Corrections for systematic errors in slit-profiler transverse phase space measurements

TL;DR

This paper investigates and corrects systematic errors in slit-profiler transverse phase space measurements in photo injectors, improving the accuracy of emittance characterization crucial for beam quality assessment.

Contribution

It quantifies the effects of slit size, imaging, and space charge on measurement errors and proposes correction methods validated through simulations and experiments at PITZ.

Findings

Systematic errors can significantly affect emittance measurements in strongly coupled phase space.

Corrections for slit size, imaging, and space charge effects improve measurement accuracy.

Validated correction methods enhance reliability of transverse phase space diagnostics.

Abstract

In photo injectors, the transverse emittance is one of the key measures of beam quality as it defines the possible performance of the whole facility. As such it is important to measure the emittance in photo injectors and ensure the accuracy of these measurements. While there are many different methods of measuring the emittance, this paper focuses on quantifying the systematic errors present in transverse phase space measurements taken with slit-profiler methods, i.e. scanning a narrow slit over the beam and continually measuring the passed beamlets' divergence with a downstream profiler. The measurement errors include effects of the slit size, beamlet imaging, and residual space charge. While these effects are generally small, they can have significant impact on the measured emittance when the 2D phase space is strongly coupled. The systematic effects studied and corrections are demonstrated with simulations and measurements from the Photo Injector Test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (PITZ) using a slit-screen emittance scanner.