Oct 22 – 27, 2023
Lahan Select Gyeongju, South Korea
Asia/Seoul timezone

RF reference distribution and operation experiences in PAL-XFEL

Oct 24, 2023, 2:30 PM
20m
Poster Timing Timing

Speaker

Chang-Ki Min (PAL, POSTECH)

Description

XFELs require high-end timing synchronization in a femtosecond time scale, which is related to the short electron bunch length, phase space stability, and diagnosis of those. In the experiment side, the timing error of optical femtosecond laser pulses is also better to be less than their pulse duration for their time-correlation measurement. PAL-XFEL has been operated since 2016 based on coaxial RF distribution and ultralow phase noise DROs, which gives less than 1 femtosecond jitters. The drift can be managed using a beam-based feedback for the stable lasing condition. For the experimental lasers, a commercial optical links with phase stabilization and a home built Sagnoc PLL system has been utilized.

Keyword Phase distribution, Free electron laser, Ultralow phasenoise oscillator, femtosecond synchronization

Primary author

Chang-Ki Min (PAL, POSTECH)

Co-authors

Changbum Kim (PAL, POSTECH) Gyujin Kim (PAL, POSTECH) Heung-Sik Kang (PAL, POSTECH) Hoon Heo (PAL, POSTECH) Inhyuk Nam (PAL, POSTECH) Jinyul Hu (PAL, POSTECH) Seonghoon Jung (PAL, POSTECH)

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