Single-shot coherent diffraction imaging of microbunched relativistic electron beams for free-electron laser applications.

نویسندگان

  • A Marinelli
  • M Dunning
  • S Weathersby
  • E Hemsing
  • D Xiang
  • G Andonian
  • F O'Shea
  • Jianwei Miao
  • C Hast
  • J B Rosenzweig
چکیده

With the advent of coherent x rays provided by the x-ray free-electron laser (FEL), strong interest has been kindled in sophisticated diffraction imaging techniques. In this Letter, we exploit such techniques for the diagnosis of the density distribution of the intense electron beams typically utilized in an x-ray FEL itself. We have implemented this method by analyzing the far-field coherent transition radiation emitted by an inverse-FEL microbunched electron beam. This analysis utilizes an oversampling phase retrieval method on the transition radiation angular spectrum to reconstruct the transverse spatial distribution of the electron beam. This application of diffraction imaging represents a significant advance in electron beam physics, having critical applications to the diagnosis of high-brightness beams, as well as the collective microbunching instabilities afflicting these systems.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 110 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013