Study on flexible and organizable time-resolved measurement system and technology for multi-pulsed electron beam parameter

TL;DR

This paper presents a flexible, multi-pulsed electron beam measurement system using dual-imaging and optical splitting to analyze beam profile and divergence with 2ns resolution across three pulses.

Contribution

It introduces a novel measurement system combining dual-imaging and optical splitting to differentiate and analyze multiple pulses in electron beams.

Findings

Achieves 2ns time resolution for beam measurements.

Capable of analyzing three pulses simultaneously.

Provides detailed beam profile and divergence data.

Abstract

The proof test and debugging of the multi-pulsed electron accelerator, Dragon-2,requires a thorough comprehension of the quality of the beams. This puts forward a rigid requirement on the measurement system that it should have the ability that not only differentiates the three pulses on the whole but also tells the details of each pulse.In the measurements, beam energy is converted by a target to the Optical Transition Radiation (OTR) light, the information carried by which provides a good approach to measure beam profile and divergence simultaneously. Combining with this characteristic of OTR light, the concept of dual-imaging method is adopted in the design of optical imaging system. To avoid interference of the system optical parameters with one another, the original system is separated into two parts by functions, one for beam profile measurements and the other for divergence measurements. Correspondingly a splitter is interposed immediately after the OTR target which splits the light into two parts in perpendicular directions, one part forming a beam spot, and the remaining becoming polarized through a polarizer and imaged by an OTR lens and forming a beam divergence pattern. Again the use of splitters helps the light beam enter different framing camera for different use.With a time resolution of 2ns, the system can provide 8 frames of beam details within any one of the three pulses,at the same time as acquiring the quality of the three pulses on the whole.