A large distributed digital camera system for accelerator beam diagnostics

Journal Article · Fri Jul 15 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1946667· OSTI ID:20722955

Catani, L; Cianchi, A; Di Pirro, G; Honkavaara, K ^[1]

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1. Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (INFN)-Roma2, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, Rome (Italy)

Optical diagnostics, providing images of accelerated particle beams using radiation emitted by particles impinging a radiator, typically a fluorescent screen, has been extensively used, especially on electron linacs, since the 1970's. Higher intensity beams available in the last decade allow extending the use of beam imaging techniques to perform precise measurements of important beam parameters such as emittance, energy, and energy spread using optical transition radiation (OTR). OTR-based diagnostics systems are extensively used on the superconducting TESLA Test Facility (TTF) linac driving the vacuum ultraviolet free electron laser (VUV-FEL) at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron facility. Up to 30 optical diagnostic stations have been installed at various positions along the 250-m-long linac, each equipped with a high-performance digital camera. This paper describes the new approach to the design of the hardware and software setups required by the complex topology of such a distributed camera system.

• OSTI ID: 20722955
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 76; ISSN 0034-6748; ISSN RSINAK
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
CAMERAS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES
DESIGN
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRONS
EQUIPMENT
FAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
FREE ELECTRON LASERS
IMAGES
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
SYNCHROTRONS
TEST FACILITIES
TRANSITION RADIATION