Name: Low Level RF Workshop 2013
Start: 2013-09-30T08:45:00-07:00
End: 2013-10-04T20:00:00-07:00
Location: No location set

Monday 30 September 2013

08:45 SLAC Tour
SLAC Tour
08:45 - 12:30
Meet Kavli Auditorium just inside the front gate. Contact Steve Smith

10:00 LBNL Tour
LBNL Tour
10:00 - 14:30
Contact Alex Ratti, two groups begin at 10:00. One at ALS building 6, the 2nd group at building 71 -meet in the building 71 2nd floor lobby.

17:00 Registration Open
Registration Open
17:00 - 19:00

19:00 Dinner - Granhall
Dinner - Granhall
19:00 - 20:30

20:30 Registration
Registration
20:30 - 21:30
Tuesday 1 October 2013

07:30 Registration Tuesday Morning
Registration Tuesday Morning
07:30 - 08:30

08:30 Welcome Speakers Doolittle/Smith
Welcome Speakers Doolittle/Smith
08:30 - 08:35
08:35
08:35 - 10:19
Contributions

08:35 KEK Lab Talk : KEK LLRF SYSTEMS - Takako Miura (KEK)

08:52 Status of LLRF technology at SPring-8 - Yuji Otake (XFEL Research and Development Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, RIKEN)

09:09 JLAB LLRF activities - Tomasz Plawski (Jefferson Lab)

09:21 Toward the next generation: LLRF activities in LBNL - Gang Huang (LBNL)

09:33 LLRF Status and Future Projects at Fermilab - Brian E. Chase (FNAL)

09:50 ORNL Lab Talk: Operational Experience with the SNS Low Level RF Systems - Mark Crofford (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

10:02 Cern Highlights 2011-2013 (Lab Talk) - Wolfgang Hofle (CERN)
10:20 Break
Break
10:20 - 10:40
10:40
10:40 - 11:48
Contributions

10:40 Overview on the LLRF and MicroTCA developments at DESY - Holger Schlarb (DESY)

11:02 BNL Lab Talk: Recent Applications and Performance of the RHIC LLRF Platform Across the Collider-Accelerator Complex - Kevin Smith (BNL)

11:19 Overview of the LLRF Activities at SLAC - Bo Hong (SLAC)

11:31 The SwissFEL LLRF system - concept and realization - Roger Kalt (Paul Scherrer Institut)
12:00
12:00 - 12:30
Contributions

12:00 Progress in Low Level RF System at FLASH Facility - Valeri Ayvazyan (DESY)
12:30 Lunch - Granhall
Lunch - Granhall
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:35
Contributions

14:00 Update on XFEL LLRF system development and production - Julien Branlard (DESY)

14:25 Recent Progress of LLRF System for SACLA - Yuji Otake (XFEL Research and Development Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, RIKEN)

14:50 LLRF system for the HIE-Isolde - Daniel Valuch (CERN)

15:15 Crab Cavity system for the LHC high-luminosity upgrade. Proposed LLRF - Philippe Baudrenghien (CERN)
15:50 Break
Break
15:50 - 16:10

16:10

16:10 - 16:55
16:55
16:55 - 17:55
Contributions

16:55 Standardization of EPICS Device Support for data acquisition - Stefan Simrock (ITER)

17:20 LLRF Using SoC FPGAs in a Multiple Development Tool Environment - Philip Varghese (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
17:55 Announcements
Announcements
17:55 - 18:00

18:00 Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
18:00 - 19:00

19:00 Dinner Granhall
Dinner Granhall
19:00 - 20:30
Wednesday 2 October 2013

08:30 Announcements
Announcements
08:30 - 08:34
08:35 Keynote - Applications of X-Ray Light Sources - John Byrd (LBNL)
Keynote - Applications of X-Ray Light Sources
- John Byrd (LBNL)
08:35 - 09:20
09:20
09:20 - 10:20
Contributions

09:20 A Leading-Edge Hardware Family for LLRF and Diagnostics in CERN's Synchrotrons - John Molendijk (CERN)

09:45 RF Backplane for MTCA.4 Based LLRF Control System - Krzysztof Czuba (ISE, Warsaw University of Technology)
10:20 Break
Break
10:20 - 10:40
10:40
10:40 - 11:25
Contributions

