title: High quality single shot ultrafast MeV electron diffraction from a photocathode radio-frequency gun.
abstract: A compact ultrafast electron diffractometer, consisting of an s-band 1.6 cell photocathode radio-frequency gun, a multi-function changeable sample chamber, and a sensitive relativistic electron detector, was built at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. High-quality single-shot transmission electron diffraction patterns have been recorded by scattering 2.5 MeV electrons off single crystalline gold and polycrystalline aluminum samples. The high quality diffraction pattern indicates an excellent spatial resolution, with the ratio of the diffraction ring radius over the ring rms width beyond 10. The electron pulse width is estimated to be about 300 fs. The high temporal and spatial resolution may open new opportunities in various areas of sciences.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Feichao
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Shengguang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Dao
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA.
authors.forename: Jianming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D004583:Electrons; D012542:Scattering, Radiation