Low Level Radio Frequency Workshop 2019

US/Central
Swissotel Chicago

Swissotel Chicago

323 W. Upper Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601
Brian Chase (FNAL), Tim Berenc (Argonne National Laboratory)
    • 6:00 PM 8:00 PM
      Welcome Reception & Check-In 2h
    • 8:00 AM 8:30 AM
      Check-In 30m
    • 8:30 AM 8:45 AM
      Welcome
      slides
    • 8:45 AM 9:30 AM
      Keynote: PIP-II: Powering Discoveries in High Energy Physics 45m
      Speaker: Dr Lia Merminga (FNAL)
      Slides
    • 9:30 AM 11:30 AM
      Lab Talks
      Convener: Alessandro Ratti (SLAC)
      • 9:30 AM
        LLRF Status & Developmental Activities at the SNS 10m
        Speaker: Mark Crofford (ORNL)
        Slides
      • 9:40 AM
        LLRF Status & Activities at PSI 10m
        Speaker: Roger Kalt (PSI)
        Slides
      • 9:50 AM
        BNL Lab Talk 10m
        Speaker: Tom Hayes (BNL)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        CERN Lab Talk 10m
        Speaker: Dr Wolfgang HOFLE (CERN)
        Slides
      • 10:10 AM
        SLAC Lab Status 10m
        Speaker: Andrew Benwell (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 10:20 AM
        JLAB Lab Talk 10m
        Speaker: Tomasz Plawski (JLAB)
        Slides
      • 10:30 AM
        Coffee Break 30m Swissotel Chicago

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      • 11:00 AM
        LBNL Lab Talk 10m
        Speaker: Gang Huang (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 11:10 AM
        DESY Lab Talk 10m
        Speaker: Holger Schlarb (DESY)
        Slides
      • 11:20 AM
        KEK Lab Talk 10m
        Speaker: Toshihiro Matsumoto (KEK)
        Slides
    • 11:30 AM 3:00 PM
      Systems & Operations I
      Convener: Dr Wolfgang HOFLE (CERN)
      • 11:30 AM
        A Description of the Principles of Operation of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory 30m
        Speaker: Richard Abbott (LIGO)
        Slides
      • 12:00 PM
        RF and Beam Stabilities at SwissFEL 30m
        Speaker: Roger Kalt (PSI)
        Slides
      • 12:30 PM
        Lunch 1h 30m Swissotel Chicago

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      • 2:00 PM
        A Tutorial of Phase Noise 1h
        Speaker: Enrico Rubiola (FEMTO-ST Institute)
        Slides
    • 3:00 PM 4:10 PM
      Systems & Operations II
      Convener: Dr Wolfgang HOFLE (CERN)
      • 3:00 PM
        Achievements and New Challenges for CERN's Digital LLRF Family 20m
        Speaker: Maria Elena Angoletta (CERN)
        Slides
      • 3:20 PM
        The Status of the Low Level RF Control Systems for the J-PARC Accelerator Complex 20m
        Speaker: Yoshii Masahito (KEK)
        Slides
      • 3:40 PM
        Coffee Break 30m Swissotel Chicago

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    • 4:10 PM 5:40 PM
      Systems & Operations III
      Convener: Dr Mariusz Grecki (DESY)
      • 4:10 PM
        Automation Algorithms for LLRF Operation 30m
        Speaker: Mr Julien Branlard (DESY)
        Slides
      • 4:40 PM
        APS-U LLRF Systems 20m
        Speaker: Mr Tim Berenc (Argonne National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 5:00 PM
        Software Development for APS-Upgrade LLRF 20m
        Speaker: Timothy Madden (ANL)
        Slides
      • 5:20 PM
        Fermilab Booster Synchrotron LLRF Upgrade 20m
        Speaker: Ed Cullerton (Fermilab)
        Slides
    • 8:30 AM 8:35 AM
      Announcements
    • 8:35 AM 9:20 AM
      Tutorial - LLRF for Rings and Colliders 45m
      Speaker: Kevin Smith (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
      Slides
    • 9:20 AM 11:00 AM
      Systems & Operations IV
      Convener: Toshihiro Matsumoto (KEK)
      • 9:20 AM
        Digital LLRF System for Advanced Light Source 30m
        Speaker: Qiang Du (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 9:50 AM
        Progress on the ISIS Synchrotron Digital Low Level RF System Upgrade 20m
        Speaker: Andrew Seville (UKRI/STFC/ISIS)
        Slides
      • 10:10 AM
        LCLS-II Gun/Buncher LLRF for the Early Injector Commissioning 20m
