Title :
Ultrashort electron bunch length measurements at DUVFEL
Author :
Graves, W.S. ; Carr, G.L. ; DiMauro, L.F. ; Doyuran, A. ; Heese, R. ; Johnson, E.D. ; Neuman, C. ; Rakowsky, G. ; Rose, J. ; Rudati, J. ; Shaftan, T. ; Sheehy, B. ; Skaritka, J. ; Yu, L.H. ; Dowell, D.H.
Author_Institution :
NSLS, Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA
Abstract :
The DUVFEL electron linac is designed to produce sub-picosecond, high brightness electron bunches for driving a short wavelength FEL. Four experiments have been commissioned to address the challenge of accurately measuring bunch lengths on this timescale. In the frequency domain, a short 12 period undulator is used to produce both off-axis coherent emission and on-axis incoherent single-shot spectra. The total coherent infrared power scales inversely with the bunch length and the spectral cutoff is an indication of bunch length. The density of the power spikes in the single-shot visible spectrum may also be used to estimate the bunch length. In the time domain, the linac accelerating sections and a bending magnet are used to implement the RF-zero phasing method, and a subpicosecond streak camera is also installed. The beam measurements with comparisons of these methods are reported
Keywords :
accelerator RF systems; accelerator magnets; collective accelerators; electron accelerators; electron beam focusing; electron beams; free electron lasers; particle beam bunching; streak cameras; wigglers; DUVFEL; RF-zero phasing method; bending magnet; electron linear accelerator; free electron laser; frequency domain; high brightness electron bunches; linac accelerating sections; off-axis coherent emission; on-axis incoherent single-shot spectra; power spikes; short 12 period undulator; short wavelength FEL; single-shot visible spectrum; spectral cutoff; subpicosecond streak camera; time domain; total coherent infrared power scales; ultrashort electron bunch length measurements; Acceleration; Brightness; Electrons; Frequency domain analysis; Infrared spectra; Length measurement; Linear particle accelerator; Magnetic domains; Undulators; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7191-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2001.987331