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MOPHA034	High Voltage RTM Piezo Driver for XFEL Special Diagnostics	laser, diagnostics, operation, hardware	860
	K.P. Przygoda, M. Felber, C. Gerth, M. Heuer, E. Janas, U. Mavrič, P. Peier, H. Schlarb, B. Steffen, C. Sydlo DESY, Hamburg, Germany T. Kozak, P. Prędki TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland
	High voltage RTM Piezo Driver has been developed to support special diagnostic applications foreseen for XFEL facility. The RTM is capable of driving 4 piezo actuators with voltages up to ±80 V. The solid-state power amplifiers are driven using 18-bit DACs and sampling rates of 1 MSPS. The bandwidth of the driver is remotely tunable using programmable low pass filters. The 4-channel Piezo Driver unit provides the information of piezo output voltage and current. Three independent test setups have been built to test 4-channel Piezo Driver performance. In the paper we are presenting EOD laser lock to 1.3 GHz FLASH master oscillator using bipolar piezo stretcher (fine tuning). The piezo motor based course tuning has been applied for the long term laser stability measurements. The unipolar piezo actuator operation has been demonstrated for the Origami Onefive laser locked to 1.3 GHz LAB MO. The preliminary results of active stabilization of 3 km fiber link laboratory setup are shown.
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MOPTY061	Beam-Based Power Distribution Over Multiple Klystrons in a Linear Accelerator	klystron, linac, controls, LLRF	1079
	A. Řežaeizadeh, R. Kalt, T. Schilcher PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland R. Smith Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
	A linear accelerator including several klystron driver RF stations can be viewed as a single virtual RF station with a certain accelerating RF voltage (in amplitude and phase). This paper develops an optimization scheme that, for a specified beam energy gain, determines the klystrons output powers and the modulators high voltages optimally. The algorithm employs the klystron nonlinear static characteristics curves to calculate the input RF amplitude of the drive chain. A. Řežaeizadeh, et al, Model-based klystron linearization in the SwissFEL test facility, 36th International Free Electron Laser Conference, Basel, Switzerland
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TUPJE069	Fast Injection System R&D for the APS Upgrade	kicker, injection, impedance, extraction	1797
	F. Lenkszus, J. Carwardine, A.R. Cours, G. Decker, L.H. Morrison, X. Sun, J. Wang, F. Westferro, A. Xiao, C. Yao ANL, Argonne, Ilinois, USA A. Krasnykh SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
	Funding: Results in this report are derived from work performed at Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne is operated by UChicago Argonne, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357. The MBA upgrade for the APS will operate with bunch swap out and on axis injection. The planned 324 bunch fill pattern places difficult demands on the injection and extraction kickers. The present concept uses dual stripline kickers driven by high Voltage pulsers. Minimizing perturbation on adjacent bunches requires very fast rise and fall times with relatively narrow ~20 nsec, 15 kV pulses. To achieve these requirements we have initiated a multifaceted R&D program. The R&D includes the HV pulser, stripline kicker and HV feedthrough. We have purchased a commercial dual channel HV pulser and are evaluating its performance and reliability. In addition, we are investigating the feasibility of using nonlinear ferrite loaded coaxial cables (shockwave transmission line) to sharpen the leading and trailing edges of high voltage pulses. We are also developing a prototype kicker and high voltage feedthrough. The requirements for injection and extraction, progress on prototype development and results of our HV pulser investigations will be reported.
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WEPJE033	The Progress of Funnelling Gun High Voltage Condition and Beam Test	cathode, gun, electron, radiation	2735
	E. Wang, I. Ben-Zvi, D.M. Gassner, R.F. Lambiase, W. Meng, A.I. Pikin, T. Rao, B. Sheehy, J. Skaritka BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA M.A. Ackeret, J.R. Pietz Transfer Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc, Fremont, California, USA E. Dobrin, R.C. Miller, K.A. Thompson, C. Yeckel Stangenes Industries, Palo Alto, California, USA O.H. Rahman Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA
	Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy. A prototype of a high average current polarized electron funneling gun as an eRHIC injector has been built at BNL. The gun was assembled and tested at Stangenes Incorporated. Two beams were generated from GaAs photocathodes and combined by a switched combiner field. We observed the combined beams on a YAG crystal and measured the photocurrent by a Faraday cup. The gun has been shipped to Stony Brook University and is being tested there. In this paper we will describe the major components of the gun and recent beam test results. High voltage conditioning is discussed as well.
