rf streak camera based ultrafast relativistic electron diffraction

We theoretically and experimentally investigate the possibility of using a rf streak camera to time resolve in a single shot structural changes at the sub-100 fs time scale via relativistic electron diffraction. We experimentally tested this novel concept at the UCLA Pegasus rf photoinjector. Time-r...

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Published in:Review of scientific instruments 2009-01, Vol.80 (1), p.013302-013302-4
Main Authors: Musumeci, P., Moody, J. T., Scoby, C. M., Gutierrez, M. S., Tran, T.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Electrons
Scattering, Radiation
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Summary:We theoretically and experimentally investigate the possibility of using a rf streak camera to time resolve in a single shot structural changes at the sub-100 fs time scale via relativistic electron diffraction. We experimentally tested this novel concept at the UCLA Pegasus rf photoinjector. Time-resolved diffraction patterns from thin Al foil are recorded. Averaging over 50 shots is required in order to get statistics sufficient to uncover a variation in time of the diffraction patterns. In the absence of an external pump laser, this is explained as due to the energy chirp on the beam out of the electron gun. With further improvements to the electron source, rf streak camera based ultrafast electron diffraction has the potential to yield truly single shot measurements of ultrafast processes.
ISSN:0034-6748
1089-7623
DOI:10.1063/1.3072883