19–24 May 2024
Music City Center
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Automation upgrade of the CXLS photoinjector

THPG14
23 May 2024, 16:00
2h
Bluegrass (MCC Exhibit Hall A)

Bluegrass

MCC Exhibit Hall A

Poster Presentation MC6.T04 Accelerator/Storage Ring Control Systems Thursday Poster Session

Speaker

Taryn Brown (Arizona State University)

Description

The automation upgrade of the photoinjector for the Compact X-Ray Light Source (CXLS) at Arizona State University is described. As the accelerator vault of the CXLS is only 10 meters long, the photoinjector drive laser is located in an enclosure inside the vault. Since ionizing radiation is present in this room during operations, it necessitates remote control of all devices used to optimize the laser spot. This includes multiple shutters, Galil motors, picomotors, a mirror flipper, LEDs, and remote lens controllers. To actuate these devices, a GUI was created with the use of MATLAB AppDesigner which communicates with the hardware through EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System). Challenges with this GUI are described, along with the team’s efforts to finalize the control software. After these upgrades, the photoinjector laser characteristics can be adjusted remotely during operation and changes to the drive laser’s position, shape, and intensity can be made without interrupting beam time.

Funding Agency

This work supported by the NSF Bio Directorate under midscale RI-2 award
2153503

Region represented North America
Paper preparation format Word

Primary author

Taryn Brown (Arizona State University)

Co-authors

Alan Dupre (Arizona State University) Alex Gardeck (Arizona State University) Antonella Semaan (Arizona State University) Dean Smith (Arizona State University) Gregory Babic (Arizona State University) Mark Holl (Arizona State University) Mukhtar Hussain (Arizona State University) Rachel Larsen (Arizona State University) Samuel Teitelbaum (Arizona State University) Sean Tilton (Arizona State University) Trixia Dela Rosa (Arizona State University) William Graves (Arizona State University)

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