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WEPMA042	Experience and Developments on the S-band RF Power System of the FERMI Linac	klystron, operation, linac, FEL	2856
	A. Fabris, P. Delgiusto, F. Pribaz, N. Sodomaco, R. Umer, L. Veljak Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
	The S-band linac of FERMI, the seeded Free Electron Laser (FEL) located at the Elettra laboratory in Trieste, operates on a 24/7 basis accumulating more than 6000 hours of operation per year. The performance and operability requirements of a users facility pose stringent specifications on reliability and availability on all the systems of the machine and in particular on the RF power plants. This paper provides a review and discusses the operational experience with the S-band power plants, klystrons and modulators, operating at S-band in FERMI. Based on the satisfactorily results and following return of experience, upgrades of the existing power plants are being implemented in the continuous effort of extending the operability and availability of the systems. A description of these activities and an overview of the other developments under consideration on the RF power plants are also provided.
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WEPMN037	High Power Klystron Amplifiers for the PLS & PLS-II Storage Ring	klystron, operation, storage-ring, cathode	3012
	M.-H. Chun, Y.D. Joo, H.J. Park, I.S. Park, Y.U. Sohn, I.H. Yu PAL, Pohang, Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea
	Funding: Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning in Korea The RF system of the Pohang Light Source-II (PLS-II) storage ring is operating at the 3.0 GeV/340 mA with three superconducting RF cavities. PLS-II RF system was upgraded to 3.0 GeV/400 mA (max.) beam storage from 2.5 GeV/ 200 mA of PLS. Each high power RF (HPRF) station is composed of a 300 kW klystron with power supplies, transmission components including a 350 kW circulator and load, and water cooling system. The klystrons are generally operated as a RF power source with high gain amplification for RF system of light sources. This paper describes the present operation status of 300 kW klystron amplifier and experiences of the former PLS 75 kW klystron amplifiers as well as RF system. *Supported by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning in Korea
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WEPMN050	A Pinger Magnet System for the ALBA Synchrotron Light Source	storage-ring, kicker, electron, simulation	3039
	M. Pont, N. Ayala, G. Benedetti, M. Carlà, Z. Martí, R. Núñez-Prieto ALBA-CELLS Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
	A pinger magnet system consisting of two short kickers, one for each transversal plane, has been recently commissioned at the ALBA Synchrotron Light Source. The kickers can excite large betatron oscillations on the electron beam in order to probe the linear and non-linear beam dynamics regime together with the turn-by turn capabilities of the BPMs. The kickers are mounted in a single Ti coated ceramic vacuum chamber, have a length of 0.3 m each and provide a half sine pulse with a pulse length of 1 μs at an amplitude of 1.4 mrad and the pulser unit is based on solid state technology. This report summarises the steps followed from its design until its installation, electric and magnetic characterisation in the laboratory, and the first results with beam.
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WEPTY014	Development of Fast Kickers for the APS MBA Upgrade	kicker, impedance, simulation, injection	3286
	C. Yao, J. Carwardine, A.R. Cours, F. Lenkszus, R.R. Lindberg, L.H. Morrison, X. Sun, J. Wang, F. Westferro, A. Xiao ANL, Argonne, Illinois, USA
	Funding: *Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. The APS multi-bend achromat (MBA) upgrade storage ring will support two bunch fill patterns: a 48-singlets and a 324-singlets. A “swap out” injection scheme is adopted. In order to minimize the beam loss and residual oscillation of injected beam and to minimize the perturbation of stored beam during a swap-on injection, the rise, fall, and flat-top parts of the kicker pulse must be held within a 22.8-ns interval. Traditional ferrite-core-type kickers can’t meet the timing requirements; therefore, we decided to use stripline-type kickers. We have completed a preliminary design of a prototype kicker geometry. Procurement of the pulser supply and other components of an evaluation system is under way. We report the specification and design of the fast kicker and current status.
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WEPTY027	Kicker Pulsers for Recycler Nova Upgrades	cathode, kicker, impedance, controls	3324
