17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

Development of an MTCA.4-Based High-Speed Data Acquisition System for Gas Monitor Detectors at S3FEL

MOP6678
18 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Board: Monday wine: WD06
Poster Presentation MC6.T26: Instrumentation: Photon Beam Lines and Components Poster session

Speaker

Zhiyuan Zhang (Institute of Advanced Light Source Facilities, Shenzhen)

Description

This report presents the development and validation of a high-speed data acquisition system for Gas Monitor Detectors at the Shenzhen Superconducting Soft X-ray Free-Electron Laser (S3FEL). The system is designed to support real-time, pulse-by-pulse monitoring of photon intensity and beam position across six beamlines operating at up to 1 MHz repetition rate. Based on the MTCA.4 platform, the DAQ integrates custom front-end electronics with an AMC digitizer featuring four-channel 1 GSPS sampling and 14-bit resolution. Key innovations include dual-redundant fiber timing synchronization, PCIe-based real-time data streaming, and EPICS-integrated slow control. Preliminary tests confirm ADC linearity, low timing jitter, and sustained PCIe throughput, demonstrating the system’s readiness for deployment in MHz-class FEL facilities.

Funding Agency

the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12405221)

Paper status Proceeding files received

Author

Jinfu Zhu (Institute of Advanced Light Source Facilities, Shenzhen)

Co-authors

Yuming Li (Institute of Advanced Light Source Facilities, Shenzhen) Long Huang (Institute of Advanced Light Source Facilities, Shenzhen) Zhiyuan Zhang (Institute of Advanced Light Source Facilities, Shenzhen) Dr Qinming Li (Institute of Advanced Light Source Facilities, Shenzhen) Hongli Ding (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics) Weiqing Zhang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics)

Presentation materials