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A digital PID controller for stabilizing large electric currents to the ppm level for Feshbach resonance studies
Ryan Thomas, Niels Kjærgaard
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Magnetic Feshbach resonances are a key tool in the field of ultracold quantum gases, but their full exploitation requires the generation of large, stable magnetic fields up to 1000 G with fractional stabilities of better than 10⁻⁴. Design considerations for electromagnets producing these fields, such as optical access and fast dynamical response, mean that electric currents in excess of 100 A are often needed to obtain the requisite field strengths. We describe a simple digital proportional-integral-derivative current controller constructed using a field-programmable gate array and off-the-shelf evaluation boards which allows for gain scheduling, enabling optimal control of current sources with non-linear actuators. Our controller can stabilize an electric current of 337.5 A to the level of 7.5×10⁻⁷ in an averaging time of 10 minutes and with a control bandwidth of 2 kHz.
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