Pyroelectric deflector of charged particle beam

Andrei Oleinik, Alexander Kubankin, Roman Nazhmudinov, K Vokhmyanina, Alexander Shchagin, Pavel Karataev

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Abstract

A new type deflector of a charged particle beam based on pyroelectric crystals is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The transverse electric field arises in the gap between two pyroelectric crystals in vacuum because of the pyroelectric effect appearing when a temperature gradient is applied to both crystals. In a proof-of-principle experiment, we demonstrated deflection of a low-energy electron beam. The application of pyroelectric deflectors as bending elements in the pyroelectric undulator for production of the undulator radiation is proposed.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberP08007
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Instrumentation
Volume11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Aug 2016

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