Abstract
Ultrafast Electron Diffraction (UED) system, using an electron bunch of the duration with less than 100 fs and of the energy with 3 MeV, has been developed as a tool probing the ultrafast dynamics in pump–probe experiments. To keep the temporal and transverse characteristics of the electron bunch for the time-resolved electron diffraction, the bunch charge is limited to be the pico-Coulomb or less. S-band transverse deflecting cavity working on TM 120 mode is designed, fabricated, and installed in the UED system to measure directly the fs-scaled pulse duration of low-energy and low-charge electron bunches. We describe the design and the expected performance of a single-cell RF deflector. For the electron beam of 3 MeV in energy and 1.88 pC in charge, we could measure the bunch duration of 69 fs and the timing jitter of 62 fs, both in rms.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 194-201 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
Volume | 927 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 21 May 2019 |
Keywords
- Electron duration measurement
- RF deflector
- Ultrafast electron diffraction system
- Ultrashort bunch measurement