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Laser-Cooled Electron Sources: Experiments and Simulations

This overview discusses the concept and experimental results of laser-cooled electron sources, along with GPT simulations. It explores the potential applications and benefits of laser-cooled sources for single-shot electron diffraction and charged particle optics experiments. The text is in English.

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Laser-Cooled Electron Sources: Experiments and Simulations

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  1. laser-cooled electron sources experiments / simulations www.pulsar.nl Bas van der Geer Marieke de Loos Pulsar Physics The Netherlands Jom Luiten, Edgar Vredenbregt Wouter Engelen, Peter Pasmans Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands 1

  2. Overview • Can we use elections directlyinstead of converting them to photons? • 100kV photoemission UED set-up • Laser cooled-source • Concept • Experimental results • GPT simulations • Can a laser-cooled source drive a SASE-FEL?

  3. Single-shot Electron Diffraction Charged particle optics RF compression From 10 ps to <100 fs Van Oudheusden et al., JAP 102, 093501 (2007)PRL 105, 264801 (2010) Photocathode PRL 93, 094802 (2004) fs laser pulse

  4. Single-shot Diffraction Pattern Monocrystalline AuU = 100 keV Q = 400 fC σspot = 200 μm Spot analysis: L┴≈ 3 nm Study macromolecules: mm sized crystals!? … or a better source

  5. New Concept Electron Source Photoemissionsource Ultracold source Near-threshold photoionization σE = 0.5 eV T = 5000 K T = 10 K! Angular spread Taban et al., EPL 91, 46004 (2010) Coherence length

  6. Ultracold Electron Source Trap & Cool Magneto-optical trap Density ≈ 1016 / m3 RMS size ≈ 1 mm T = 100 μK Ionize Ultracold plasma Ionization radius ≈ 50 μm Accelerate Ultracold source Bunch energy E = 15 keV Luiten et al., PRL 95, 164801 (2005) McCulloch et al., Nat. Phys. 7, 785 (2011) Killian et al., PRL 83, 4776 (1999)

  7. Measure T with Waist Scan 220 K 1 90 K 1 2 3 20 K 2 3

  8. Temperature vs. Excess Energy T = 20 K! L ┴ = 40 nm @ 200 μm spot

  9. Dependence of T on Polarization  Ultracold  Ultrafast

  10. Temperature vs. Excess Energy T = 20 K!?

  11. Measure T with TEM Grid Same result: Ultracold bunches

  12. Temperature Model Potential Electron trajectories Laser pulse RMS vrT F Bordas et al., Phys. Rev. A 58, 400 (1998) Electrons escape mostly in forward direction

  13. Comparison Measurement with Model  Ultracold Ultrafast (?)

  14. Brighter sources, better simulations www.pulsar.nl Photogun: for example DESY / LCLS: • Initial emittance ~ 1 μm (eV energy spread) • Emittance ~ preserved in entire device • Required simulation accuracy: <1 μm Laser-cooled sources: • Initial emittance: < 1 nm (meV energy spread) • Emittance? • Desired simulation accuracy: <1 nm Quantum degenerate sources • … 14

  15. ‘Typical’ simulation code: GPT www.pulsar.nl Tracks sample particles in time-domain • Relativistic equations of motion • Fully 3D, including all non-linear effects • GPT solves with 5th order embedded Runge Kutta, adaptive stepsize • GPT can track ~106 particles on a PC with 1 GB memory • Challenge: E(r,t), B(r,t), flexibility without compromising accuracy External fields Coulomb interactions Analytical expressions Field-maps Particle in Cell All interactions {E,B}=f(x,y,z,t) 15

  16. Coulomb interactions www.pulsar.nl Macroscopic: • Space-charge • Average repulsion force • Bunch expands • Deformations in phase-space • Governed by Poisson’s equation Microscopic: • Disorder induced heating • Neighbouring particles ‘see’ each other • Potential energy → momentum spread • Stochastic effect • Governed by point-to-point interactions GPT simulations PRL 93, 094802 O.J. Luiten et. al. JAP 102, 093501 T. van Oudheusden et. al. PRST-AB 9, 044203S.B. van der Geer et. al. PRL 102, 034802 M. P. Reijnders et. al. JAP 102, 094312 S.B. van der Geer et. al. Nature Photonics Vol 2, May 2008 M. Centurion et. al. And many others… 16

  17. Charge density Lorentz transformation to laboratory frame Interpolation Particle-Mesh (in-Cell) Bunch in laboratory frame Bunch in rest frame Poisson equation Meshlines www.pulsar.nl • Mesh-based electrostatic solver in rest-frame • Bunch is tracked in laboratory frame • Calculations in rest-frame • Mesh • Density follows beam density • Trilinear interpolation to obtain charge density • Solve Poisson equation • 2nd order interpolation for the electrostatic field E’ • Transform E’ to E and B in laboratory frame 17

