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Olof Troeng∗
Department of Automatic Control, Lund University, Sweden
(Dated: February 11, 2021)
We derive the transfer function of a multicell cavity with parasitic same-order modes (from power
coupler to pickup probe). The derived model is discussed and compared to measurement data.
B. Same-order modes of multicell elliptical cavities Remark 2: While ∆ωπ is negligible relative to both
∆ωN −1 and typical field control bandwidths, its precise
The same-order modes of a multicell cavity arise from tuning, typically to a value slightly larger than 0, is crucial
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the coupling between the cells’ fundamental modes, sim- for minimizing the drive power |Fg | [5, 6, 9].
ilarly as for a chain of weakly coupled oscillators. An
N -cell cavity has N closely spaced same-order modes. The Remark 3: Typical cell-to-cell coupling factors kcc are
parameters in (3) of these modes, can, due to the regular
cavity geometry, be computed from a small number of
basic cavity parameters, as shown in the Appendix. The
1 The cell-to-cell phase difference of the modes themselves is 0 or π.
modes are conventionally referred to as the π/N mode,
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fg γπ N
X γn
s + γπ − i∆ωπ aπ Pcav (s) = (−1)N −n . (10)
n=1
s + γn − i∆ωn
αN -1
απ Let us observe some characteristics of the transfer func-
tion (9). First, since the numbers γn are small relative to
γπ
the differences between the numbers ∆ωn , the transfer
RN -1 s+γN -1 −i∆ωN -1 aN -1 −RN -1
function Pcav (s) has sharp resonance peaks at (baseband)
.. .. ..
frequencies ∆ωn . Also note that ∆ωn < 0 for n < N ,
.. . i.e., the baseband resonance frequencies of all parasitic
.. same-order modes are negative.
α1 .
For superconducting cavities (γ0 γext n ) we see from
απ
(10) that all peaks have approximately unity magni-
γπ vpu tude. For normal conducting cavities (γ0 γext n ) we
R1 + γ1 −i∆ω
ss+γ − i∆ω11 (-1)N -1 R1 have that the peak magnitude of the nπ/N mode equals
a1
γext n /γext π = Rn2 (see Table I). Fig. 4 shows the Bode
magnitude plots of these extreme cases.
FIG. 2. Block diagram for a normalized model of a cavity
with parasitic same-order modes. Subscripts n indicate the
nπ/N mode. III. COMPARISON TO MEASUREMENT DATA
100 1
10−1 0.1 SC NC
10−2 0.01
−11.09 −8.836 −5.838 −2.928 −0.775 0 −107 −105 −103 103 105 107
∆ω1 ∆ω2 ∆ω3 ∆ω4 ∆ω5 ∆ωπ
Baseband Frequency, ω/2π (Hz)
Baseband Frequency ω/2π (MHz)
(a) Superconducting (2 K).
FIG. 4. Bode magnitude plots of the transfer function (9)
|Pcav (iω)| for a 6-cell cavity when it is superconducting (SC, γ0 = 0)
and normal conducting (NC, γ0 /2π = 35 kHz). Note that the
100 transfer functions have been scaled for unity magnitude at the
zero frequency, see Remark 5.
10−1
in a field control context. The small discrepancies are In this appendix, we will start from the bandpass state-
probably explained by variations in the cell parameters. space model of an N -cell cavity in [3], perform modal
For field control analysis, it is convenient to plot fre- decomposition (diagonalization), and then transform the
quency responses using a logarithmic frequency axis, in diagonal model to baseband.
so-called Bode diagrams. The frequency response of a nor-
mal conducting and a superconducting cavity are shown
in a double-sided Bode diagram in Fig. 4. Note that su- 1. Bandpass model of an N -cell cavity
perconducting cavities, whose external decay rates γext π
are significantly larger than γ0 , have resonance peaks with Our starting point is the standard model for studying
approximately unity magnitude (Fig. 4). For normal con- same-order modes of multicell cavities [3, 5, 7], but we
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will use slightly different notation. Consider the elliptical π/6 mode (n = 1) 2π/6 mode
N -cell cavity in Fig. 1 which has N − 2 identical inner 0.5 0.5
cells and two end cells that are joined with the beam pipe.
Cell 1 can be excited through a power coupler connected −0.5 −0.5
to the beam pipe. Adjacent cells are connected by irises 3π/6 mode 4π/6 mode
that enable the propagation of the electromagnetic field.
