Phase Noise Characterization of the Main Drive Line at SLAC

Technical Report · Mon Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/801786· OSTI ID:801786

Fustin, Drew

The phase noise of the Main Drive Line (MDL) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is extremely important to the operation of the linac since the MDL provides the radio frequency (RF) drive and phase reference for the entire accelerator system. In order to ensure that the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) can be run using current MDL components, the phase noise of the MDL had to be ascertained. This was determined using an ultra-stable reference oscillator phase-locked to the MDL. Using this device, the phase noise was determined to be far greater than LCLS requires. This suggests that an improved Master Oscillator needs to be obtained in order to be able to run LCLS on the SLAC linac.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 801786
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-9468; TRN: US0204746
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 26 Aug 2002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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