  18. Coulomb interactions www.pulsar.nl t=0 Disorder induced heating px Space charge t=10 ps x All interactions t=20 ps Ideal particle-in-Cell GPT simulations: n=1018 m–3 18

  19. Disorder induced heating www.pulsar.nl Random processes High U Low U Excess potential energy U px σpx Coulomb interactions Momentum spread x Temperature ↑ Brightness ↓ 19

  20. Paradigm shift www.pulsar.nl • Laser cooled sources • Disorder induced heating • Fast acceleration • Breaking randomness • Tree-codes (B&H, FMM, P3M) • Every particle matters • Ions and electrons • Ab initio • No Liouville to the rescue • Divergent rms values • RF-photoguns Space-charge • ‘Shaping’ the beam • Ellipsoidal bunches Particle-in-Cell • Macro-particles • One species • Fluid assumption • Liouville holds • Convergent rms values kTphotogun >> 0.02 n1/3q2 / ε0 >> kTlaser-cooled 20

  21. Algorithms… www.pulsar.nl All interactions O(N2): • PP Particle-Particle → slow • P3M Particle-Particle Particle-Mesh Accuracy traded for speed: • B&H Barnes&hut tree: O(N log N) • FMM Fast-Multipole-Method: O(N) • … Imaga credit: Southern European observatory 21

  22. Barnes-Hut www.pulsar.nl Hierarchical tree algorithm: • Includes all Coulomb interactions • O(N log N) in CPU time • User-selectable accuracy Division of space Tree data structure J. Barnes and P. Hut, Nature 324, (1986) p. 446. 22

  23. Comparison with experiments www.pulsar.nl M. P. Reijnders, N. Debernardi, S. B. van der Geer, P.H.A. Mutsaers, E. J. D. Vredenbregt, and O. J. Luiten,Phase-Space Manipulation of Ultracold Ion Bunches with Time-Dependent Fields PRL 105, 034802 (2010). 23

  24. Laser-cooled e–source www.pulsar.nl Fields: Cavity field 20 MV/m rf-cavity DC offset 3 MV/m Particles: Charge 0.1 pC (625k e−) Initial density 1018 / m3 Ionization time 10 ps Initial Temp 1 K GPT tracking: - All particles - Realistic fields - All interactions 24

  25. Longitudinal emission dynamics www.pulsar.nl Longitudinal acceleration • rf field • Combined spacecharge electrons ions ions electrons rf-field Ez, color coded on r 25

  26. Transverse emission dynamics www.pulsar.nl Transverse acceleration • While new ones are still being ionized • While ions keep them together ions electrons Er, color coded on z 26

  27. Laser cooled e– diffraction www.pulsar.nl • GPT Simulations include: • Realistic external fields • Start as function of time and position • Relativistic equations of motion • Allpair-wise interactions included 27

  28. Laser cooled e– diffraction www.pulsar.nl GPT results: εx 20 nm (rms) 10% slice ~1 nm Energy 120 keV Spread 1% εz 60 keV fs Charge 0.1 pC (625,000 e–) Ultracold Electron Source for Single-Shot, Ultrafast Electron DiffractionMicroscopy and Microanalysis 15, p. 282-289 (2009).S.B. van der Geer, M.J. de Loos, E.J.D. Vredenbregt, and O.J. Luiten 28

  29. Miniaturized DESY/LCLS ?? www.pulsar.nl RF-photogun GeV Accelerator Undulator laser-cooled source MeV accelerator Ti:Saphire 800 nm, TW TW laser 29

  30. FEL equations www.pulsar.nl 30

  31. FEL driven by laser-cooled source www.pulsar.nl Charge 1 pC 0.1 pC Slice emittance 13 nm 1 nm Longitudinal emittance 1 keV ps 0.1 keV ps Peak current 100 A 1 mA Energy 1.3 GeV 15 MeV Undulator strength 0.1 0.5 λU 1.3 mm 800 nm ρFEL 0.0002 0.00002 ρQUANTUM 0.1 Gain Length 0.28 m 2 mm Wavelength 0.1 nm 0.4 nm Power (1D) 25 MW 50 W, 60k photons 31

  32. Conclusion www.pulsar.nl Laser-cooled sources: • Very promising new development • Experimental results match (GPT) predictions • Bright future Higher brightness: • Requires new simulation techniquesfor the calculation of all pair-wise Coulomb interactions • Such as implemented in GPT where we can now track >1M particles including all pair-wise interactions • Produces phase-space distributions with divergent rms values 32

  33. www.pulsar.nl Globular cluster Messier 2 by Hubble Space Telescope.. Located in the constellation of Aquarius, also known as NGC 7089. M2 contains about a million stars and is located in the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. 33

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