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| URL | https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2025-THMR005 |
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| Title | The LCLS-II modular optical delivery system: lessons learned |
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| Abstract | The LCLS-II optical delivery system supports multiple interaction points across multiple experiment hutches using only a handful of laser sources. This reduces financial burden and space usage at the cost of increased complexity for the optical laser systems. To ameliorate this complexity, each interaction point is supplied with a Modular Optical Delivery System (MODS) to inject, shape, and compress the beam before it is further conditioned for the experimental use. To meet operational demands, these MODS must be highly configurable, flexible, and robust while supporting 140+ control points in a dense enclosure. With control points spanning piezoelectric motors, optical imaging, digitizers, and more, the EPICS control system framework simplifies driver maintenance and allows growth of community-driven solutions. Each control point is accessible remotely via pyDM GUI which enables the operator to control these various alignment and diagnostic tools. Managing the deployment and operational stability of these modular systems is nontrivial and has presented several challenges in recent runs that inspired significant design changes for the future of the MODS. This talk takes a closer look at these operational challenges and the solutions we’ve implemented. |
| Paper | download: THMR005.pdf |
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| Conference | 20th Int. Conf. Accel. Large Exp. Phys. Control Syst. (ICALEPCS'25) |
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| Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
| Date | 20-26 Sep 2025 |
| Publisher | JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editorial Board | Kent Wootton (ANL), Jeffery Biss (FNAL), Gustavo Bruno (ANL), Jeff Kirchman (ANL), Kelly Jaje (ANL), Denise Skiadopoulos (ANL), SuYin Grass Wang (ANL) |
| Online ISBN | 978-3-95450-255-4 |
| Online ISSN | 2226-0358 |
| Received | 12 September 2025 |
| Revised | 21 September 2025 |
| Accepted | 27 October 2025 |
| Issued | 25 November 2025 |
| DOI | 10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2025-THMR005 |
| Pages | 1533-1536 |
| Copyright | Published by JACoW Publishing under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s), the published article's title, publisher, and DOI. |