1. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Compton Polarimeter Status Report Alexandre Camsonne Hall A Collaboration Meeting January 4 th 2007

2. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Status in 2006 Not very big year for Compton since most running was low energy Data taken at 2 GeV Gen He4 polarisation ( test data ) Current status Problem with electron detector seems to have been damaged Upgrade developments on going to allow low energy running and better systematics

3. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne The Hall A Compton Polarimeter Upgrade Motivation: 1.5kW Green Fabry-Perot Cavity Twice the Analyzing power of present IR cavity Four-fold increase in Figure-of-Merit Improve accuracy of experiments by providing 1% beam polarimetery down to 1 GeV. High precision Parity violating experiments are feasible with this upgrade New Electron Detector High resolution silicon microstrips to improve tracking resolution Integrating Photon Detector Improve systematic uncertainties experienced in the counting method Participating Institutions: Jefferson Lab, Saclay, Syracuse, Clermont-Ferrand, Uva, Duke Scope:

4. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Expected Performance Simulation by David Lhuillier < 1% error @0.85 GeV obtained in about 4 hrs with 50 uA beam

5. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Optical Setup Laser frequency is continuosly tuned to lock to Fabry-Perot Cavity

6. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Prometheus Green Laser 1064 nm @ 2 W 532 nm @ 0.1 W Manufacturer: Innolight GmbH, Germany 708 nm Pump Diodes (2) 1064 nm Nd:YAG 532 nm SHG via PPKTP

7. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Green Fabry-Perot Cavity Fixed mirror distance 2 Axis adjustable mirror mount 2 Axis adjustable stands UHV compatible Intra-cavity power 1.5 kW The Mirrors (source Research Electo Optics) Dielectric HR @532 super mirrors Reflectivity > 99.9937 % Finesse > 50,000 Loss < 20 ppm ROC 50 cm Design Goal: Improve upon Saclay IR cavity non-adjustable mirror design, while keeping mirror distance fixed.

8. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Assembled Cavity Photograh: Alan Gavalya

9. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Cavity Mirror Mount

10. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Optics Summary Laser The Prometheus laser lost power dramatically and developed large intensity noise within a few moths of operation Sent back to Innolight, Germany for repairs. 2 month down time and 9K$ After repairs (replacing the pump diodes and realignment) the power is back to over 100 mW exceeding specification. However, Botaos profiling finds that the beam is still 70% elliptic. We will try to solve it with optical circularization. Intensity noise suppression electronics now installed on the laser. 4k$ Polarization transfer function has been fully characterized (Xiaochao) Mode matching solution developed (Alex Jousse and Botao Jia) Alignment Cavity mirror alignment with red HeNe laser works nicely High resolution motorized mirror alignment and beam steering implemented (David Jacobs) EPICS interface under way (Sue Witherspoon) Position sensitive photo-detectors installed Cavity The cavity is mechanically stable and responsive to mirror alignment ( Joyce and Ravi) In 10 -8 Torr vacuum (Greg Marble and Ed Folts) The cavity demonstrates strong TEM 00 resonance However, laser-to-cavity coupling is poor (30%) -> improve mode matching

11. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne New Electron Detector Electron Detector (Bernard Michel) MOU with LPC Clermont-Ferrand LPC takes responsibility for a new high resolution electron detector Contribute 1 physicist, 1 engineer, 2 designer/techs The new detector will be compatible with 12 GeV machine upgrade Specification 768 ch 240 m pitch silicon strips 4 Planes, 192 strips/plane, 1 cm spacing between planes 120 mm Vertical motion to allow full coverage of Compton Edge from 0.8-11 GeV New custom front-end, FPGA trigger module (ETROC) New DAQ and Analysis Software

12. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Electron Detector Status Silicon Microstrips (Michel Brossard) Silicon microsrtip final design completed Four planes have been ordered from Canberra-Eurisys system Delivery of first plane expected late December Mechanical (Francois Daudon, Alan Gavalya, Joyce Miller, Chris Curtis) Vacuum chamber final design completed, fabrication to begin soon Survey and alignment scheme finalized Vertical motion system design in progress Installation plan in development with AES (Tim Whitlatch) DAQ/Analysis (Alex Camsonne) Working on CODA interface for new ETROC Need new electron event analyzer Control System (Sue Witherspoon) Motion Control EPICS interface Beam shut-down safety interlock

13. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Silicon Microstrip Plane

14. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Electron Detector Assembly Drawing

15. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Silicon Microstrip Mount

16. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Compton photon integrating method A couple of shifts dedicated to the Compton tune during E03-104 ( Special thanks to S. Strauch and R. Ent ) Test Flash ADC integrating method Beam tuning to get a reasonable signal over background ratio First test with DC coupled base for the PMT of the central crystal Commissionning of the Flash ADC Production data ( invasive because of bad injector tune) Low current running First Compton events in FADC

17. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne PMT Fan in/out Amplifier Upstairs counting house Experimental hall FADC Amplifier Setup New base

18. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Signal from Flash ADC

19. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Signal from Flash ADC

20. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Compton events

21. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Compton signal

22. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Compton signal

23. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Measurement principle Compton asymmetry ?

24. Hall A Collaboration meeting January 5 th 2007 A. Camsonne Concluding Remarks The Hall A Green Compton Polarimeter Upgrade Project is on track to be operational in 2008 - Issues and concerns: The Prometheus lasers short lifetime is a concern Alternative single pass PPLN based green laser is important backup to be studied Coupling efficiency of the laser to the cavity is rather low at 20%. More work is needed to improve coupling efficiency. Locking servo electronics needs more effort and interaction with the manufacturer. An electronics engineer/student is needed. - On going developments for 2007 : Electron detector Cavity Photon detector integrating method