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Grating Enhanced Ponderomotive Scattering for Characterization of Femtosecond Electron Pulses

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We demonstrate a method for measuring the duration of femtosecond electron pulses capable of 10 fs accuracy, using the ponderomotive force of the intensity grating produced by counterpropagating laser pulses in the microjoule energy range.

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Hebeisen, C.T. et al. (2009). Grating Enhanced Ponderomotive Scattering for Characterization of Femtosecond Electron Pulses. In: Corkum, P., Silvestri, S., Nelson, K., Riedle, E., Schoenlein, R. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena XVI. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 92. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95946-5_322

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