Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 054801 (2008) [4 pages]Generation of Trains of Electron Microbunches with Adjustable Subpicosecond SpacingReceived 25 December 2007; published 29 July 2008 We demonstrate that trains of subpicosecond electron microbunches, with subpicosecond spacing, can be produced by placing a mask in a region of the beam line where the beam transverse size is dominated by the correlated energy spread. We show that the number, length, and spacing of the microbunches can be controlled through the parameters of the beam and the mask. Such microbunch trains can be further compressed and accelerated and have applications to free electron lasers and plasma wakefield accelerators. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.054801
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.054801
PACS:
41.75.Ht, 41.75.Lx, 52.40.Mj
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