STUDIES OF ENERGY RECOVERY LINACS AT ... - CASA

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FIG. 4.6: A screenshot of a typical HOM resonance curve. Markers are placed at the center frequency and at the −3 dB points to extract the QL. modes created difficulty because only a partial bandwidth could be measured. In such cases the ±45 ◦ points of the phase spectrum were used to calculate the band- width. A summary of the measured data is presented in graphical form and given in Appendix C. 4.6.2 Beam-based HOM Polarization Measurements In light of Eq. (4.21), an important parameter in characterizing HOMs is the polarization of the modes. Prior to experimentally measuring these values, BBU simulations were performed with dipole HOM pairs assigned orientations of 0 ◦ and 90 ◦ and then repeated with orientations of 90 ◦ and 0 ◦ degrees, with the threshold taken as the lowest of the two cases. Essentially only worst case scenarios were sim- ulated. In principle, bead pull measurements can be used to extract mode polariza- tions. However, the small geometric perturbations from cavity to cavity introduced 101 during the fabrication process leads to a unique HOM spectrum for each cavity.

Consequently, depending on the extent of the perturbations, the same mode can be oriented differently from one cavity to the next. Therefore, it becomes necessary to use beam-based methods to accurately measure HOM polarizations. The measurement required that only the first pass beam be transported through the linac. To prevent the second pass (energy recovered) beam from propagating through the linac, the beam was directed to an insertable dump in the recirculator. Because it is a low power dump it could only tolerate tune-up beam (250 µs long macropulses with a 4.678 MHz bunch repetition rate every 2 Hz). Initial attempts to measure the polarizations used a NWA to excite a specific HOM frequency through the cavity HOM coupler. Using a downstream BPM, the resulting displacement in the vertical and horizontal planes due to the angular kick imparted to the beam by the dipole HOM could be monitored and used to calculate the polarization. In principle this is a straightforward measurement, but was never successful because cw beam is required to adequately couple to the HOM. The experimental setup that finally enabled the polarizations to be measured was based on the idea that, rather than excite the HOM externally and measure its effect on the beam, one should use the electron beam to excite the HOM and measure the response of the HOM itself. When the beam passes through a cavity, it can excite cavity HOMs. The voltage of dipole HOMs induced by a beam pulse depends on a number of beam and HOM parameters such as the bunch repetition rate, pulse length and the HOM frequency. However, most importantly for our measurement is the fact that the voltage of dipole HOMs depends linearly on the beam displacement in the cavity. The beam was displaced in each plane independently using either an upstream vertical corrector or a horizontal corrector. The corrector was changed by ±150 G- cm, in increments of 50 G-cm, from its nominal setpoint while the response of the 102 HOM of interest was measured by a network analyzer, zero-spanned at the frequency

Consequently, depending on the extent of the perturbations, the same mode can be<br />

oriented differently from one cavity to the next. Therefore, it becomes necessary to<br />

use beam-based methods to accurately measure HOM polarizations.<br />

The measurement required that only the first pass beam be transported through<br />

the linac. To prevent the second pass (energy recovered) beam from propagating<br />

through the linac, the beam was directed to an insertable dump in the recirculator.<br />

Because it is a low power dump it could only tolerate tune-up beam (250 µs long<br />

macropulses with a 4.678 MHz bunch repetition rate every 2 Hz).<br />

Initial attempts to measure the polarizations used a NWA to excite a specific<br />

HOM frequency through the cavity HOM coupler. Using a downstream BPM, the<br />

resulting displacement in the vertical and horizontal planes due to the angular kick<br />

imparted to the beam by the dipole HOM could be monitored and used to calculate<br />

the polarization. In principle this is a straightforward measurement, but was never<br />

successful because cw beam is required to adequately couple to the HOM.<br />

The experimental setup that finally enabled the polarizations to be measured<br />

was based on the idea that, rather than excite the HOM externally and measure<br />

its effect on the beam, one should use the electron beam to excite the HOM and<br />

measure the response of the HOM itself. When the beam passes through a cavity,<br />

it can excite cavity HOMs. The voltage of dipole HOMs induced by a beam pulse<br />

depends on a number of beam and HOM parameters such as the bunch repetition<br />

rate, pulse length and the HOM frequency. However, most importantly for our<br />

measurement is the fact that the voltage of dipole HOMs depends linearly on the<br />

beam displacement in the cavity.<br />

The beam was displaced in each plane independently using either an upstream<br />

vertical corrector or a horizontal corrector. The corrector was changed by ±150 G-<br />

cm, in increments of 50 G-cm, from its nominal setpoint while the response of the<br />

102<br />

HOM of interest was measured by a network analyzer, zero-spanned at the frequency

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