	C.C. Jensen Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
	Funding: Fermilab is operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the United States Department of Energy. An upgrade of the Recycler injection kicker system required a faster rise time pulser. This system required a field rise and fall time of < 57 ns and a field flattop of 1.6 μs. This paper describes the variety of improvements made over the years that have resulted in this latest thyratron pulser. The effects of the trigger, the reservoir and the load impedance on delay and rise time will be discussed.
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WEPTY042	Pulsed Power Systems for ESS Klystrons	klystron, operation, electronics, neutron	3368
	M.P.J. Gaudreau, M.K. Kempkes, I. Roth Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, USA P.A. Dupire Sigma Phi Electronics, Wissembourg, France J.D. Holzmann Sigmaphi, Vannes, France
	Funding: DE-SC0004254 Under an SBIR from DOE, Diversified Technologies, Inc. (DTI) has designed and built an advanced, high-voltage solid-state modulator for long pulse klystrons for ESS. In 2014, DTI, in partnership with SigmaPhi Electronics, received two contracts for production and installation of this design for ESS-class modulators, which will be used for the testing and conditioning of ESS klystron tubes and testing of RF components. This modulator design uses a hybrid configuration (solid state switch and pulse transformer) with an advanced switching regulator to maintain a very flat voltage into the klystron over multi-millisecond pulses. This paper will describe the design and testing of these modulators, and the status of their installation. The major development introduced in this design is that the millisecond-long pulses produce a droop voltage of about 10% with a reasonably-sized capacitor bank–much larger than the 1% droop required. To eliminate the droop without a large and expensive capacitor bank, the modulator uses a non-dissipative regulator.
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WEPTY043	Short Pulse Marx Modulator	controls, flattop, network, collider	3370
	R.A. Phillips, M.P.J. Gaudreau, M.K. Kempkes, B.E. Simpson Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, USA J.A. Casey Rockfield Research Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
	Funding: DE-SC0004251 High energy, short-pulse modulators are being re-examined for the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) and numerous X-Band accelerator designs. At the very high voltages required for these systems, all of the existing designs are based on pulse transformers, which significantly limit their performance and efficiency. There is not a fully optimized, transformer-less modulator design capable of meeting the demanding requirements of very high voltage pulses at short pulse widths. Under a U.S. Department of Energy grant, Diversified Technologies, Inc. (DTI) has completed development of a short pulse, solid-state Marx modulator. The modulator is designed for high efficiency in the 100 kV to 500 kV range, for currents up to 250 A, pulse lengths of 0.2 to 5.0 μs, and risetimes <300 ns. Key objectives of the development effort were modularity and scalability, combined with low cost and ease of manufacture. For short-pulse modulators, this Marx topology provides a means to achieve fast risetimes and flattop control that are not available with hard switch or transformer-coupled topologies.
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THPF075	Proton Beam of 2 MeV 1.6 mA on a Tandem Accelerator with Vacuum Insulation	neutron, vacuum, proton, ion	3854
	S.Yu. Taskaev, D.A. Kasatov, A.S. Kuznetsov, A.N. Makarov, I.M. Shchudlo, I.N. Sorokin BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
	Funding: The research is conducted with the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (a unique identifier for applied scientific research – RFMEFI60414X0066). New type of charged particles accelerator, tandem accelerator with vacuum insulation, was proposed in BINP. The accelerator is characterized by fast acceleration of charged particles, long distance between ion beam and insulator (on which electrodes are mounted), big stored energy in the accelerating gaps and strong input electrostatic lens. High-voltage strength of vacuum gaps, dark currents, ion beam focusing, accelerating and stripping were investigated. Stationary proton beam with 2 MeV energy, 1.6 mA current has just been obtained. The beam is characterized by high energy monochromaticity – 0.1%, and high current stability – 0.5%. Here we report the results of these investigations and discuss the proposal for obtaining 2.5 MeV 3 mA proton beam. The accelerator is considered to be a part of epithermal neutron source for boron neutron capture therapy and monoenergetic neutron source for calibration of dark matter detector.
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MOPHA034

