Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 11, 070702 (2008) [5 pages]Observation of two-dimensional longitudinal-transverse correlations in an electron beam by laser-electron interactions
During the preparatory work for the optical-replica synthesizer experiment in the free-electron laser FLASH at DESY, we were able to superimpose a short, approximately 200 fs long pulse from a frequency-doubled mode-locked erbium laser with titanium-sapphire amplifier and an approximately 20 ps long electron bunch in an undulator. This induces an energy modulation in a longitudinal slice of the electron bunch. A magnetic chicane downstream of the undulator converts the energy modulation into a density modulation within the slice that causes the emission of coherent optical transition radiation from a silver-coated silicon screen. Varying the relative timing between electron and laser, we use a camera to record two-dimensional images of the slices as a function of the longitudinal position within the electron bunch. This article is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.11.070702
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.11.070702
PACS:
29.20.Ej, 29.27.Fh
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