        Speaker: Gang Huang (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 10:30 AM
        Coffee Break 30m Swissotel Chicago

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    • 11:00 AM 12:10 PM
      Phase Reference & Beam Measurements
      Convener: Kevin Smith (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
      • 11:00 AM
        Phase Measurement Between the Mode Locked Laser and the 3 GHz RF System at AWAKE Using a Mach Zehnder Interferometer 30m
        Speaker: Dr Benjamin Woolley (CERN)
        Slides
      • 11:30 AM
        Vector Sum Control 20m
        Speaker: Dr Mariusz Grecki (DESY)
        Slides
      • 11:50 AM
        Design and Status of the Phase Reference Line for the European Spallation Source 20m
        Speaker: Krzysztof Czuba (Warsaw University of Technology)
        Slides
    • 12:10 PM 12:30 PM
      Student Grant Talks
      Convener: Kevin Smith (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
      • 12:10 PM
        Studies in LLRF Control for Superconducting RF Cavities 5m
        Speaker: Jorge Diaz Cruz (University of New Mexico)
        Slides
      • 12:15 PM
        A One Turn Delay Feedback with Fixed Clock. Application to the CERN SPS Synchrotron 5m
        Speaker: Javier Galindo (UPC)
        Slides
      • 12:20 PM
        Preliminary Considerations on Parameter Estimation of Superconducting Cavities in CW Operations 5m
        Speaker: Andrea Bellandi (DESY)
        Slides
      • 12:25 PM
        Precision X-Band RF Control System 5m
        Speaker: Matthias Reukauff (DESY)
        Slides
    • 12:30 PM 2:00 PM
      Lunch
    • 2:00 PM 3:50 PM
      Poster Session I
      • 2:00 PM
        Low phase noise (PN) master oscillator (MO) generation and distribution for ALS and ALS-U 1m
        Speaker: M. Betz (Lawrence Berkeley Labs)
        Slides
      • 2:02 PM
        Energy Measurement and Stabilization for LERec 2m
        Speaker: Kevin Mernick (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 2:04 PM
        Preliminary Considerations on Parameter Estimation of Superconducting Cavities 2m
        Speaker: Mr Andrea Bellandi (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY))
        Slides
      • 2:06 PM
        Operational Experience of the Drift Compensation Module at the European XFEL and FLASH 2m
        Speaker: Christian Schmidt (DESY)
        Slides
      • 2:08 PM
        Femtosecond Precision Synchronisation System of the European XFEL 2m
        Speaker: Holger Schlarb (DESY)
        Slides
      • 2:10 PM
        Precision X-Band RF Control System 2m
        Speaker: Matthias Reukauff (DESY)
        Slides
      • 2:12 PM
        Drift Compensation Module Based on Pilot-Tone Injection 2m
        Speaker: Uros Mavric (DESY)
        Slides
      • 2:14 PM
        Design and Performance of ESS Phase Reference Line Output Modules 2m
        Speaker: Mateusz Zukocinski
        Poster
      • 2:16 PM
        LLRF Systems for ESS Elliptical Cavities - DMCS-LUT Contribution Status 2m
        Speaker: Wojciech Cichalewski
        Slides
      • 2:18 PM
        Redundancy System for the European XFEL Master Oscillator 2m
        Speaker: Bartosz Gasowski
      • 2:20 PM
        Characterization of the Micro TCA.4-Based, 8 Channel Direct Sampling, Single Channel Up-Converter Board 2m
        Speaker: Uros Mavric (DESY)
        Slides
      • 2:22 PM
        ESS Master Oscillator to Main Phase Reference Line Connection with Active Drift Compensation 2m
        Speaker: Dominik Sikora
        Poster
      • 2:24 PM
        Master Oscillator and Timing System for ESS 2m
        Speaker: Anders Svensson
      • 2:26 PM
        Phase Reference Distribution System for SINBAD Accelerator Research Facility - Status Update 2m
        Speaker: Maciej Urbanski
      • 2:28 PM
        Phase Noise of Frequency Dividers 2m
        Speaker: Igor Rutkowski
      • 2:30 PM
        Beam Loading Compensation of LANSCE Digital Low Level Radio Frequency System 2m
        Speaker: Sungil Kwon (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
        Poster
      • 2:32 PM
        Direct-Sampling CW Digital Low-Level RF for 50 MHz Cyclotrons at PSI 2m
        Speaker: Roger Kalt (Paul Scherrer Institut)
