Longitudinal electron bunch diagnostics using coherent transition radiation at the IRFEL

A longitudinal electron bunch diagnostics system is developing to measure the longitudinal bunch charge distribution for the new IRFEL at National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL). We use a Martin-Puplett interferometer, which is essentially a Michelson interferometer, to measure the spectrum of the coherent transition radiation produced by electrons through a thin metallic foil. Frequency components of coherent transition radiation have a relationship with the bunch form factor, which is described by the square modulus of the Fourier transform of the bunch distribution. Then several techniques, including a Kramers-Kronig analysis, have been applied to determine the longitudinal bunch charge distribution. The details of the design and theoretical investigation will be described in this paper.