Generation of Femtosecond Electron Pulses

Conference · Mon May 09 00:00:00 EDT 2005

OSTI ID:890836

Jinamoon, V; Kusoljariyakul, K; Rimjaem, S; Saisut, J; Thongbai, C; Vilaithong, T; Rhodes, M W; Wichaisirimongkol, P; Chumphongphan, S; Wiedemann, H

At the Fast Neutron Research Facility (FNRF), Chiang Mai University (Thailand), the SURIYA project has been established aiming to produce femtosecond electron pulses utilizing a combination of an S-band thermionic rf gun and a magnetic bunch compressor ({alpha}-magnet). A specially designed rf-gun has been constructed to obtain optimum beam characteristics for the best bunch compression. Simulation results show that bunch lengths as short as about 50 fs rms can be expected at the experimental station. The electron bunch lengths will be determined using autocorrelation of coherent transition radiation (TR) through a Michelson interferometer. The paper discusses beam dynamics studies, design, fabrication and cold tests of the rf-gun as well as presents the project current status and forth-coming experiments.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 890836
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-11174
• Conference Information: Presented at the 9th European Particle Accelerator Conference (EPAC 2004), Lucerne, Switzerland, 5-9 Jul 2004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
Accelerators
Experiment-HEP
HEPEX
BEAM DYNAMICS
COMPRESSION
COMPRESSORS
DESIGN
ELECTRONS
FABRICATION
FAST NEUTRONS
MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER
SIMULATION
THERMIONICS
TRANSITION RADIATION