Terahertz diagnostic tool for sub-relativistic electron beams

Shaw, C. T. and Finlay, O. and Georgiadis, V. and Hibberd, M. T. and Lake, D. S. and Appleby, R. B. and Burt, G. and Graham, D. M. and Jamison, S. P. (2022) Terahertz diagnostic tool for sub-relativistic electron beams. In: IRMMW-THz 2022 - 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves :. International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz . IEEE Computer Society Press, NLD. ISBN 9781728194288

Abstract

We report on the development of a terahertz-driven electron beam deflector, based on a rectangular dielectric-lined waveguide (DLW), and the development of a simulation framework to probe the dynamics and analyse the experimental results. We show how such a terahertz (THz) deflector provides a valuable diagnostics tool for ultrafast electron bunches.