Femtosecond Compression Dynamics and Timing Jitter Suppression in a THz-driven Electron Bunch Compressor

Snively, E. C.; Othman, M. A.  K.; Kozina, M.; Ofori-Okai, B. K.; Weathersby, S. P.; Park, S.; Shen, X.; Wang, X. J.; Hoffmann, M. C.; Li, R. K.; Nanni, E. A.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.124.054801

Title: Femtosecond Compression Dynamics and Timing Jitter Suppression in a THz-driven Electron Bunch Compressor

Journal Article · 04 February 2020 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.124.054801 · OSTI ID:1604930

^[1]; Othman, M. A. K. ^[1]; Kozina, M. ^[1]; Ofori-Okai, B. K. ^[1]; Weathersby, S. P. ^[1]; Park, S. ^[2]; Shen, X. ^[1]; Wang, X. J. ^[1]; Hoffmann, M. C. ^[1]; Li, R. K. ^[1]; Nanni, E. A. ^[1]

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES)

Herein we present the first demonstration of THz driven bunch compression and timing stabilization of a relativistic electron beam. Quasi-single-cycle strong field THz radiation is used in a shorted parallel-plate structure to compress a few-fC beam with 2.5 MeV kinetic energy by a factor of 2.7, producing a 39 fs rms bunch length and a reduction in timing jitter by more than a factor of 2 to 31 fs rms. This THz driven technique offers a significant improvement to beam performance for applications like ultrafast electron diffraction, providing a critical step towards unprecedented timing resolution in ultrafast sciences, and other accelerator applications using femtosecond-scale electron beams.

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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). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231; 2015-SLAC100238

OSTI ID:: 1604930

Report Number(s):: arXiv:1906.03358v1; PRLTAO; TRN: US2104352

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 124, Issue 5; ISSN 0031-9007

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Country of Publication:: United States

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