        Slides
      • 2:34 PM
        Next Generation Digital LLRF Platform at PSI 2m
        Speaker: Roger Kalt (Paul Scherrer Institut)
        Slides
      • 2:36 PM
        SNS Frequency Conversion Chassis (FRCC) Upgrade for PPU 2m
        Speaker: Mark Crofford (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 2:38 PM
        Spallation Neutron Source Proton Power Upgrade Field Control Module 2m
        Speaker: Mark Crofford (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 2:40 PM
        Spallation Neutron Source Proton Power Upgrade High Power Protection Module 2m
        Speaker: Mark Crofford (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 2:42 PM
        Fermilab 3.9 GHz RF Signal Processing for LCLS-II Cryomodule Test Stand 2m
        Speaker: Ed Cullerton (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 2:44 PM
        X-Band RF Fronted for Low-Level RF 2m
        Speaker: Dietrich Alexander
        Slides
      • 2:46 PM
        Status Update from MicroTCA.4 Based LLRF Systems for TARLA and NICA 2m
        Speaker: Cagil Gumus
      • 2:48 PM
        A One Turn Delay Feedback with Fixed Clock. Application to the CERN SPS Synchrotron 2m
        Speaker: Mr Javier Galindo (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya / CERN)
      • 2:50 PM
        Studies in LLRF Control for Superconducting RF Cavities 2m
        Speaker: Jorge Diaz Cruz
        Slides
      • 2:52 PM
        LLRF Upgrade and Dual-Harmonic Operation at SIS18 2m
        Speaker: Dieter Lens
        Slides
      • 2:54 PM
        Development of a Zynq-Based Laser Timing System for LEReC 2m
        Speaker: Geetha Narayan
        Slides
      • 2:56 PM
        The CEBAF Third Generation LLRF System, LLRF 3.0 2m
        Speaker: Dr Tomasz Plawski (JLAB)
        Slides
      • 2:58 PM
        Hardware In Loop Testing of LLRF Firmware 2m
        Speaker: Carlos Serrano
      • 3:00 PM
        Upgrade of the SPS LLRF Beam-Based Loops on the MicroTCA Platform 2m
        Speaker: Arthur Spierer
        Slides
      • 3:02 PM
        Update on the Synchronization Between LLRF and Laser at AWA 2m
        Speaker: Wanming Liu (HEP, ANL)
        Poster
      • 3:04 PM
        Development of Precision Timing Systems for Future LCLS Operation 2m
        Speaker: Justin May (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 3:06 PM
        ATCA LLRF System for ASU Compact FEL 2m
        Speaker: Andrew Young (SLAC)
      • 3:08 PM
        Waveform Feature Implementation for FRIB LLRF Controllers 2m
        Speaker: Shen Zhao
        Slides
    • 3:50 PM 4:20 PM
      Coffee Break
    • 4:20 PM 6:00 PM
      Poster Session II
      • 4:20 PM
        New HW Platform for ALBA DLLRF 1m
        Speaker: Angela Salom (ALBA)
        Slides
      • 4:21 PM
        DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BREAKDOWN ANALYSIS SYSTEM IN THE FERMI LLRF 2m
        Speaker: M. Milloch
        Slides
      • 4:23 PM
        Operation of PAL-XFEL LLRF 2m
        Speaker: Jinyul Hu
        Slides
      • 4:25 PM
        Maintenance and Inventory Management of an LLRF System 2m
        Speaker: Annika Rosner (DESY)
        Slides
      • 4:27 PM
        Operation Experience With Klystron Lifetime Management System at European-XFEL 2m
        Speaker: Lukasz Butkowski (DESY)
        Slides
      • 4:29 PM
        FRIB RF Expert Application Using Python 2m
        Speaker: Harsh Maniar (FRIB)
        Slides
      • 4:31 PM
        Beam Stabilization and Instrumentation Systems Based on Internet of Things Technology 2m
        Speaker: Dr David McGinnis (Fermilab)
        Poster
      • 4:33 PM
        Redundant and Remote Manageable Power Supply Concept Developed and Deployed at the European XFEL 2m
        Speaker: Bartlomiej Szczepanski (DESY)
        Slides
      • 4:35 PM
        Impedance Reduction of the High-Frequency Cavities in the CERN PS by Multi-Harmonic Feedback 2m
        Speaker: Heiko Damerau (CERN)
        Slides
      • 4:37 PM
        Status and Performance of the ESS Cavity Simulator 2m
        Speaker: Maciej Grzegrzolka
      • 4:39 PM
        The SPS 200 MHz MicroTCA Cavity-Controller 2m
