ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
A novel scheme producing multiple, coherently phased, high charge (nC), short duration (ps) electron bunches in a radio-frequency (rf) photoinjector is presented. In this configuration, the mirror photocathode is an integral part of an optical resonator. The ultrashort laser pulse is reflected off the photocathode and recirculated through the optical cavity at a subharmonic of the rf drive frequency after extracting a photoelectron bunch. This new technique can dramatically increase the effective quantum efficiency of metals and produce high current, high brightness, prebunched electron beams ideally suited for high power coherent microwave generation. A proof-of-principle experiment operating at 0.250 GHz and using a frequency-quadrupled, mode-locked Nd:YAG laser has shown the production of a train of coherently phased photoelectron bunches, with a measured effective quantum efficiency enhancement of 4.2. © 1994 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.112689
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