Development of timing synchronization between RF source and laser

A picosecond pulse electron beam is produced by a photocathode RF gun driven with a picosecond Nd:YAG laser. The produced electron beam is accelerated up to 150 MeV by a S-band RF accelerator, and is used to generate high energy monochromatic femtosecond pulse X-rays based on inverse Compton scatter...

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Main Authors: Yang, J., Aoki, Y., Yorozu, M., Okasa, Y., Sakai, F., Endo, A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceleration
Cathodes
Electron accelerators
Electron beams
Light scattering
Optical pulse generation
Optical pulses
Radio frequency
Timing
X-ray lasers
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Summary:A picosecond pulse electron beam is produced by a photocathode RF gun driven with a picosecond Nd:YAG laser. The produced electron beam is accelerated up to 150 MeV by a S-band RF accelerator, and is used to generate high energy monochromatic femtosecond pulse X-rays based on inverse Compton scattering between the pulse electron beam and femtosecond pulse Ti:sapphire laser light. In order to produce such short pulses of electrons and X-rays, a high precision timing synchronization is necessary between the lasers and RF source which is used to extract and accelerate the electron pulse in the photocathode RF gun and the S-band RF accelerator. The typical requirement of the temporal control precision is
DOI:10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.817908