Particle Beam Detector Electronics

Readout Electronics for Phase Detection of Particle Beams
in Accelerator Systems



PhD Rack
Capacitive phase probes are used in accelerator systems to determine the phase of a particle beam. The read out electronics uses the 2nd harmonics of the accelerator base frequency induced by the beam bunches to determine the phase relative to a master oscillator phase.

This phase can be detected for beam currents down to less than 5 nA.