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Image of optical diffraction radiation (ODR) source and spatial resolution of ODR beam profile monitor

Accelerator Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The approach to obtain the image shape of an optical diffraction radiation (ODR) source focused by lens on a detector with taking into account the "pre-wave zone" effect has been developed. In full analogy with optical transition radiation source the characteristic size of ODR slit image doesn't depend on the Lorentz-factor and is defined by slit width, wavelength and lens aperture. If a beam is passed through a narrow slit the shape of a slit image depends on a beam size. ODR generated by extremely ultrarelativistic beam passing through a narrow slit may be used to determine the beam size from ODR slit image.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0408024,
  title  = {Image of optical diffraction radiation (ODR) source and spatial resolution of ODR beam profile monitor},
  author = {A. P. Potylitsyn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0408024},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

11 pages, 19 figures. To be presented at "Meeting on the ODR beam size monitor proposal" August 10th, (A&E) at SLAC