Low-level RF control development for the European X-FEL

S. N. Simrock

doi:10.1117/12.622612

11 October 2005 Low-level RF control development for the European X-FEL

S. N. Simrock

Proceedings Volume 5948, Photonics Applications in Industry and Research IV; 594804 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.622612
Event: Congress on Optics and Optoelectronics, 2005, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

The requirements for RF Control Systems for the European X-FEL are not only defined in terms of the quality of field control but also with respect to operability, availability, and maintainability of the RF System, and the interfaces to other subsystems. The field control of the vector-sum of many cavities driven by one klystron in pulsed mode at high gradients is a challenging task since severe Lorentz force detuning, microphonics and beam induced field errors must be suppressed by several orders of magnitude. This is accomplished by a combination of local and global feedback and feedforward control. Sensors monitor individual cavity probe signals, and forward and reflected wave as well as the beam properties including beam energy and phase while actuators control the incident wave of the klystron and individual cavity resonance frequencies. The operability of a large llrf system requires a high degree of automation while the high availability requires robust algorithms, redundancy, and extremely reliable hardware. The maintenance of the llrf demands sophisticated on-line diagnostics for the llrf subsystems to minimize downtime.

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S. N. Simrock "Low-level RF control development for the European X-FEL", Proc. SPIE 5948, Photonics Applications in Industry and Research IV, 594804 (11 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.622612

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