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A Kilohertz Picosecond X-Ray Pulse Generation Scheme
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- W. Guo, M. Borland, K. C. Harkay, C.-X. Wang, B. X. Yang
ANL, Argonne, Illinois
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The duration of the x-ray pulse generated at a synchrotron light source is typically tens of picoseconds. Shorter pulses are highly desired by the users. In electron storage rings, the vertical beam size is usually orders of magnitude less than the bunch length due to radiation damping; therefore, a shorter pulse can be obtained by slitting the vertically tilted bunch. Zholents proposed tilting the bunch using rf deflection. We found that tilted bunches can also be generated by a dipole magnet kick. A vertical tilt is developed after the kick in the presence of non-zero chromaticity. The tilt was successfully observed and a 4.2-ps pulse was obtained fom a 27-ps electron bunch at the Advanced Photon Source. Based on this principle we propose a short-pulse generation scheme that produces picosecond x-ray pulses at a repetition rate of 1~2 kHz, which can be used for pump-probe experiments. The tilt phenomenon can also be utilized for machine parameter measurement.
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