10–15 Aug 2025
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
America/Los_Angeles timezone

Machine learning-enhanced deterministic controls in lasers and accelerators

WEYN01
13 Aug 2025, 11:00
30m
Parallel Session #2 (SAFE Credit Union Convention Center)

Parallel Session #2

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

Invited Oral Presentation MC6 - Beam Instrumentation, Controls, AI/ML, and Operational Aspects Beam Instrumentation, Controls, AI/ML, and Operational Aspects (Invited)

Speaker

Dan Wang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Description

Modern laser and accelerator systems demand fast, precise, and scalable multi-input multi-output (MIMO) feedback control. As requirements extend into high-repetition-rate and nonlinear regimes, traditional strategies increasingly struggle to deliver the necessary speed and adaptability. This talk presents two cases where machine learning (ML) enhances deterministic feedback control. In both, ML models—trained on experimental or simulated data—provide rapid predictions to guide real-time decisions. Integrated into conventional feedback loops, they substantially improve response speed and robustness across diverse operating conditions. At Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, ML feedback enabled the first preemptive pointing stabilization at the BELLA Petawatt beamline, achieving a ~60% reduction in jitter and reduced response time in a coherent beam combining system by nearly an order of magnitude. These results show that ML can increase speed, stability, and adaptability without compromising determinism, opening new opportunities for intelligent control in next-generation facilities.

Funding Agency

Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, of the US Department of Energy, and the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

I have read and accept the Privacy Policy Statement Yes
Please consider my poster for contributed oral presentation Yes
Would you like to submit this poster in student poster session on Sunday (August 10th) Yes

Author

Dan Wang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Co-authors

Alessio Amodio (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Alex Picksley (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Anthony Gonsalves (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Dr Curtis Berger (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Hai-En Tsai (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Jeroen van Tilborg (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Mahek Logantha (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) N. R. Vora (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Dr Qiang Du (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Russell Wilcox (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Samuel Barber (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Tong Zhou (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Z. Eisentraut (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Presentation materials

There are no materials yet.