Femtosecond MeV Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy

Li, R. K.; Wang, X. J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.8.054017

Title: Femtosecond MeV Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy

Journal Article · Thu Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Physical Review Applied

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.8.054017· OSTI ID:1410519

Li, R. K. ^[1]; Wang, X. J. ^[1]

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Pump-probe electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) with femtosecond temporal resolution will be a transformative research tool for studying non-equilibrium chemistry and electronic dynamics of matter. In this paper, we propose a new concept of femtosecond EELS utilizing mega-electron-volt electron beams from a radio-frequency (rf) photocathode source. The high acceleration gradient and high beam energy of the rf gun are critical to the generation of 10-femtosecond electron beams, which enables improvement of the temporal resolution by more than one order of magnitude beyond the state of the art. The major innovation in our proposal - the `reference-beam technique', relaxes the energy stability requirement on the rf power source by roughly two orders of magnitude. Requirements on the electron beam quality, photocathode, spectrometer and detector are also discussed. Supported by particle-tracking simulations, we demonstrate the feasibility of achieving sub-electron-volt energy resolution and ~10-femtosecond temporal resolution with existing or near-future hardware performances.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; 2016YFA0202500; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1410519

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1408163; OSTI ID: 1418213

Journal Information:: Physical Review Applied, Vol. 8, Issue 5; ISSN 2331-7019

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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