Design, Hardware Tests and First Results From the CLIC Drive Beam Phase Feed-Forward Prototype at CTF3

In the CLIC two beam acceleration concept the phase synchronisation between the main beam and the RF power extracted from the drive beam must be maintained to within 0.2 degrees of 12 GHz. A drive beam phase feed-forward system with bandwidth above 17.5 MHz is required to reduce the drive beam phase jitter to this level. The system will correct the drive beam phase by varying the path length through a chicane via the use of fast strip line kickers. A prototype of the system is in the final stages of installation at the CLIC test facility CTF3 at CERN. This paper presents results from preparations for the phase feedforward system relating to optics improvements, the development of a slow phase feedback that will be run in parallel with the feedforward system and first tests of the kicker amplifier and kickers.