Precision feedback control of a normal conducting standing wave resonator cavity

Abstract

In this paper, the system identification and feedback controller design for a normal conducting standing wave radio frequency cavity operated in pulsed mode of a free electron laser is presented. The system identification, essential to achieve high performance control, is based on a grey box model, with a priori knowledge about the physical behavior. The feedback regulation concept is separated into two basic controller parts. A radio frequency controller design, based on the identified radio frequency model, is followed by a system identification and regulation of the pulse width to overcome the limitation of the underlying temperature regulation. It will be shown by measurements at the free electron laser FLASH at DESY, Germany, that the combination of both cascaded control schemes lead to high radio frequency field performance.