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WEOBA2 | Ultra-Short Electron Bunch Generation by a Photocathode RF Gun | 719 |
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We have been studying on the accelerator physics at Waseda University with BNL type 1.6cell rf gun. Such photocathode rf gun can generate low emittance and short bunch electron beam. Generating ultra-short electron bunch (shorter than 1ps) in a compact accelerator system would be meaningful because some applications need to be miniaturized, THz imaging, for example. However a short laser pulse cannot generate the bunch length of less than 1ps due to the space charge effects. So as to generate ultra-short electron bunch in compact system, we have newly designed Energy Chirping Cell attached rf gun (ECC rf gun). ECC is attached subsequently to the 1.6 cell. The role of ECC is to chirp the electron energy so that the electron bunch is compressed by velocity difference as it drifts. Simulation results show ECC rf gun can accelerate100pC electron bunch with the bunch length shorter than 100fs. We have successfully measured the coherent THz light by synchrotron radiation and transition radiation. Therefore, we inferred that the bunch was compressed into shorter than 1ps. In this conference, we will report the results of the bunch length measurement, present progresses and future plans.
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Science (B) 23740203 and Scientific Research (A) 10001619 |
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