The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) facility began operation in 2018. By 2020, its accelerator achieved the design power of 100kW and currently operates at a power of 160kW. This year, the power upgrade project (CSNS-Ⅱ) has been launched to meet the growing scientific demands. Our goal is to enhance the accelerator power to 500kW primarily by increasing the beam current. A comprehensive suite of beam diagnostics has been developed to support commissioning and operation of the accelerator at higher intensities. In this paper, we first review the commissioning and operational status of the existing linac, and then outline the new requirements for the linac upgrade.

The vertical beam size measurement was carried out at BEPCII using a phase grating and an absorption grating based on the Talbot effect. Due to the partial coherence of the source, coherence length can be calculated by measuring the visibility decay of interferograms recorded at different distances behind gratings. The vertical beam size of 68.19±2μm was obtained based on the relationship between coherence length and source size. A comparison of the vertical emittance derived from grating Talbot method and synchrotron radiation visible light interferometer method was presented to evaluate the method. The vertical emittances from two methods are 1.41nm·rad and 1.40nm·rad respectively. The 0.1% difference indicates the grating Talbot method for beam size measurement is reliable. This technique has great potential in small beam size measurement in the fourth-generation synchrotron radiation light source, considering its small diffraction limitation and simple experimental setups.