        Speaker: Julien Egli (CERN)
        Slides
      • 4:41 PM
        Commissioning the LCLS-II LLRF System in the LERF Cryomodule Test Facility 2m
        Speaker: Mr Curt Hovater (Jefferson Lab)
        Slides
      • 4:43 PM
        bERLinPro Active Microphonics Compensation 2m
        Speaker: Andriy Ushakov (DESY)
      • 4:45 PM
        Control Algorithms and Hardware-In-The-Loop Test Using Virtual SRF Cavity 2m
        Speaker: Josu Jugo (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU)
        Slides
      • 4:47 PM
        CEBAF C100 Fault Classification Based on Time Domain RF Signals 2m
        Speaker: Mr Tom Powers (Jefferson Lab)
        Slides
      • 4:49 PM
        Light Proton Therapy Linac LLRF System 2m
        Speaker: Borut Baricevic
        Poster
      • 4:51 PM
        Development of LLRF for CERN's Linac 4 2m
        Speaker: Bartosz Bielawski (CERN)
      • 4:53 PM
        Preliminary Long Pulse Operation Study of Superconducting Cavities Cryomodule CMTB 2m
        Speaker: Wojciech Cichalewski (Lodz University of Technology)
        Slides
      • 4:55 PM
        HIAF Bring LLRF Design Progress 2m
        Speaker: Yan Cong (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
      • 4:57 PM
        Compensated Phase Jump at Transition Crossing in the CERN PS 2m
        Speaker: Heiko Damerau (CERN)
        Slides
      • 4:59 PM
        LLRF Control Operational Aspects of the BESSY-VSR Upgrade 2m
        Speaker: Dr Pablo Echevarria (Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin)
        Slides
      • 5:01 PM
        Digital LLRF Development at Diamond Light Source 2m
        Speaker: Pengda Gu (Diamond Light Source)
        Slides
      • 5:03 PM
        LLRF System Used for Testing the RFQ Prototype of MYRRHA 2m
        Speaker: Joly Christophe (IPNO)
        Slides
      • 5:05 PM
        A µTCA-Based Low Level RF System Prototype for MYRRHA 100 MeV Project 2m
        Speaker: Christophe Joly (IPNO)
        Slides
      • 5:07 PM
        Operation of CLARA at Daresbury Laboratory and LLRF Activities 2m
        Speaker: Mr Andrew Moss (STFC)
        Slides
      • 5:09 PM
        Current Status of LLRF Feedforward and Set-Point Optimization for SRF Cavities at XFEL/FLASH Using Different Approaches 2m
        Speaker: Sven Pfeiffer (DESY)
      • 5:11 PM
        Sirius Digital Low-Level RF Status 2m
        Speaker: André Pontes Barbosa Lima (LNLS (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory))
        Slides
      • 5:13 PM
        Design and Performance of the LLRF Control System for CSNS LINAC 2m
        Speaker: Linyan Rong (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
        Slides
      • 5:15 PM
        LUCRECE DLLRF Status 2m
        Speaker: Rajesh Sreedharan (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
        Poster
      • 5:17 PM
        The Feedback System for the Longitudinal Coupled-Bunch Instabilities in the J-PARC Main Ring 2m
        Speaker: Yasuyuki Sugiyama (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization)
        Slides
      • 5:19 PM
        LLRF System for the Fermilab PIP-II 650 MHz STC 2m
        Speaker: Philip Varghese (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 5:21 PM
        An Arria10 SOM Based FPGA Controller for LLRF Applications 2m
        Speaker: Philip Varghese (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 5:23 PM
        Overview of Research and Development on LLRF in IMP 2m
        Speaker: Zhe Xu (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Science)
      • 5:25 PM
        The Low Level RF Control System of PLS-II Storage Ring at 400 mA 3.0 GeV 2m
        Speaker: Inha Yu (Pohang Accelerator Laboratory)
        Poster
      • 5:27 PM
        Design and Status of LLRF System for PREF 2m
        Speaker: Ruifeng Zhang (Institute of Modern Physics)
      • 5:29 PM
        Status of the LLRF System for SARAF Project Phase II 2m
        Speaker: Lu Zhao (CEA)
        Slides
    • 8:30 AM 8:35 AM
      Announcements
    • 8:35 AM 9:20 AM
      Tutorial - Heavy Beam Loading and Collective Effects 45m
      Speaker: Mr Dmitry Teytelman (Dimtel, Inc.)
