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

Design of an Alpha-magnet-based High-repetition-rate Megaelectronvolt Ultrafast Electron Diffraction Beamline

THP5662
21 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC5.D09: Emittance manipulation, Bunch Compression and Cooling Poster session

Speaker

Baiting Song (Tsinghua University)

Description

We propose a novel MeV UED beamline design based on a normal-conducting very-high-frequency (VHF) electron gun that generates a high-quality electron beam at a megahertz (MHz) repetition rate. Beam compression and time-of-flight (TOF) control are achieved using an alpha-magnet. Simulations show compression of the 4.1 fC electron beam to a duration of 4.7 fs RMS, with a TOF jitter of 1.9 fs RMS, alongside normalized transverse emittances of 5.6 nm·rad in the x-direction and 5.2 nm·rad in the y-direction. This design substantially enhances both the signal-to-noise ratio and temporal resolution of the UED beamline, establishing a robust foundation for the future development of UED facilities.

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Author

Baiting Song (Tsinghua University)

Co-authors

Yining Yang (Tsinghua University) Peng Lv (Tsinghua University) Zhiyuan Wang (Tsinghua University) Lianmin Zheng (Tsinghua University) Prof. Yingchao Du (Tsinghua University) Wenhui Huang (Tsinghua University) Chuanxiang Tang (Tsinghua University) Renkai Li (Tsinghua University)

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