Subpicosecond electro-optic measurement of relativistic electron pulses.

Phys Rev Lett

School of Science and Engineering, University of Abertay Dundee, Bell Street, Dundee DD1 1HG, United Kingdom.

Published: October 2000

Time-resolved measurements of the transverse electric field associated with relativistic electron bunches are presented. Using an ultrafast electro-optic sensor close to the electron beam, the longitudinal profile of the electric field was measured with subpicosecond time resolution and without time-reversal ambiguity. Results are shown for two cases: inside the vacuum beam line in the presence of wake fields, and in air behind a beryllium window, effectively probing the near-field transition radiation. Especially in the latter case, reconstruction of the longitudinal electron bunch shape is straightforward.

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