Femtosecond time-resolved MeV electron diffraction

Zhu, Pengfei; Zhu, Y.; Hidaka, Y.; Wu, L.; Cao, J.; Berger, H.; Geck, J.; Kraus, R.; Pjerov, S.; Shen, Y.; Tobey, R. I.; Hill, J. P.; Wang, X. J.

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/17/6/063004

Title: Femtosecond time-resolved MeV electron diffraction

Journal Article · Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · New Journal of Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/6/063004· OSTI ID:1307514

Zhu, Pengfei ^[1]; Zhu, Y. ^[2]; Hidaka, Y. ^[2]; Wu, L. ^[2]; Cao, J. ^[3]; Berger, H. ^[4]; Geck, J. ^[4]; Kraus, R. ^[4]; Pjerov, S. ^[2]; Shen, Y. ^[2]; Tobey, R. I. ^[2]; Hill, J. P. ^[2]; Wang, X. J. ^[5]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai (People's Republic of China)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
IFW, Dresden (Germany)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai (People's Republic of China); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

We report the experimental demonstration of femtosecond electron diffraction using high-brightness MeV electron beams. High-quality, single-shot electron diffraction patterns for both polycrystalline aluminum and single-crystal 1T-TaS₂ are obtained utilizing a 5 fC (~3 × 10⁴ electrons) pulse of electrons at 2.8 MeV. The high quality of the electron diffraction patterns confirms that electron beam has a normalized emittance of ~50 nm rad. The transverse and longitudinal coherence length is ~11 and ~2.5 nm, respectively. The timing jitter between the pump laser and probe electron beam was found to be ~100 fs (rms). The temporal resolution is demonstrated by observing the evolution of Bragg and superlattice peaks of 1T-TaS₂ following an 800 nm optical pump and was found to be 130 fs. Lastly, our results demonstrate the advantages of MeV electrons, including large elastic differential scattering cross-section and access to high-order reflections, and the feasibility of ultimately realizing below 10 fs time-resolved electron diffraction.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1307514

Journal Information:: New Journal of Physics, Vol. 17, Issue 6; ISSN 1367-2630

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