Single-shot ultrafast electron diffraction using electrons accelerated by an intense femtosecond laser pulse

Author

Sakabe, S. ; Tokita, S. ; Hashida, M. ; Otani, K. ; Inoue, S. ; Nishoji, T.

Author_Institution

Adv. Res. Center for Beam Sci., Kyoto Univ., Uji, Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, the authors have demonstrated femtosecond pulse compression of a laser-accelerated electron beam with energy of around 350 keV. The electron pulses are generated by irradiating a tightly focused terawatt femtosecond laser pulse on a solid target; then, the pulses are compressed by using an achromatic bending magnet system. These femtosecond electron pulses have a sufficient intensity to take a single-shot diffraction pattern.

Keywords

electron beams; electron diffraction; electron optics; electron sources; high-speed optical techniques; achromatic bending magnet system; femtosecond electron pulses; femtosecond pulse compression; laser accelerated electron beam; single shot diffraction pattern; single shot ultrafast electron diffraction; solid target; tightly focused terawatt femtosecond laser pulse; Diffraction; Electron beams; Laser beams; Laser theory; Magnetic resonance imaging; Measurement by laser beam;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943027

Filename

5943027