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ArticleScientific reports2024

Absolute and non-invasive determination of the electron bunch length in a free electron laser using a bunch compressor monitor.

Gian Luca Orlandi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Gian Luca OrlandiPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen PSI, 5232, Switzerland. gianluca.orlandi@psi.ch.
Paul Scherrer Institute · CH

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Abstract

In a linac driven Free Electron Laser (FEL), the shot-to-shot and non-invasive monitoring of the electron bunch length is normally ensured by Bunch Compressor Monitors (BCMs). The bunch-length dependent signal of a BCM results from the detection and integration-over a given frequency band-of the temporal coherent enhancement of the radiation spectral energy emitted by the electron beam while experiencing a longitudinal compression. In this work, we present a method that permits to express the relative variation of the bunch length as a function of the relative statistical fluctuations of the BCM and charge signals. Furthermore, in the case of a BCM equipped with two detectors simultaneously operating in two distinct wavelength bands, the method permits an absolute determination of the electron bunch length. The proposed method is beneficial to a FEL. Thanks to it, the machine compression feedback can be tuned against the absolute measurement of the bunch length rather than a bunch-length dependent signal. In a CW-superconducting-linac driven FEL, it can offer the precious opportunity to implement a fully non-invasive and absolute diagnostics of the bunch length.

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DiagnosticsDriven linac FELElectron bunch lengthTemporal coherent radiation emission

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PMID38491040
PMCPMC10943132
OpenAlexW4392865115

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