Improved temporal resolution in ultrafast electron diffraction measurements through THz compression and time-stamping.


Journal

Structural dynamics (Melville, N.Y.)
ISSN: 2329-7778
Titre abrégé: Struct Dyn
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101660872

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Mar 2024
Historique:
received: 19 11 2023
accepted: 05 04 2024
medline: 24 4 2024
pubmed: 24 4 2024
entrez: 24 4 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

We present an experimental demonstration of ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) with THz-driven electron bunch compression and time-stamping that enables UED probes with improved temporal resolution. Through THz-driven longitudinal bunch compression, a compression factor of approximately four is achieved. Moreover, the time-of-arrival jitter between the compressed electron bunch and a pump laser pulse is suppressed by a factor of three. Simultaneously, the THz interaction imparts a transverse spatiotemporal correlation on the electron distribution, which we utilize to further enhance the precision of time-resolved UED measurements. We use this technique to probe single-crystal gold nanofilms and reveal transient oscillations in the THz near fields with a temporal resolution down to 50 fs. These oscillations were previously beyond reach in the absence of THz compression and time-stamping.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38655563
doi: 10.1063/4.0000230
pii: 4.0000230
pmc: PMC11037933
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

024311

Informations de copyright

© 2024 Author(s).

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have no conflicts to disclose.

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Auteurs

Mohamed A K Othman (MAK)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Annika E Gabriel (AE)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Emma C Snively (EC)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Michael E Kozina (ME)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Xiaozhe Shen (X)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Fuhao Ji (F)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Samantha Lewis (S)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Stephen Weathersby (S)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Praful Vasireddy (P)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Duan Luo (D)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Xijie Wang (X)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Matthias C Hoffmann (MC)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Emilio A Nanni (EA)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

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