Orlandi GL. Absolute and non-invasive determination of the electron bunch length in a free electron laser using a bunch compressor monitor.
Sci Rep 2024;
14:6319. [PMID:
38491040 PMCID:
PMC10943132 DOI:
10.1038/s41598-024-56586-1]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024] Open
Abstract
In a linac driven Free Electron Laser (FEL), the shot-to-shot and non-invasive monitoring of the electron bunch length is normally ensured by Bunch Compressor Monitors (BCMs). The bunch-length dependent signal of a BCM results from the detection and integration-over a given frequency band-of the temporal coherent enhancement of the radiation spectral energy emitted by the electron beam while experiencing a longitudinal compression. In this work, we present a method that permits to express the relative variation of the bunch length as a function of the relative statistical fluctuations of the BCM and charge signals. Furthermore, in the case of a BCM equipped with two detectors simultaneously operating in two distinct wavelength bands, the method permits an absolute determination of the electron bunch length. The proposed method is beneficial to a FEL. Thanks to it, the machine compression feedback can be tuned against the absolute measurement of the bunch length rather than a bunch-length dependent signal. In a CW-superconducting-linac driven FEL, it can offer the precious opportunity to implement a fully non-invasive and absolute diagnostics of the bunch length.
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