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TY - CPAPER AU - Curry, E.J. AU - Jacobson, B.T. AU - Murokh, A.Y. AU - Musumeci, P. TI - Sub-Picosecond Shot-to-Shot Electron Beam and Laser Timing Using a Photoconductive THz Antenna J2 - Proc. of International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC2015), Melbourne, Australia, 13-17 September 2015 AB - Temporal synchronization systems, which measure electron beam time of arrival with respect to a laser pulse, are critical for operation of advanced laser-driven accelerators and light sources. State-of-the-art synchronization tools, relying on electronic e-beam response and photodetector laser response are limited to few GHz bandwidths in most practical configurations. This paper presents a temporal diagnostic instrumentation based upon a photoconductive THz antenna, which could offer an inexpensive and user friendly method to provide shot-to-shot relative time of arrival information with sub-picosecond accuracy. We describe the overall instrument design and proof-of-concept prototype results at the UCLA PEGASUS facility. PB - JACoW CY - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 243 EP - 245 KW - laser KW - electron KW - timing KW - diagnostics KW - alignment DA - 2016/01 PY - 2016 SN - 978-3-95450-176-2 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2015-MOPB081 UR - http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IBIC2015/papers/mopb081.pdf ER -