Author :
Saldin, E. ; Schlarb, H. ; Schmidt, Benedikt ; Schneidmiller, E. ; Yurkov, M. ; Bodewadt, J. ; Khan, Sharifullah ; Winter, Andreas ; Javahiraly, N. ; Hamberg, M. ; Larsson, Mats ; van der Meulen, P. ; Salen, P. ; Angelova, G.V. ; Ziemann, Volker
Abstract :
A novel laser-based method to measure the longitudinal profile of ultrashort electron bunches,known as the Optical Replica Synthesizer (ORS) [1] is currently implemented at the free-electron laser FLASH at DESY. The paper describes its technical layout and the status of the project.
Keywords :
beam handling techniques; electron accelerators; electron beams; free electron lasers; high-speed optical techniques; linear accelerators; particle beam bunching; particle beam diagnostics; DESY; FLASH; ORS; Optical Replica Synthesizer; beam energy; electron beam; free-electron laser; laser-method; optical diagnostics; superconducting linear accelerator; ultrashort electron bunches; Acceleration; Electron optics; Free electron lasers; Laser beams; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Pulse modulation; Pump lasers; Synthesizers; X-ray lasers;