High Voltage RTM Piezo Driver for XFEL Special Diagnostics

laser, diagnostics, operation, hardware

860

K.P. Przygoda, M. Felber, C. Gerth, M. Heuer, E. Janas, U. Mavrič, P. Peier, H. Schlarb, B. Steffen, C. Sydlo
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
T. Kozak, P. Prędki
TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland

High voltage RTM Piezo Driver has been developed to support special diagnostic applications foreseen for XFEL facility. The RTM is capable of driving 4 piezo actuators with voltages up to ±80 V. The solid-state power amplifiers are driven using 18-bit DACs and sampling rates of 1 MSPS. The bandwidth of the driver is remotely tunable using programmable low pass filters. The 4-channel Piezo Driver unit provides the information of piezo output voltage and current. Three independent test setups have been built to test 4-channel Piezo Driver performance. In the paper we are presenting EOD laser lock to 1.3 GHz FLASH master oscillator using bipolar piezo stretcher (fine tuning). The piezo motor based course tuning has been applied for the long term laser stability measurements. The unipolar piezo actuator operation has been demonstrated for the Origami Onefive laser locked to 1.3 GHz LAB MO. The preliminary results of active stabilization of 3 km fiber link laboratory setup are shown.

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MOPTY061

Beam-Based Power Distribution Over Multiple Klystrons in a Linear Accelerator

klystron, linac, controls, LLRF

1079

A. Řežaeizadeh, R. Kalt, T. Schilcher
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
R. Smith
Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

A linear accelerator including several klystron driver RF stations can be viewed as a single virtual RF station with a certain accelerating RF voltage (in amplitude and phase). This paper develops an optimization scheme that, for a specified beam energy gain, determines the klystrons output powers and the modulators high voltages optimally. The algorithm employs the klystron nonlinear static characteristics curves to calculate the input RF amplitude of the drive chain.
A. Řežaeizadeh, et al, Model-based klystron linearization in the SwissFEL test facility, 36th International Free Electron Laser Conference, Basel, Switzerland

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TUPJE069

Fast Injection System R&D for the APS Upgrade

kicker, injection, impedance, extraction

1797

F. Lenkszus, J. Carwardine, A.R. Cours, G. Decker, L.H. Morrison, X. Sun, J. Wang, F. Westferro, A. Xiao, C. Yao
ANL, Argonne, Ilinois, USA
A. Krasnykh
SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA

Funding: Results in this report are derived from work performed at Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne is operated by UChicago Argonne, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357.
The MBA upgrade for the APS will operate with bunch swap out and on axis injection. The planned 324 bunch fill pattern places difficult demands on the injection and extraction kickers. The present concept uses dual stripline kickers driven by high Voltage pulsers. Minimizing perturbation on adjacent bunches requires very fast rise and fall times with relatively narrow ~20 nsec, 15 kV pulses. To achieve these requirements we have initiated a multifaceted R&D program. The R&D includes the HV pulser, stripline kicker and HV feedthrough. We have purchased a commercial dual channel HV pulser and are evaluating its performance and reliability. In addition, we are investigating the feasibility of using nonlinear ferrite loaded coaxial cables (shockwave transmission line) to sharpen the leading and trailing edges of high voltage pulses. We are also developing a prototype kicker and high voltage feedthrough. The requirements for injection and extraction, progress on prototype development and results of our HV pulser investigations will be reported.

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WEPJE033

The Progress of Funnelling Gun High Voltage Condition and Beam Test

cathode, gun, electron, radiation

2735

E. Wang, I. Ben-Zvi, D.M. Gassner, R.F. Lambiase, W. Meng, A.I. Pikin, T. Rao, B. Sheehy, J. Skaritka
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
M.A. Ackeret, J.R. Pietz
Transfer Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc, Fremont, California, USA
E. Dobrin, R.C. Miller, K.A. Thompson, C. Yeckel
Stangenes Industries, Palo Alto, California, USA
O.H. Rahman
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA

Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
A prototype of a high average current polarized electron funneling gun as an eRHIC injector has been built at BNL. The gun was assembled and tested at Stangenes Incorporated. Two beams were generated from GaAs photocathodes and combined by a switched combiner field. We observed the combined beams on a YAG crystal and measured the photocurrent by a Faraday cup. The gun has been shipped to Stony Brook University and is being tested there. In this paper we will describe the major components of the gun and recent beam test results. High voltage conditioning is discussed as well.

