Study of laser-beam arrival time synchronization towards sub-picosecond stability level
Abstract
A precise synchronization between laser pulse and electron beam arrival time is essential for achieving sub-picosecond stability in modern accelerator facilities. In this work, a Low-Level RF system architecture combined with White Rabbit based timing system has been tested through a collaboration between KEK (Japan) and CNRS/IN2P3, IJClab (France). The setup combines a frequency standard generator, an IDROGEN carrier board with an embedded White Rabbit node, and SkyWorks synthesizers of different form factors to distribute phase-locked clock signals over telecommunication fiber. Phase noise power spectral density measurements were performed at several RF sub-harmonics to confirm synchronization performance. These results demonstrate the feasibility of implementing the White Rabbit-IDROGEN synchronization scheme for large-scale accelerators, including applications to laser-based diagnostics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.21212,
title = {Study of laser-beam arrival time synchronization towards sub-picosecond stability level},
author = {Konstantin Popov and Hiroshi Kaji and Tetsuya Kobayashi and Aurelien Martens and Daniel Charlet and Cedric Esnault and Antoine Back and Paul-Eric Pottie and Fabian Zomer and Alexander Aryshev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.21212},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
9 pages, 5 figures. This article will be submitted as a proceedings of International Workshop on Future Linear Colliders 2025 (LCWS2025). It will be submitted to EPJ Web of Conference