Plasma photonic spatiotemporal synchronization of relativistic electron and laser beams
oleh: P. Scherkl, A. Knetsch, T. Heinemann, A. Sutherland, A. F. Habib, O. S. Karger, D. Ullmann, A. Beaton, G. G. Manahan, Y. Xi, A. Deng, M. D. Litos, B. D. O’Shea, S. Z. Green, C. I. Clarke, G. Andonian, R. Assmann, D. L. Bruhwiler, J. Smith, J. R. Cary, M. J. Hogan, V. Yakimenko, J. B. Rosenzweig, B. Hidding
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| Diterbitkan: | American Physical Society 2022-05-01 |
Deskripsi
We present an ultracompact plasma-based method to measure spatial and temporal concurrence of intense electron and laser beams nonintrusively at their interaction point. The electron beam couples with a laser-generated seed plasma in dependence of spatiotemporal overlap, which triggers additional plasma production and manifests as enhanced plasma afterglow. This optical observable is exploited to measure beam concurrence with ∼4 μm spatial and ∼26.7 fs temporal accuracy, supported by auxiliary diagnostics. The afterglow interaction fingerprint is highly sensitive and enables ultraversatile femtosecond-micrometer beam metrology.