ATCA LLRF System for ASU Compact FEL

Abstract

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is collaborating with Arizona State University to design a LLRF system towards the advancement of the ASU Compact X-ray Light Source (CXLS). The CXLS is a phased project to develop small brilliant x-ray sources that may produce coherent x-rays appropriate as a seed source for LCLS and LCLS II. The CXLS electron beam is produced by an x-band photoinjector and linac operating at 9.3 GHz RF frequency and 1 kHz repetition rate with up to 300 pC per bunch. The linac consists of 3 short 20-cell sections of standing wave linac. The RF gun and linac sections are powered by two 6 MW transmitters using L3 klystrons and Scandi-nova K1 modulators. The accelerator will initially operate in single-bunch mode and may be upgraded to multi-bunch operation at a later date. SLAC National Laboratory has developed a LLRF system in Advanced Telecommunication Computing Architecture (ATCA) for the ASU project. This talk will discuss the design of the LLRF for this project and discuss the ATCA implementation.