Monochromatization of Electron Beams with Spatially and Temporally Modulated Optical Fields

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Hauptverfasser: Streshkova, Neli Laštovičková, Koutenský, Petr, Novotný, Tomáš, Kozák, Martin
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author Streshkova, Neli Laštovičková
Koutenský, Petr
Novotný, Tomáš
Kozák, Martin
author_facet Streshkova, Neli Laštovičková
Koutenský, Petr
Novotný, Tomáš
Kozák, Martin
contents Inelastic interaction between coherent light with constant frequency and free electrons enables periodic phase modulation of electron wave packets leading to periodic side-bands in the electron energy spectra. In this Letter we propose a generalization of the interaction by considering linearly chirped electron wave packets interacting with chirped optical fields. We theoretically demonstrate that when matching the chirp parameters of the electron and light waves, the interaction leads to partial monochromatization of the electron spectra in one of the energy side-bands. Depending on the coherence time of the electrons, the electron spectrum may be narrowed down by a factor of 5-times with 26% of the electron distribution in the monochromatized energy band. This approach will improve the spectral resolution and reduce color aberrations in ultrafast imaging experiments with free electrons.
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spellingShingle Monochromatization of Electron Beams with Spatially and Temporally Modulated Optical Fields
Streshkova, Neli Laštovičková
Koutenský, Petr
Novotný, Tomáš
Kozák, Martin
Optics
Inelastic interaction between coherent light with constant frequency and free electrons enables periodic phase modulation of electron wave packets leading to periodic side-bands in the electron energy spectra. In this Letter we propose a generalization of the interaction by considering linearly chirped electron wave packets interacting with chirped optical fields. We theoretically demonstrate that when matching the chirp parameters of the electron and light waves, the interaction leads to partial monochromatization of the electron spectra in one of the energy side-bands. Depending on the coherence time of the electrons, the electron spectrum may be narrowed down by a factor of 5-times with 26% of the electron distribution in the monochromatized energy band. This approach will improve the spectral resolution and reduce color aberrations in ultrafast imaging experiments with free electrons.
title Monochromatization of Electron Beams with Spatially and Temporally Modulated Optical Fields
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06814