Radio-frequency compressed electron pulse-width characterization by cross-correlation between electron bunches and laser-induced plasma

  • Jing Li
  • , Min Jie Pei
  • , Da Long Qi
  • , Ying Peng Qi
  • , Yan Yang
  • , Zhen Rong Sun*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A method is proposed to determine the temporal width of high-brightness radio-frequency compressed electron pulses based on cross-correlation technique involving electron bunches and laser-induced plasma. The temporal evolution of 2-dimensional transverse profile of ultrafast electron bunches repelled by the formed transient electric field of laser-induced plasma on a silver needle is investigated, and the pulse-width can be obtained by analyzing these time-dependent images. This approach can characterize radio-frequency compressed ultrafast electron bunches with picosecond or sub-picosecond timescale and up to 105 electron numbers.

Original languageEnglish
Article number124209
JournalChinese Physics B
Volume23
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Electron pulse-width
  • Laser-induced plasma
  • Radio-frequency compression
  • Ultrafast electron diffraction

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