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Modern high-energy particle accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers incorporate large quantities of sensitive RF and microwave frequency devices distributed over kilometer distances. Such devices require extreme stable phase and time…

This paper presents the design and implementation of a high-density, deterministic trigger distribution system tailored for the C-band photocathode electron gun test platform at the Southern Advanced Photon Source (SAPS). Implemented within…

KEK electron linac was upgraded to 8 GeV for the KEK B-Factory (KEKB) project. During the commissioning of the upgraded linac, even continuing SOR ring injections, we had achieved a primary electron beam with 10-nC (6.24 x 10^10) per bunch…

In safety-critical systems, timing accuracy is the key to achieving precise I/O control. To meet such strict timing requirements, dedicated hardware assistance has recently been investigated and developed. However, these solutions are often…

To achieve more controllable development of coherence in solids, we investigated the effect of a trigger laser tuned to the superradiance transition wavelength on periodic superradiance observed in an Er:YSO crystal. For period control,…

The new method to stabilize the beam energy of the KEK 40MeV proton linac, is developed now. In this method, the signal of the velocity monitor installed upstream the debuncher in the 40MeV beam line, is processed and then fed to the phase…

SuperKEKB is the e-/e+ collider which targets the world highest luminosity. In recent operation, SuperKEKB achieved a new world record of $4.71\times 10^{34} cm^{-2}s^{-1}$ for luminosity with the beam current of 1.4 A. In the future, the…

The radio-frequency (RF) system is the key element that generates electric fields for beam acceleration. To keep the system reliable, a highly sophisticated protection scheme is required, which also should be designed to ensure a good…

An excitable semiconductor micropillar laser with delayed optical feedback is able to regenerate pulses by the excitable response of the laser. It has been shown that almost any pulse sequence can, in principle, be excited and regenerated…

The primary accelerator of DCLS (Dalian Coherent Light Source) operates at a repetition rate of 20 Hz now, and the beam is divided at the end of the linear accelera-tor through Kicker to make two 10 Hz beamlines work simultaneously. For the…

This paper describes a new radio frequency timer of keV energy electrons. It is based on a helical deflector, which performs circular or elliptical sweeps of keV electrons, by means of 500 MHz radio frequency field. By converting a time…

The LHC timing signals are broadcast to various destinations in the subsequent experiments. And all of them could be delayed to time in the ATLAS sub-detectors by using the Corde board and the RF2TTC module. The ATLAS BPTX detectors and…

In systems of coupled oscillators, the effects of complex signaling can be captured by time delays and phase shifts. Here, we show how time delays and phase shifts lead to different oscillator dynamics and how synchronization rates can be…

The Fermilab Linac delivers 400 MeV H- beam to the rest of the accelerator chain. Providing stable intensity, energy, and emittance is key since it directly affects downstream machines. To operate high current beam, accelerators must…

To increase the energy of Particle Accelarators to reach the requirements of the Linear Collider or of the Super KEK-B factory, new accelerating structures with a higher accelerating gradient need to be developped. These accelerating…

Large-scale systems, such as very large accelerators used for fundamental research, require the implementation of precise timing and synchronization systems over distances of several tens of kilometers. A very high precision has been…

The ATLAS Fast TracKer (FTK) was designed to provide full tracking for the ATLAS high-level trigger by using pattern recognition based on Associative Memory (AM) chips and fitting in high-speed field programmable gate arrays. The tracks…

Since 2006, there have been unexpected trigger-failure events during the operation of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) timing system. However, among the many suspected modules, it has been difficult to find the one…

In this paper we extend the concept of the traditional transactor, which focuses on correct content transfer, to a new timing-coherent transactor that also accurately aligns the timing of each transaction boundary so that designers can…

Timing and carrier synchronization is a fundamental requirement for any wireless communication system to work properly. Timing synchronization is the process by which a receiver node determines the correct instants of time at which to…