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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 31: Poster: Quantum Optics and Photonics I
Q 31.91: Poster
Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 17:00–19:00, P OG1+2
Velocity Distribution Compression for Electron Beams with Laser Fields — •Moritz Carmesin1, Maxim A. Efremov1, and and Wolfgang P. Schleich1,2 — 1Institut für Quantenphysik and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST), Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany — 2Texas A & M University Institute for Advanced Study (TIAS), Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (IQSE), and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
Various applications such as electron microscopy or the free-electron laser require electron beams with a narrow velocity distribution. In order to control its width, we suggest to use the scattering of the electrons off two counter-propagating light waves generating a one-dimensional ponderomotive potential.
Within non-relativistic classical mechanics, we find that it is indeed impossible to decrease the width of a homogeneous distribution of the initial positions. In contrast, it is possible to compress the velocity distribution for an electron beam with a modulated initial distribution.
This work is supported by the German-Israeli Cooperation (DIP). W.P.S. is grateful to Texas A&M University for a Texas APM University Institute for Advanced Study (TIAS) Faculty fellowship.