Schilcher, T.

Paper	Title	Page
THOALH01	Bunch Length Measurements at the SLS Linac using Electro-optical Techniques	253
	A. Winter, M. Tonutti RWTH, Aachen S. Casalbuoni, P. Schmüser, S. Simrock, B. Steffen DESY, Hamburg T. Korhonen, T. Schilcher, V. Schlott, H. Sigg, D. Suetterlin PSI, Villigen
	The temporal profile of the electron bunches in the SLS Linac will be determined by means of electro-optical techniques. A mode locked Ti:Sa Laser with 15 fs pulse width is used for coincidence measurements between the laser pulse and the coherent transition radiation (CTR) generated by short electron bunches. Synchronization accuracy of 100 fs rms between the 3 GHz Linac RF and the 81 MHz repetition rate of the laser was achieved, which is important for the optimum time resolution of the applied electro-optical sampling technique. Likewise, a mode locked Nd:YAG laser with 400 ps long pulses will be used for electro-optical autocorrelation measurements between the CTR and the laser pulses. This alternative technique promises single shot capability and requires much relaxed synchronization stability between laser and electron beam.
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THPLT019	Commissioning Results of the Multi Bunch Feedback System at SLS	2505
	M. Dehler, R. Kramert, P. Pollet, T. Schilcher PSI, Villigen D. Bulfone, M. Lonza ELETTRA, Basovizza, Trieste
	Within the frame of the project for a multi bunch feedback system for the Swiss Light Source (SLS), a new family of 500 MS/s analog to digital and digital to analog conversion boards with an 8 bit resolution has been developed, containing on board MUX and DEMUX circuitry to reduce data rates to approximately 20 MS/s using up to ten Front Panel Data Port (FPDP) ports. Using six quad processor DSP boards, full bandwidth bunch by bunch feedbacks in the transverse and longitudinal planes are set up to provide bunch by bunch correction kicks with a 2 nsec resolution. We report on the hardware setup and properties as well as feedback performance in the SLS storage ring.
THPLT023	The Use of Photon Monitors at the Swiss Light Source	2517
	J. Krempasky, M. Böge, T. Schilcher, V. Schlott, T. Schmidt PSI, Villigen
	The photon beam position monitors (PBPM) in a synchrotron radiation facility are important tools for beam-line and machine diagnostics since they deliver position and angle information directly from the radiation source point. In the last two years a number of PBPMs have been installed and commissioned at the Swiss Light Source (SLS). Their readouts have been systematically studied and the results have been correlated with data from the digital beam position monitor (DBPM) system. It turns out that the PBPMs help understanding the influence of insertion device gap changes on photon beam position and thus on photon flux and/or energy resolution near the beam-line experimental stations. In addition to the global fast orbit feedback (FOFB), a local slow feedback based on PBPM data has been implemented to remove the remaining systematic effects of the DBPM system and to stabilize the photon beam to a micron level at the experimental station.
THPLT024	Commissioning and Operation of the SLS Fast Orbit Feedback	2520
	T. Schilcher, M. Böge, B. Keil, P. Pollet, V. Schlott PSI, Villigen
	The SLS Fast Orbit Feedback (FOFB) was successfully commissioned in 2003. Since November 2003 it runs during user operation of the accelerator. Taking into account 72 Digital Beam Position Monitors (DBPMs), the FOFB applies SVD-based global orbit corrections for 72 horizontal (x) and 72 vertical (y) correctors at a rate of 4 kHz, compared to ~0.5 Hz for the Slow Orbit Feedback (SOFB) that was used so far. While the SOFB was important for the elimination of orbit drifts due to temperature changes and slowly moving insertion device (ID) gaps, the FOFB is also able to damp orbit oscillations that are caused by fast changes of ID gaps or magnets, by ground and girder vibrations, 3 Hz booster crosstalk and power supply noise. This report presents experience from commissioning and user operation of the FOFB.