      Slides
    • 9:20 AM 10:30 AM
      Hardware and Timing
      Convener: Mark Crofford (ORNL)
      • 9:20 AM
        20 GHz, 8-Channel, Low Noise LLRF System 30m
        Speaker: Tony Rohlev (TSR Engineering)
        Slides
      • 9:50 AM
        Up-Gradation and Operational Experiences in LLRF System of Indus-2 ISynchrotron Radiation Source 20m
        Speaker: Pritam S. Bagduwal (RRCAT)
      • 10:10 AM
        Latest Developments on Field Detection Using Automated Carrier Suppression in the Attosecond Regime for CW Signals 20m
        Speaker: Louise Springer (DESY)
        Slides
    • 10:30 AM 11:00 AM
      Coffee Break
    • 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
      RF Controls, Models & Simulations
      Convener: Dr Tomasz Plawski (JLAB)
      • 11:00 AM
        Perspectives on Cavity Field Control 30m
        Speaker: Olof Troeng (Lund University)
        Slides
      • 11:30 AM
        First Implementation and Tests of a Smith Predictor for the LLRF Controller at the RF Guns of FLASH, PITZ and XFEL 20m
        Speaker: Matthias Hoffmann (DESY)
        Slides
      • 11:50 AM
        Fast Power Protection and Interlocking for Modern LLRF Systems 20m
        Speaker: Dr Daniel Valuch (CERN)
        Slides
      • 12:10 PM
        Resonance Control System for PIP-II 650 MHz STC at Fermilab 20m
        Speaker: Philip Varghese (Fermilab)
        Slides
    • 12:30 PM 2:00 PM
      Lunch
    • 2:00 PM 3:50 PM
      Advanced Topics and New Trends
      Convener: Angela Salom
      • 2:00 PM
        Open Source LLRF Stack 30m
        Speaker: Carlos Serrano (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 2:30 PM
        Digital Frequency-Stability Measurement of Cryogenic Sapphire Oscillators 20m
        Speaker: Enrico Rubiola (FEMTO-ST Institute)
        Slides
      • 2:50 PM
        SLAC UED RF Control System Upgrade 20m
        Speaker: Lili Ma (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 3:10 PM
        Machine Learning Based RF and Cryogenic System Control for SRF Linacs 20m
        Speaker: Faya Wang (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 3:30 PM
        Low-Level RF Fine Tuning for Two-Bunch Operation at SwissFEL 20m
        Speaker: Roger Kalt (PSI)
        Slides
    • 5:30 PM 6:00 PM
      Board buses for Social Event
    • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
      Odyssey Cruise Ship Boarding
    • 8:30 AM 8:35 AM
      Announcements
    • 8:35 AM 11:15 AM
      Superconducting RF
      Convener: Mr Curt Hovater (Jefferson Lab)
      • 8:35 AM
        Reaching Design Energy and RF Operation Status at the European XFEL 30m
        Speaker: Mr Julien Branlard (DESY)
        Slides
      • 9:05 AM
        Status and Lessons Learned from the ESS LLRF System Development 20m
        Speaker: Anders J. Johansson (Lund University)
        Slides
      • 9:25 AM
        Status of FLASH RF System, Recent Progress and Near Future Upgrades 20m
        Speaker: Christian Schmidt (DESY)
        Slides
      • 9:45 AM
        LCLS-II LLRF - Design, Production and Early Test Results 20m
        Speaker: Andrew Benwell (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 10:05 AM
        Ponderomotive Instability of RF Cavities with Vector Sum, and Cure By Difference Control 20m
        Speaker: Shane Koscielniak (TRIUMF)
        Slides
      • 10:25 AM
        Coffee Break 30m Swissotel Chicago

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      • 10:55 AM
        Low Level RF Correction of the Crosstalk Effect in the LERCeC Booster Cavity 20m
        Speaker: Freddy Severino (BNL)
        Slides
    • 11:15 AM 12:50 PM
      Closing Session
      Convener: Mr Tim Berenc (Argonne National Laboratory)
      • 11:15 AM
        Deep Learning with Standard Neural Network 30m
        Speaker: Yipeng Sun (ANL)
        Slides
      • 11:45 AM
        Keynote: Accelerator Activities at Argonne 45m
        Speaker: John Byrd (ANL)
        Slides
      • 12:30 PM
        Summary of the 2018 Topical Workshop 10m
        Speakers: Mr Curt Hovater (Jefferson Lab), Kevin Smith (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 12:40 PM
        Closing Remarks 10m
        Speaker: Alessandro Ratti (SLAC)
        Slides
    • 1:30 PM 6:00 PM
      Lab Tours