A Potential Method for Diagnostics of Subfemtosecond Electron Beams Using Coherent Optical Transition Radiation

• DOI: 10.1007/s11182-019-01639-6
• Publication Date: 2019-03-27T17:52:34Z
• Authors: A. P. Potylitsyn; B. A. Alekseev
• Keywords: Transition radiation; Bunches

Coherent transition radiation (CTR) is widely used in determining the longitudinal e-beam dimensions in the accelerator technology applications. In this study, the CTR process is investigated in a real Au-target for the sake of measuring the size characteristics of the electron bunches with lengths from 100 to 300 nm, and possible applications of such targets is demonstrated.