10:40 DSP Tutorial II : Real-life implementation in FPGAs - Geetha Narayan (BNL)
11:25
11:25 - 12:15
Contributions

11:25 MTCA.4 Fast Digitizer - Samer Bou Habib (DESY / WUT-IES)

11:55 Standardization of ITER Instrumentation and Controls based on Hardware Catalogs - Stefan Simrock (ITER)
12:15 Topical Discussion, Trends in FPGA development tools
Topical Discussion, Trends in FPGA development tools
12:15 - 12:30

12:30 Lunch -Granhall
Lunch -Granhall
12:30 - 14:00

14:00 Afternoon Outing - free time
Afternoon Outing - free time
14:00 - 17:00

17:00 Start Bus service to Banquet
Start Bus service to Banquet
17:00 - 18:55

19:00 Working Dinner at GarWoods
Working Dinner at GarWoods
19:00 - 21:00

21:00 Bus Service (Return)
Bus Service (Return)
21:00 - 21:50

21:50 Finish Bus service return
Finish Bus service return
21:50 - 22:00
Thursday 3 October 2013

08:30 Announcements
Announcements
08:30 - 08:35
08:35
08:35 - 09:20
Contributions

08:35 Realizing the Potential of High-Performance Data Converters - Tom Linnenbrink (Teqnovations)
09:20
09:20 - 10:20
Contributions

09:20 A LLRF implementation to Extend the Present LHC RF System to High-Lumi Beam Currents - Themistoklis Mastoridis (California Polytechnic State University)

09:50 Cavity autorecovery with beam - Angela Salom (CELLS)
10:20 Break
Break
10:20 - 10:40
10:40 DSP Tutorial Part III: Avoiding Resource Overutilization - Lawrence Doolittle (LBNL)
DSP Tutorial Part III: Avoiding Resource Overutilization
- Lawrence Doolittle (LBNL)
10:40 - 11:25
11:25
11:25 - 12:15
Contributions

11:25 Multiharmonic beam loading compensation in the J-PARC synchrotrons - Fumihiko Tamura (J-PARC Center)

11:50 Beam-Based Feedback for the European XFEL - Sven Pfeiffer (DESY)
12:15 Short presentations from student posters
Short presentations from student posters
12:15 - 12:30

12:30 Group Photo
Group Photo
12:30 - 12:45

12:45 Lunch - Granhall
Lunch - Granhall
12:45 - 14:00

14:00

14:00 - 18:00

18:00 Exhibitors and Sponsors Reception - Granhall
Exhibitors and Sponsors Reception - Granhall
18:00 - 19:00

19:00 Dinner - Granhall
Dinner - Granhall
19:00 - 20:30
Friday 4 October 2013

08:30 Announcements
Announcements
08:30 - 08:35
08:35
08:35 - 09:20
Contributions

08:35 DSP Tutorial IV: System Simulation From Design Through Commissioning
09:20 In Memoriam: Ron Akre
In Memoriam: Ron Akre
09:20 - 09:29
09:30
09:30 - 10:20
Contributions

09:30 Performance of CW superconducting cavity at ERL test facility - Feng Qiu (KEK)

09:55 RF Operational Experience with High QL CW SRF Cavities - Ramakrishna Bachimanchi (Jefferson Lab)
10:20 Break
Break
10:20 - 10:40
10:40
10:40 - 12:00
Contributions

10:40 Development and Test of Digital LLRF Control Procedures and Techniques in Scope of ILC - Mathieu Omet (Graduate University for Advanced Studies)

11:05 Application of Active Disturbance Rejection Control in Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities - Shen Zhao (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University)

11:30 Piezo characterization, tests and operation at FLASH - Mariusz Grecki (DESY)
12:00 Topical Discussions, Piezo Control math
Topical Discussions, Piezo Control math
12:00 - 12:15

12:16 Topic Discussion, Quirks of various high power RF sources
Topic Discussion, Quirks of various high power RF sources
12:16 - 12:30

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00

14:00 Announcements
Announcements
14:00 - 14:05
14:05
14:05 - 14:55
Contributions

14:05 Properties of a Distortion-Compensating Phase Calibration Processor - Lawrence Doolittle (LBNL)

14:30 XFEL MO and RF Phase Reference Distribution - Krzysztof Czuba (ISE, Warsaw University of Technology)
14:55 Closeout
Closeout
14:55 - 15:00