high-intensity bunch rotation demonstrates the joint impact of applied heating effects. Our model is based on the Martini and Bjorken-Mitingwa theories. Benchmarks of our implementation against IBS modules provided in the MAD-X and JSPEC codes are shown.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
ELENA is a novel storage ring at CERN, designed to deliver low energy, high-quality antiprotons to antimatter experiments. The electron cooler is a key component of this decelerator, which counters the beam blow-up as the antiproton energy is reduced from 5.3 MeV to 100 keV. Typical numerical approximations on electron cooling processes assume that the density distribution of electrons in analytical form and the velocity distribution space to be Maxwellian. However, it is useful to have an accurate description of the cooling process based on a realistic electron distribution. In this contribution, BETACOOL simulations of the ELENA antiproton beam phase space evolution were performed using uniform, Gaussian, and "hollow beam" electron velocity distributions. The results are compared with simulations considering a custom electron beam distribution obtained with G4beamline. The program was used to simulate the interaction of an initially Gaussian electron beam with the magnetic field measured inside the electron cooler interaction chamber. The resulting beam lifetime and equilibrium parameters are then compared with measurements.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
IFIC, Valencia, Spain
The stability of particle bunches undergoing seeded self-modulation (SSM) over tens or hundreds of meters is crucial to the generation of GV/m wakefields that can accelerate electron beams as proposed for use in several high energy plasma-based linear colliders. Here, 3D particle-in-cell simulations using QuickPIC are compared to an analytical model of seeded self-modulation (SSM) of elliptical beam envelopes using linear wakefield theory. It is found that there is quantitative agreement between simulations and analytical predictions for the envelope in the early growth of the SSM. A scaling law is derived for the reduction of the maximum overall modulation growth rate with aspect ratio and is found to match well with simulation.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Medical applications of charged particle beams require a full online characterisation of the beam to ensure patient safety, treatment efficacy, and facility efficiency. In-vivo dosimetry, measurement of delivered dose during treatment, is a significant part of this characterisation. Current methods offer limited information or are invasive to the beam, meaning measurements must be done offline. This contribution presents the development of a non-invasive gas jet in-vivo dosimeter for treatment facilities. The technique is based on the interaction between a particle beam and a supersonic gas jet curtain, which was originally developed for the high luminosity upgrade of the large hadron collider (HL-LHC). To demonstrate the medical application of this technique, an existing HL-LHC test system with minor modifications will be installed at the University of Birmingham’s 35 MeV proton cyclotron, which has properties comparable to that of a treatment beam. This contribution presents the design and development of this test setup, plans for initial benchmarking measurements, and plans for a future optimised medical accelerator gas jet in-vivo dosimeter.
RadiaBeam, Santa Monica, California, USA
RadiaSoft LLC, Boulder, Colorado, USA
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
The characterization of high intensity charged particle beams in a minimally interceptive, and non-destructive manner is performed using an ionization diagnostic. In this application, a neutral gas is tailored into a thin sheet, or curtain-like, distribution at the interaction point with an electron beam. The electron beam ionizes the neutral gas in localized space, leaving a footprint of the beam transverse distribution. The ion cloud is subseqeuntly imaged with a series of electrostatic lenses to a detector plane. The resultant image is used in a reconstruction algorithm to reconstruct the beam profile at the interaction point. In this paper, we present progress on the development of this diagnostic for the characterization of high charge, 10GeV electron beams with small transverse distributions.
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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*** Proc. FEL’13, TUPPS033, 290-293
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
* B.L. Militsyn, 4-th EuCARD2 WP12.5 meeting, Warsaw, 14-15 March 2017
**Proc. FEL’13, TUPPS033, 290-293
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
IFIC, Valencia, Spain
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Optical transition radiation (OTR) is routinely used to measure transverse beam size, divergence , and emittance of charged particle beams. Presented here is an experimental method, which uses micro-mirror device (DMD) to conduct optical phase space mapping (OPSM). OPSM will be a next step and significant enhancement of the measurements capabilities of an adaptive optics-based beam characterization system. For this measurements, a DMD will be used to generate a reflective mask that replicates the double slit. Since the DMD makes it possible to easily change the size, shape and position of the mask, the use of the DMD will greatly simplify OPSM and make it more flexible, faster and more useful for diagnostics applications. The process can be automated and integrated into a control system that can be used to optimize the beam transport.