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Accurate timing of a particle beam using laser ablation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2002

A. BALLARD  and
K. BONIN
A. BALLARD
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109
K. BONIN
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109
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Abstract

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We report on a new technique that we used to accurately time the velocity of a cluster beam. It involves deflecting particles away from their usual beam path by scattering with an ablation plume. We were able to time the occurrence of a C60 cluster beam to better than 0.2%. This technique was critical in recent light-force polarizabilities experiments.

Keywords

Beam timingLaser ablationParticle beam
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 237 - 239
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press