Measurement of femtosecond dynamics of ultrafast electron beams through terahertz compression and time-stamping

Othman, Mohamed K.; Gabriel, Annika E.; Snively, Emma C.; Kozina, Michael E.; Shen, Xiaozhe; Ji, Fuhao; Lewis, Samantha; Weathersby, Stephen; Vasireddy, Praful; Luo, Duan; Wang, Xijie; Hoffmann, Matthias C.; Nanni, Emilio A.

doi:10.1063/5.0134733

Measurement of femtosecond dynamics of ultrafast electron beams through terahertz compression and time-stamping

Journal Article · Tue Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0134733· OSTI ID:1969706

^[1]; Gabriel, Annika E. ^[2]; ^[2]; Kozina, Michael E. ^[2]; Shen, Xiaozhe ^[2]; Ji, Fuhao ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[2]; Vasireddy, Praful ^[2]; ^[2]; Wang, Xijie ^[2]; Hoffmann, Matthias C. ^[2]; ^[2]

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); SLAC
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Visualizing ultrafast dynamics at the atomic scale requires time-resolved characterization with femtosecond temporal resolution. For fully relativistic electron bunch probes, existing techniques for single-shot ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) are limited by the achievable electron probe bunch length, charge, and timing jitter. We present the first experimental demonstration of dual-fed THz-driven compression and time-stamping that enables electron probes with improved temporal resolution. This technique utilizes two counter-propagating quasi-single-cycle THz pulses generated from two OH-1 organic crystals coupled into an optimized THz compressor structure. We demonstrate electron bunch compression and time-of-arrival jitter suppression by a factor of 3 paving the way toward unique opportunities for UED time-resolved measurements.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

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

OSTI ID:: 1969706

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 122; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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