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

Time-of-flight control and passive compression in an Alpha-magnet beamline for MHz MeV UED

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

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Board: Thursday baguette: BF16
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.

Paper status Resubmitted proceeding files received and assigned to an editor. Accepted.

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)

Presentation materials