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A low-level rf control system for a quarter-wave resonator

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A low-level rf control system was designed and built for an rf deflector, which is a quarter wave resonator, and was designed to deflect a secondary electron beam to measure the bunch length of an ion beam. The deflector has a resonance frequency near 88 MHz, its required phase stability is approximately ±1° and its amplitude stability is less than ±1%. The control system consists of analog input and output components and a digital system based on a field-programmable gate array for signal processing. The system is cost effective, while meeting the stability requirements. Some basic properties of the control system were measured. Then, the capability of the rf control was tested using a mechanical vibrator made of a dielectric rod attached to an audio speaker system, which could induce regulated perturbations in the electric fields of the resonator. The control system was flexible so that its parameters could be easily configured to compensate for the disturbance induced in the resonator.

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cancer Center, Goyang, 410-769, Korea

    Jongwon Kim

  2. Department of Nuclear Engineering, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, 151-742, Korea

    Churlkew Hwang

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Kim, J., Hwang, C. A low-level rf control system for a quarter-wave resonator. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 60, 1953–1956 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.60.1953

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