17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

THz Streaking Diagnostics of RF-Compressed Few-Femtosecond Relativistic Electron Bunches

MOV6301
18 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Invited poster MC6.T03: Beam Diagnostics and Instrumentation Poster session

Speaker

Maximilian Lenz (Particle Beam Physics Lab (PBPL))

Description

We present recent progress on a terahertz streaking diagnostic for ultrashort relativistic electron bunches at the UCLA Pegasus Laboratory. Single-cycle, ~50 µJ THz pulses centered at 0.4 THz are coupled into metallic structures to enhance field strengths to several hundred MV/m and shape the boundary conditions for a strong longitudinal streaking gradient. A long initial bunch emitted from the photocathode is compressed to a few femtoseconds using a multi-frequency RF photoinjector system with X-band linearization to flatten the longitudinal phase space curvature introduced by the S-band linac. This enables femtosecond-resolution, single-shot measurements of MeV-scale electron bunches using THz streaking, with applications in advanced beam diagnostics and ultrafast science.

In which format do you inted to submit your paper? LaTeX

Author

Maximilian Lenz (Particle Beam Physics Lab (PBPL))

Co-authors

Atharva Kulkarni (Particle Beam Physics Lab (PBPL)) Brian Schaap (University of California, Los Angeles) Pietro Musumeci (University of California, Los Angeles)

Presentation materials

There are no materials yet.