Published December 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Picosecond resolution of a Cerenkov cell-streak camera arrangement for monitoring charged particle bunches

  • 1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Description

An experiment is described in which the picosecond temporal structure of a Cerenkov radiation source has been measured using an optical streak camera. Electrons in the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) three kilometer linear accelerator, bunched by the 2856 MHz acceleration fields, are used to generate Cerenkov radiation in a helium-filled gas cell. We show that it is possible to construct a Cerenkov cell which introduces subpicosecond time spread and allows for nondestructive monitoring of the electron beam

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Journal Title
Rev. Sci. Instrum.
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
12
Series
Rev. Sci. Instrum.
Journal Page Range
1634-1637
ISSN
0034-6748