• High Power Laser and Particle Beams
  • Vol. 32, Issue 5, 054003 (2020)
Yuan Wang, Xiaoguo Jiang, Sifu Chen, Jinshui Shi, Jin Li, and Guojun Yang
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  • Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, P. O. Box 919-106, Mianyang 621900, China
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    DOI: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.190430 Cite this Article
    Yuan Wang, Xiaoguo Jiang, Sifu Chen, Jinshui Shi, Jin Li, Guojun Yang. Theory of optical-transition radiation and its application to pulsed electron beam diagnoses on linear induction electron accelerator[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32(5): 054003 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The so called optical-transition radiation(OTR) occurs when the charged particles with constant speed pass through interface of two media with different dielectric coefficient. The radiation shows polarization behavior while the charged particle arrives at the incidence plane, the energy of the incidence particle can be determined according to the OTR angle distribution patterns. The OTR angle distribution oscillates at the second foil’s surface due to the interference while the electron beam is entering a double foil system. Thus parameters of the pulse electron beam can be measured by using these phenomena. The parameters include electron beam envelope radius, transversal distribution of electron beam current density, electron beam energy, and electron beam’s transverse divergence. This theory is used to measure parameters of pulsed electron beam on a series of Dragon linear induction electron accelerators(LIAs) and obtain valid time-resolved results. This measurement ability has improved greatly the debugging efficiency of the Dragon LIAs.
    Yuan Wang, Xiaoguo Jiang, Sifu Chen, Jinshui Shi, Jin Li, Guojun Yang. Theory of optical-transition radiation and its application to pulsed electron beam diagnoses on linear induction electron accelerator[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32(5): 054003
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