Design and Implementation of Stripline Feedback Kickers in the MAX IV 3 GeV Ring

The commissioning of a bunch-by-bunch feedback system for the MAX IV 3 GeV storage ring was started in early 2016. At date, the actuators are two stripline kickers oriented in the horizontal and in the vertical plane, respectively. Apart from providing feedback in the transverse plane, the horizontal stripline is simultaneously operating as a longitudinal kicker. This is done by upconverting the longitudinal 0 - 50 MHz baseband signal to the 150 MHz - 250 MHz range where the longitudinal shunt impedance of the stripline is higher. This signal is then fed to the stripline electrodes in common-mode. The design of the stripline kickers and the layout of the bunch-by bunch feedback system in the 3 GeV ring are presented in this report. Results from instability studies in this ring are also discussed.
Proceedings of the 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark