Photon Beam Position Monitor

Overview

Installed at the front end of a beamline, PBPM monitors photon beam position and angle in real time with about an order of magnitude higher sensitivity than eBPM, requiring wide dynamic range, excellent linearity and long-term stability for fast orbit feedback.

Features

  • Integrates 4 channels of high-precision I/V conversion and digital signal processing circuitry
  • Accommodates a wide dynamic range from hundreds of nA to mA
  • Excellent input-output linearity (INL < 0.1%)
  • Excellent measurement accuracy (< 0.1%)
  • Excellent long-term drift performance (< 0.1% @ 24 h)
  • On-board position computation; calculation mode and coefficients remotely configurable

Specifications

Parameter Performance
Range +0.5 μA, +5 μA, +50 μA, +500 μA, +5 mA (unipolar), remotely selectable
Channels Four synchronous channels, synchronization better than 1 μs
Photocurrent Resolution Better than 0.1% @ 500 μA and 5 mA ranges
Linearity Linear fit R² better than 0.9999 @ 500 μA and 5 mA ranges
Long-term Drift Peak-to-peak variation within 24 h below 0.05% @ 500 μA range, at 25 °C (± 0.5 °C)
Data Update Rate SA mode no less than 10 HzFA mode no less than 20 kHz
Fast Feedback Interface SFP optical port, FOFD (Fast Orbit Feedback Datalink) protocol
Processor Xilinx ZYNQ 7035, EPICS compatible
Bias Output Maximum bias 150 V, noise peak-to-peak better than 100 mV (100 μA @ 50 V)
Power Supply AC 220 V / 50 Hz

Applications

For X-ray beam position monitors.