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@PHDTHESIS{Kroh:597520,
author = {Kroh, Tobias},
othercontributors = {Kärtner, Franz and Matlis, Nicholas},
title = {{A} compact {TH}z-driven electron gun},
school = {University of Hamburg},
type = {Dissertation},
reportid = {PUBDB-2023-06617},
pages = {278},
year = {2023},
note = {AUF DIESE THESIS IST DURCH MEINEN SUPERVISOR PROF. KÄRTNER
EIN EMBARGO VON 1 JAHR GESETZT. BITTE DESHALB ERST NACH
ABLAUF VON 1 JAHR NACH VERTEIDIGUNG (10.08.2024)
VERÖFFENTLICHEN!!! Vielen Dank und viele liebe
Grüße,Tobias Kroh; Dissertation, University of Hamburg,
2023},
abstract = {Novel all-optical terahertz (THz)-based accelerators
promise to enable new science by providing ultrafast and
bright electron bunches at a small footprint. While
practical prototypes of THz-based devices have been
demonstrated and have shown exceptional capabilities to
accelerate and manipulate electron beams on sub-ps
timescales, the development of practical THz-driven
photoguns has lagged behind due to challenges associated
with physical miniaturization and the high THz pulse energy
required. This thesis significantly advances the development
of such THz-driven guns by setting a dual focus: First,
systematic parameter scans are performed on tilted
pulse-front setups providing crucial insights into the
non-collinear interactionlengths, parameter sensitivities
and physics inherent to high-energy THz generation. In
addition, spatio-temporal manipulation of the pump pulse is
explored both experimentally and by simulations and found as
viable tool to scale tilted pulse-front based THz sources to
such energies required for the next generation of compact
particle accelerators. Application of the findings resulted
in robust extraction of THz pulses with energies up to 400
μJ while operating well below the optical damage threshold.
Secondly, these setups are used in in three different
experiments aimed at developing a practical compact
THz-driven gun. The extraction of multi-keV electrons from a
triggerable THz photogun is demonstrated for the first time,
and the parameter space and resulting performance are
explored. Subsequently, multi-layered structures are
developed that extend the interaction between electrons and
THz pulses. A novel single-sided pumped THz accelerator is
tested and a segmented dual-sided pumped THz photogun is
developed. Finally, the instrumentation for commissioning
and scaling THz driven gun technology to energies beyond 100
keV, comparable to the performance of modern compact DC
electron guns, is presented and discussed. This work
represents a critical step in the development of practical
all optical THzdriven electron guns and paves the way
towards more compact accelerators with fs bunch durations,
low emittance and orders of magnitude higher brightness to
power future ultrafast electron diffraction experiments and
compact X-ray sources.},
cin = {FS-CFEL-2 / CFEL-UFOX},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)FS-CFEL-2-20120731 /
I:(DE-H253)CFEL-UFOX-20160927},
pnm = {631 - Matter – Dynamics, Mechanisms and Control
(POF4-631) / DFG project 390715994 - EXC 2056: CUI: Advanced
Imaging of Matter (390715994) / AXSIS - Frontiers in
Attosecond X-ray Science: Imaging and Spectroscopy (609920)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-631 / G:(GEPRIS)390715994 /
G:(EU-Grant)609920},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)AXSIS-20200101 /
EXP:(DE-H253)CFEL-Exp-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
doi = {10.3204/PUBDB-2023-06617},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/597520},
}