Author: Mueller, R.     [Müller, R.]
Paper Title Page
MOPRO057 Undulator Photon Beams with Orbital Angular Momentum 213
 
  • J. Bahrdt, K. Holldack, P. Kuske, R. Müller, M. Scheer, P.O. Schmid
    HZB, Berlin, Germany
 
  Photons carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) are present in the off-axis radiation of higher harmonics of helical undulators. Usually, the purity and visibility of OAM photons is blurred by electron beam emittance. However, high brightness OAM beams are expected in ultimate storage rings and FELs, and they may trigger a new class of experiments utilizing the variability of the topological charge, a 3rd degree of freedom besides wavelength and polarization. We report on the first detection of OAM photons in helical undulator radiation in the 3rd generation storage ring BESSY II. Measurements and simulations are compared and the impact of emittance and energy spread is discussed.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2014-MOPRO057  
Export • reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)