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BiBTeX citation export for WE2A3: A Wiggler-based THz Source at LCLS-II and Studies for a 150-m THz Transport Line for Pump-probe Experiments

@unpublished{henstridge:fls2023-we2a3,
  author       = {M. Henstridge and A.S. Fisher and M.C. Hoffmann and Z. Huang},
  title        = {{A Wiggler-based THz Source at LCLS-II and Studies for a 150-m THz Transport Line for Pump-probe Experiments}},
% booktitle    = {Proc. FLS'23},
  booktitle    = {Proc. ICFA Adv. Beam Dyn. Workshop (FLS'23)},
  eventdate    = {2023-08-27/2023-09-01},
  language     = {english},
  intype       = {presented at the},
  series       = {ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop},
  number       = {67},
  venue        = {Luzern, Switzerland},
  publisher    = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
  month        = {01},
  year         = {2024},
  note         = {presented at FLS'23 in Luzern, Switzerland, unpublished},
  abstract     = {{Ultrafast THz pulses with energies of several µJ drive exotic non-equilibrium phenomena in complex materials, yet many of the underlying microscopic mechanisms remain unknown. Current strong-field THz sources rely mostly on difference-frequency mixing of near-infrared laser pulses in crystals at few-kHz repetition rates, but the extension of such sources to higher repetition rates suffers from reduced pulse energies and crystal damage. Here, we present a wiggler-based THz scheme capable of delivering 3-30 THz pulses with energies of 100 µJ at the 100 kHz rate supported by LCLS-II. Two time-delayed electron bunches independently drive the wiggler and x-ray undulator to generate precisely synchronized and optimized x-ray and THz pulses for pump-probe experiments. We built a model transport line to address the significant challenge of transporting the THz emission over the minimum 150-m distance necessary to reach the experimental halls. This concept, scaled to 12-m, has been tested with the 28 THz output of a CO₂ laser. Results indicate that the THz emission can be transported over 150-m with an efficiency near 90\%. Further testing is underway at 3.5 THz with a quantum-cascade laser.}},
}