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WEPMA042

Experience and Developments on the S-band RF Power System of the FERMI Linac

klystron, operation, linac, FEL

2856

A. Fabris, P. Delgiusto, F. Pribaz, N. Sodomaco, R. Umer, L. Veljak
Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy

The S-band linac of FERMI, the seeded Free Electron Laser (FEL) located at the Elettra laboratory in Trieste, operates on a 24/7 basis accumulating more than 6000 hours of operation per year. The performance and operability requirements of a users facility pose stringent specifications on reliability and availability on all the systems of the machine and in particular on the RF power plants. This paper provides a review and discusses the operational experience with the S-band power plants, klystrons and modulators, operating at S-band in FERMI. Based on the satisfactorily results and following return of experience, upgrades of the existing power plants are being implemented in the continuous effort of extending the operability and availability of the systems. A description of these activities and an overview of the other developments under consideration on the RF power plants are also provided.

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WEPMN037

High Power Klystron Amplifiers for the PLS & PLS-II Storage Ring

klystron, operation, storage-ring, cathode

3012

M.-H. Chun, Y.D. Joo, H.J. Park, I.S. Park, Y.U. Sohn, I.H. Yu
PAL, Pohang, Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea

Funding: Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning in Korea
The RF system of the Pohang Light Source-II (PLS-II) storage ring is operating at the 3.0 GeV/340 mA with three superconducting RF cavities. PLS-II RF system was upgraded to 3.0 GeV/400 mA (max.) beam storage from 2.5 GeV/ 200 mA of PLS. Each high power RF (HPRF) station is composed of a 300 kW klystron with power supplies, transmission components including a 350 kW circulator and load, and water cooling system. The klystrons are generally operated as a RF power source with high gain amplification for RF system of light sources. This paper describes the present operation status of 300 kW klystron amplifier and experiences of the former PLS 75 kW klystron amplifiers as well as RF system.
*Supported by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning in Korea

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WEPMN050

A Pinger Magnet System for the ALBA Synchrotron Light Source

storage-ring, kicker, electron, simulation

3039

M. Pont, N. Ayala, G. Benedetti, M. Carlà, Z. Martí, R. Núñez-Prieto
ALBA-CELLS Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

A pinger magnet system consisting of two short kickers, one for each transversal plane, has been recently commissioned at the ALBA Synchrotron Light Source. The kickers can excite large betatron oscillations on the electron beam in order to probe the linear and non-linear beam dynamics regime together with the turn-by turn capabilities of the BPMs. The kickers are mounted in a single Ti coated ceramic vacuum chamber, have a length of 0.3 m each and provide a half sine pulse with a pulse length of 1 μs at an amplitude of 1.4 mrad and the pulser unit is based on solid state technology. This report summarises the steps followed from its design until its installation, electric and magnetic characterisation in the laboratory, and the first results with beam.

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WEPTY014

Development of Fast Kickers for the APS MBA Upgrade

kicker, impedance, simulation, injection

3286

C. Yao, J. Carwardine, A.R. Cours, F. Lenkszus, R.R. Lindberg, L.H. Morrison, X. Sun, J. Wang, F. Westferro, A. Xiao
ANL, Argonne, Illinois, USA

Funding: *Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
The APS multi-bend achromat (MBA) upgrade storage ring will support two bunch fill patterns: a 48-singlets and a 324-singlets. A “swap out” injection scheme is adopted. In order to minimize the beam loss and residual oscillation of injected beam and to minimize the perturbation of stored beam during a swap-on injection, the rise, fall, and flat-top parts of the kicker pulse must be held within a 22.8-ns interval. Traditional ferrite-core-type kickers can’t meet the timing requirements; therefore, we decided to use stripline-type kickers. We have completed a preliminary design of a prototype kicker geometry. Procurement of the pulser supply and other components of an evaluation system is under way. We report the specification and design of the fast kicker and current status.

