Production, Characterization, and Acceleration of Optical Microbunches
Description:
Optical microbunches with a spacing of 800 nm have been produced for laser acceleration research. The microbunches are produced using a inverse Free-Electron-Laser (IFEL) followed by a dispersive chicane. The microbunched electron beam is characterized by coherent optical transition radiation (COTR) with good agreement to the analytic theory for bunch formation. In a second experiment the bunches are accelerated in a second stage to achieve for the first time direct net acceleration of electron…
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Date:
June 20, 2008
Creator:
Sears, Christopher M.S. & /SLAC, /Stanford U.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department