A terahertz pump mega-electron-volt ultrafast electron diffraction probe apparatus at the SLAC Accelerator Structure Test Area facility

Ofori-Okai, B. K.; Hoffmann, M. C.; Reid, A. H.; Edstrom, S.; Jobe, R. K.; Li, R. K.; Mannebach, E. M.; Park, S. J.; Polzin, W.; Shen, X.; Weathersby, S. P.; Yang, J.; Zheng, Q.; Zajac, M.; Lindenberg, A. M.; Glenzer, S. H.; Wang, X. J.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/06/p06014

Title: A terahertz pump mega-electron-volt ultrafast electron diffraction probe apparatus at the SLAC Accelerator Structure Test Area facility

Journal Article · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/06/p06014· OSTI ID:1461477

Ofori-Okai, B. K. ^[1]; Hoffmann, M. C. ^[2]; Reid, A. H. ^[2]; Edstrom, S. ^[2]; Jobe, R. K. ^[2]; Li, R. K. ^[2]; Mannebach, E. M. ^[3]; Park, S. J. ^[4]; Polzin, W. ^[2]; Shen, X. ^[2]; Weathersby, S. P. ^[2]; Yang, J. ^[2]; Zheng, Q. ^[2]; Zajac, M. ^[4]; Lindenberg, A. M. ^[5]; Glenzer, S. H. ^[2]; Wang, X. J. ^[2]

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
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); Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
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)
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); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Inst. (PULSE)

Here, we describe a new experimental setup capable of measuring structural dynamics following intense terahertz excitation. This system, developed at the SLAC Accelerator Structure Test Area facility, uses a high-energy ultrafast laser to produce intense terahertz pulses and femtosecond electron bunches that are accelerated to mega-electron-volt kinetic energies. The focused terahertz pulses have electric fields in excess of 600 kV/cm, and the resulting structural dynamics can be followed by electron diffraction. We also present some examples demonstrating its implementation where interactions between the THz pulses and the electron bunch are used to characterize the spatial and temporal characteristics of the THz field.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1461477

Journal Information:: Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 13, Issue 06; ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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