RF System Upgrades to the Advanced Photon Source Linear Accelerator in Support of the Fel Operation

The S-band linear accelerator, which was built to be the source of particles and the front end of the Advanced Photon Source injector, is now also being used to support a low-energy undulator test line (LEUTL) and to drive a free-electron laser (FEL). The more severe rf stability requirements of the FEL have resulted in an effort to identify sources of phase and amplitude instability and implement corresponding upgrades to the rf generation chain and the measurement system. Test data and improvements implemented and planned are describedComment: LC 2000 (3 pages, 6 figures

Testing and Implementation Progress on the Advanced Photon Source (APS) Linear Accelerator (Linac) High-Power S-band Switching System

An S-band linear accelerator is the source of particles and the front end of the Advanced Photon Source injector. In addition, it supports a low-energy undulator test line (LEUTL) and drives a free-electron laser (FEL). A waveguide-switching and distribution system is now under construction. The system configuration was revised to be consistent with the recent change to electron-only operation. There are now six modulator-klystron subsystems, two of which are being configured to act as hot spares for two S-band transmitters each, so that no single failure will prevent injector operation. The two subsystems are also used to support additional LEUTL capabilities and off-line testing. Design considerations for the waveguide-switching subsystem, topology selection, control and protection provisions, high-power test results, and current status are describedComment: Linac 2000 paper No. THE07 3 pages with 3 figure

High peak power test of S-band waveguide switches

The injector and source of particles for the Advanced Photon Source (APS) is a 2856-MHz S-band electron-positron linear accelerator (linac) which produces electrons with energies up to 650 MeV or positrons with energies up to 450 MeV. To improve the linac rf system availability, an additional modulator-klystron subsystem is being constructed to provide a switchable hot spare unit for each of the five existing S-band transmitters. The switching of the transmitters will require the use of SF6-pressurized waveguide switches at a peak operating power of 35 MW. A test stand was set up at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) Klystron-Microwave laboratory to conduct tests characterizing the power handling capability of these waveguide switches. Test results are presented

An overview of the APS 352-MHz rf systems

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) is a 7-GeV full energy positron storage ring for generating synchrotron radiation with an injector. The booster synchrotron rf system consists o a single 1-MW klystron which drives four five-cell cavities at 352 MHz. The storage ring cavities consist of four groups of four single cells powered by two 1-MW klystrons for 100-mA operation. An overview of the operation of the APS 352-MHz rf systems is presented

Design and testing of a high power, ultra-high vacuum, dual-directional coupler for the Advanced Photon Source (APS) linear accelerator

Leaks and cracks have developed in the vacuum windows of the linac WR 284 waveguide directional couplers. In the existing coupler design the vacuum window is brazed to the waveguide. Replacement of a cracked window requires the removal of the component from the waveguide system resulting in a loss of vacuum in the waveguide. A new design has been developed and a prototype tested that utilizes bolted-in vacuum windows and allows for easier replacement of the windows in the system, while still providing suitable radio frequency (rf) specifications

A high peak power S-band switching system for the Advanced Photon Source (APS) Linear Accelerator (Linac).

An S-band linear accelerator is the source of particles and front end of the Advanced Photon Source [1] injector. Additionally, it will be used to support a low-energy undulator test line (LEUTL) and to drive a free-electron laser (FEL). To provide maximum linac availability for all uses, an additional modulator-klystron subsystem has been built,and a waveguide-switching and distribution subsystem is now under construction. The combined subsystems provide a hot spare for any of the five S-band transmitters that power the lina cand have been given the additional function of powering an rf gun test stand whenever they are not otherwise needed. Design considerations for the waveguide-switching subsystem, topology selection, timing, control, and system protection provisions are described

RF and Beam Diagnostic Instrumentation at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) Linear Accelerator (Linac)

A system of beam diagnostics and rf phase and amplitude measurement, based mostly on VXI, was implemented at the APS Linac and has now operated successfully for more than two years. Standardization of instrumentation among the various APS accelerators accounted for some of the non-VXI packaged equipment that was used. Equipment for which the optimum topology or location did not lend itself to VXI was also accommodated so as to yield the greatest stability, reliability, and flexibility. The APS Linac instrumentation is described, and operational performance is discussed. Future plans, including an expansion to include a switchable spare klystron (which can be accommodated with only minor changes to the VXI-housed equipment) and a beam position monitor using frequency domain analysis to provide improved determination of positron position in a mixed-particle beam condition are also discussed

Bunch length measurements at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) linear accelerator

Measurements of the APS linac micro-bunch length are performed by backphasing a single 2856-MHz, S-band linac waveguide and using a downstream spectrometer to observe the beam. By measuring the beam width in the dispersive plane as a function of rf power into the linac waveguide, the bunch length can be determined absolutely provided the beam energy and dispersion at the spectrometer are known. The bunch length determined in this fashion is used to calibrate a fifth-harmonic bunch length cavity which is used for real-time bunch length monitoring

Review of the APS SR RF systems.

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) is a 7-GeV full energy storage ring (SR) for generating synchrotron radiation with an injector. The storage ring cavities consist of four groups of four single cells powered by up to four 1-MW klystrons for up to 300-mA operation. A review of the operation of the rf system as well as rf-related beam dynamics is presented. This review includes rf power distribution, low-level feedback, control law, beam loading, beam instabilities, higher-order modes, and beam-induced multipactoring