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WEPTY027

Kicker Pulsers for Recycler Nova Upgrades

cathode, kicker, impedance, controls

3324

C.C. Jensen
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA

Funding: Fermilab is operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the United States Department of Energy.
An upgrade of the Recycler injection kicker system required a faster rise time pulser. This system required a field rise and fall time of < 57 ns and a field flattop of 1.6 μs. This paper describes the variety of improvements made over the years that have resulted in this latest thyratron pulser. The effects of the trigger, the reservoir and the load impedance on delay and rise time will be discussed.

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WEPTY042

Pulsed Power Systems for ESS Klystrons

klystron, operation, electronics, neutron

3368

M.P.J. Gaudreau, M.K. Kempkes, I. Roth
Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
P.A. Dupire
Sigma Phi Electronics, Wissembourg, France
J.D. Holzmann
Sigmaphi, Vannes, France

Funding: DE-SC0004254
Under an SBIR from DOE, Diversified Technologies, Inc. (DTI) has designed and built an advanced, high-voltage solid-state modulator for long pulse klystrons for ESS. In 2014, DTI, in partnership with SigmaPhi Electronics, received two contracts for production and installation of this design for ESS-class modulators, which will be used for the testing and conditioning of ESS klystron tubes and testing of RF components. This modulator design uses a hybrid configuration (solid state switch and pulse transformer) with an advanced switching regulator to maintain a very flat voltage into the klystron over multi-millisecond pulses. This paper will describe the design and testing of these modulators, and the status of their installation. The major development introduced in this design is that the millisecond-long pulses produce a droop voltage of about 10% with a reasonably-sized capacitor bank–much larger than the 1% droop required. To eliminate the droop without a large and expensive capacitor bank, the modulator uses a non-dissipative regulator.

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WEPTY043

Short Pulse Marx Modulator

controls, flattop, network, collider

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R.A. Phillips, M.P.J. Gaudreau, M.K. Kempkes, B.E. Simpson
Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
J.A. Casey
Rockfield Research Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Funding: DE-SC0004251
High energy, short-pulse modulators are being re-examined for the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) and numerous X-Band accelerator designs. At the very high voltages required for these systems, all of the existing designs are based on pulse transformers, which significantly limit their performance and efficiency. There is not a fully optimized, transformer-less modulator design capable of meeting the demanding requirements of very high voltage pulses at short pulse widths. Under a U.S. Department of Energy grant, Diversified Technologies, Inc. (DTI) has completed development of a short pulse, solid-state Marx modulator. The modulator is designed for high efficiency in the 100 kV to 500 kV range, for currents up to 250 A, pulse lengths of 0.2 to 5.0 μs, and risetimes <300 ns. Key objectives of the development effort were modularity and scalability, combined with low cost and ease of manufacture. For short-pulse modulators, this Marx topology provides a means to achieve fast risetimes and flattop control that are not available with hard switch or transformer-coupled topologies.

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Proton Beam of 2 MeV 1.6 mA on a Tandem Accelerator with Vacuum Insulation

neutron, vacuum, proton, ion

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S.Yu. Taskaev, D.A. Kasatov, A.S. Kuznetsov, A.N. Makarov, I.M. Shchudlo, I.N. Sorokin
BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

Funding: The research is conducted with the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (a unique identifier for applied scientific research – RFMEFI60414X0066).
New type of charged particles accelerator, tandem accelerator with vacuum insulation, was proposed in BINP. The accelerator is characterized by fast acceleration of charged particles, long distance between ion beam and insulator (on which electrodes are mounted), big stored energy in the accelerating gaps and strong input electrostatic lens. High-voltage strength of vacuum gaps, dark currents, ion beam focusing, accelerating and stripping were investigated. Stationary proton beam with 2 MeV energy, 1.6 mA current has just been obtained. The beam is characterized by high energy monochromaticity – 0.1%, and high current stability – 0.5%. Here we report the results of these investigations and discuss the proposal for obtaining 2.5 MeV 3 mA proton beam. The accelerator is considered to be a part of epithermal neutron source for boron neutron capture therapy and monoenergetic neutron source for calibration of dark matter detector.

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