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Kurz, Thomas; Couperus, Jurjen Pieter; Kraemer, Jakob Matthias; Ding, Hao; Kuschel, Stephan; Koehler, Alexander; Zarini, Omid; Hollatz, Dominik; Schinkel, David; D'Arcy, Richard; Schwinkendorf, Jan-Patrick; Osterhoff, Jens; Irman, Arie; Schramm, Ulrich; Karsch, Stefan
(2018):
Calibration and cross-laboratory implementation of scintillating screens for electron bunch charge determination.
In: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 89, No. 9, 93303
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Abstract
We revise the calibration of scintillating screens commonly used to detect relativistic electron beams with low average current, e.g., from laser-plasma accelerators, based on new and expanded measurements that include higher charge density and different types of screens than previous work [Buck et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 81, 033301 (2010)]. Electron peak charge densities up to 10 nC/mm(2 )were provided by focused picosecond-long electron beams delivered by the Electron Linac for beams with high Brilliance and low Emittance (ELBE) at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf. At low charge densities, a linear scintillation response was found, followed by the onset of saturation in the range of nC/mm(2). The absolute calibration factor (photons/sr/pC) in this linear regime was measured to be almost a factor of 2 lower than that reported by Buck et al. retrospectively implying a higher charge in the charge measurements performed with the former calibration. A good agreement was found with the results provided by Glinec et al. [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 77, 103301 (2006)]. Furthermore long-term irradiation tests with an integrated dose of approximately 50 nC/mm(2) indicate a significant decrease of the scintillation efficiency over time. Finally, in order to enable the transfer of the absolute calibration between laboratories, a new constant reference light source has been developed. Published by AIP Publishing.
