Microbunching instability characterization via temporally modulated laser pulses

High-brightness electron bunches, such as those generated and accelerated in free-electron lasers (FELs), can develop small-scale structure in the longitudinal phase space. This causes variations in the slice energy spread and current profile of the bunch which then undergo amplification, in an effe...

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Main Authors: A. D. Brynes, I. Akkermans, E. Allaria, L. Badano, S. Brussaard, M. Danailov, A. Demidovich, G. De Ninno, L. Giannessi, N. S. Mirian, G. Penco, G. Perosa, P. Rebernik Ribič, E. Roussel, I. Setija, P. Smorenburg, S. Spampinati, C. Spezzani, M. Trovò, P. H. Williams, A. Wolski, S. Di Mitri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-10-01
Series:Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.104401