Determination of few femtosecond to attosecond electron bunch durations using a passive plasma lens

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Hauptverfasser: Seidel, Andreas, Zepter, Carola, Sävert, Alexander, Kuschel, Stephan, Zepf, Matt
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author Seidel, Andreas
Zepter, Carola
Sävert, Alexander
Kuschel, Stephan
Zepf, Matt
author_facet Seidel, Andreas
Zepter, Carola
Sävert, Alexander
Kuschel, Stephan
Zepf, Matt
contents Determining the pulse duration of femtosecond electron bunches is challenging and often experimentally invasive. An effective method for measuring the duration based on the time-dependent variations in electron beam divergence induced by a passive plasma lens is described. Reconstruction of the temporal shape of the electron bunch down to $c \cdot dt=10$ nm ($\sim 30$ as) without external RF-cavities or multi-octave spanning spectrometer is shown numerically. Experimental data from a $\sim$ 3fs electron bunch demonstrates practical applicability of this method. While this approach can be used with any high current electron beam, it is particularly well matched to laser-driven and particle-driven wakefield accelerators and also accommodates electron beams with a time-dependent beam-energy (eg. 'chirp').
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spellingShingle Determination of few femtosecond to attosecond electron bunch durations using a passive plasma lens
Seidel, Andreas
Zepter, Carola
Sävert, Alexander
Kuschel, Stephan
Zepf, Matt
Accelerator Physics
Determining the pulse duration of femtosecond electron bunches is challenging and often experimentally invasive. An effective method for measuring the duration based on the time-dependent variations in electron beam divergence induced by a passive plasma lens is described. Reconstruction of the temporal shape of the electron bunch down to $c \cdot dt=10$ nm ($\sim 30$ as) without external RF-cavities or multi-octave spanning spectrometer is shown numerically. Experimental data from a $\sim$ 3fs electron bunch demonstrates practical applicability of this method. While this approach can be used with any high current electron beam, it is particularly well matched to laser-driven and particle-driven wakefield accelerators and also accommodates electron beams with a time-dependent beam-energy (eg. 'chirp').
title Determination of few femtosecond to attosecond electron bunch durations using a passive plasma lens
topic Accelerator Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.24107