Stripline Transversal Filter Techniques for Sub-picosecond Bunch Timing Measurements
Measurement of time of arrival of a particle bunch is a fundamental beam diagnostic. The PEP-II/ALS/BESSY/PLS longitudinal feedback systems use a planar stripline circuit to convert a 30 ps beam BPM impulse signal into a 4 cycle tone burst at the 6th harmonic of the accelerator RF frequency (2.856 GHz). A phase-detection technique is used to measure the arrival time of these BPM impulses with 200 fs rms single-shot resolution (out of a 330 ps dynamic range). Scaled in frequency, this approach is directly applicable to FEL and other sub-ps regime pulse and timing measurements. The transversal circuit structure is applicable to measurement of microbunches or closely spaced bunches (the PEP-II/ALS/BESSY/PLS examples make independent measurements at 2 ns bunch spacing) and opens up some new diagnostic and control possibilities. This paper reviews the principles of the technique, and uses data from PEP-II operations to predict the limits of performance of this measurement scheme for arrival phase measurement. These predictions are compared with results in the literature from electro-optic sub-picosecond beam timing and phasing diagnostics.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 909541
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-12631; TRN: US0703909
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at 8th European Workshop on Beam Diagnostics and Instrumentation for Particle Accelerators (DIPAC 2007), Venice, Italy, 20-23 May 2007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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