Tunable Subpicosecond Electron-Bunch-Train Generation Using a Transverse-To-Longitudinal Phase-Space Exchange Technique

Journal Article · Fri Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2010 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.105.234801· OSTI ID:21554445

Sun, Y -E ^[1]; Piot, P; Maxwell, T J ^[1]; Johnson, A ^[2]; Lumpkin, A H; Ruan, J; Thurman-Keup, R ^[2]

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1. Accelerator Physics Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)
2. Accelerator Division, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)

We report on the experimental generation of a train of subpicosecond electron bunches. The bunch train generation is accomplished using a beam line capable of exchanging the coordinates between the horizontal and longitudinal degrees of freedom. An initial beam consisting of a set of horizontally separated beamlets is converted into a train of bunches temporally separated with tunable bunch duration and separation. The experiment reported in this Letter unambiguously demonstrates the conversion process and its versatility.

• OSTI ID: 21554445
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 23; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.234801; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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