0.5 0.5
The field is cell N is sensed by a pickup probe mounted
in the beam pipe. −0.5 −0.5
We only consider the lowest-energy mode in each cell
and 5π/6 mode π mode (n = 6)
we denote the electric field amplitudes of these by x =
x1 · · · xN T . We assume that x` is normalized so that 0.5 0.5
the squared magnitude of its complex envelope equals the −0.5 −0.5
energy stored in cell `. Let all cell-to-cell coupling factors
be given by kcc ; the inner-cell resonance frequencies be FIG. 5. Same-order-mode shapes qn (A.6) of a 6-cell cavity.
given by√ωcell ; the end-cell resonance frequencies be given
by ωcell 1 + 2kcc ; the rf drive (i.e., the forward wave
entering the power coupler) be modeled by its complex and the orthonormal eigenvectors qn are given by
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envelope Fg , with |Fg | equaling the power in the forward
sin (1 − 12 ) nπ
wave; the coupling between the waveguide and the field N
1
in cell 1 be quantified by the decay rate γpc of the field
r sin (2 − 1 ) nπ
r
1 −1
in this through the power coupler; and assume that field 2 2 N
, q = .
qn = .. N
N
..
decay through the pickup probe is negligible. According N .
.
to [3, (B-1)] the field amplitudes x in the cells evolve as 1 nπ
sin (N − 2 ) N
N −1
(n < N ) (−1)
a chain of weakly coupled oscillators, with the dynamics
(A.6)
2
ẍ + 2γ0 ẋ + 2γpc E1 ẋ + ωcell 2
x + ωcell kcc Kx The the mode shapes (A.6) are illustrated in Fig. 5. As
mentioned in Sec. II B, mode n is often referred to as the
d nπ/N mode. The entries of the N th mode have equal
= 2 2γpc e1 Re{Fg eiωrf t }, (A.1)
p
dt magnitude and opposite signs and for this reason it is
where almost always used as the accelerating mode.
3 −1 0 0 ···
. 3. Diagonalizing the dynamics
−1 2 −1 0 ..
K = 0 0 ... , (A.2)
0 Letting ξ be the passband mode amplitudes (x = Qξ),
. we may diagonalize all of (A.1) except the third term,
..
−1 2 −1
0 · · · 0 −1 3 ξ¨ + 2γ0 ξ˙ + 2QT E1 Qγpc ξ˙ + ωcell
2
(I + kcc Λ)ξ
E1 = diag(1, 0, . . . , 0), d
= 2 2γpc Qe1 Re{Fg eiωrf t }, (A.7)
p
T dt
e1 = 1 0 . . . 0 .
where I is the identify
√ matrix. For convenience, denote
Q’s first row times N by
2. Eigenvectors and eigenvalues of the matrix K
R := R1 ··· Rn · · · RN
h√ π √ nπ i
By recalling standard trigonometric identities and doing = 2 sin · · · 2 sin ··· 1 ,
2N 2N
some algebra—alternatively looking up [5, Sec. 7.2]—
it can be verified that the matrix K in (A.2) has the that is Rn is given by (4). Then we can write the third
term of (A.7) as 2RT R/N γpc ξ. ˙ This term, which origi-
eigenfactorization QΛQT = K, where
nates from field decay through the power coupler, dynam-
| | | ically couples the modes. We may however assume that
Q := q1 q2 . . . qN , (A.3) this interaction averages out to 0, since the beating period
| | | between the different modes is significantly shorter than
the timescales at which the (complex) mode amplitudes
Λ := diag(λ1 , λ2 , · · · , λN ), (A.4)
change. Thus it suffices to keep the diagonal entries of
and the eigenvalues λn are given by RT R, which correspond to the external decay rates of the
modes. Denoting them by
nπ
λn = 2 1 − cos , (A.5) γext n := Rn2 γpc /N, (A.8)
N
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we get N uncoupled differential equations from (A.7), one we can write the equations (A.11) as
for each mode,
Ȧ = [−(γ0 I + Γext ) + i∆Ω] A + 2γext π RT Fg . (A.12)
p
where
γext n = Rn2 γext π . (A.10)
(−1)N −1
..
C = c1 · · · cN -1 cπ := κpu R . ,
(A.13)
−1
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