Establishment of a capability to measure optical transition radiation
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Authors
Dallman, Peter Karl
Subjects
Optical transition radiation
Charged particle beams
Theses
Beam profiling
Charged particle beams
Theses
Beam profiling
Advisors
Maruyama, Xavier K.
Date of Issue
1989-12
Date
December 1989
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Optical transition radiation (OTR) can be used as a beam diagnostic system for charged particle beams. The experimental setup developed here demonstrates the capability to observe and measure OTR due to an electron beam from a linear accelerator. The setup is compact, simple, and readily adapted to experimental work. Through the use of two software programs (QuickCapture and Image 1.14) and the QuickCapture frame grabber board, both qualitative and quantitative results are possible. One of the useful qualitative results is a three-dimensional beam profile, which is quickly produced from a captured image. The system measured the relative intensity with a 3% variation between several images of the same source. Angular measurements of OTR can be made with an angular resolution of 600 microradians. Keywords: Optical transition radiation; Charged particle beams; Theses; Beam profiling
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Thesis
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Department
Department of Physics
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
96 p.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.