Measurement of subpicosecond electron pulses
Author(s) -
Hungchi Lihn,
Pamela Kung,
C. Settakorn,
Helmut Wiedemann,
David Bocek
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
physical review. e, statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1095-3787
pISSN - 1063-651X
DOI - 10.1103/physreve.53.6413
Subject(s) - optics , physics , autocorrelation , electron , interferometry , measure (data warehouse) , beam splitter , wavelength , michelson interferometer , interference (communication) , length measurement , radiation , laser , telecommunications , computer science , channel (broadcasting) , statistics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , database
A new bunch-length measuring method has been developed to measure the subpicosecond electron pulses generated at the Stanford SUNSHINE facility. This method,utilizes a far-infrared Michelson interferometer to measure coherent transition radiation emitted at wavelengths longer than or equal to the bunch length via optical autocorrelation. To analyze the measurement, a simple and systematic way has also been developed, which considers interference efiects on the interferogram caused by the beam splitter; hence, the electron bunch length can be easily obtained from the measurement. This simple, low-cost, frequency-resolved autocorrelation method demonstrates subpicosecond resolving power that cannot be achieved by existing time-resolved methods. 2
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