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Title: Generation of femtosecond bunch trains using a longitudinal-to-transverse phase space exchange technique

Conference ·
OSTI ID:962752

We demonstrate analytically and via numerical simulations, how a longitudinal-to-transverse phase space manipulation can be used to produce a train of femtosecond electron bunches. The technique uses an incoming transversely-modulated electron beam obtained via destructive (e.g. using a multislits mask) methods. A transverse-to-longitudinal exchanger is used to map this transverse modulation into a temporal modulation. Limitation of the proposed method and scalability to the femtosecond regime are analyzed analytically and with the help of numerical simulation. Finally, a proof-of-principle experiment is discussed in the context of the Fermilab's A0 photoinjector.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
962752
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-08-408-APC; TRN: US0902935
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English