Patent ID: 11915837
Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
simulating diffraction in a transmission geometry of relativistic electron bunches from a crystallographic structure of a crystal, thereby simulating diffraction of the relativistic electron bunches into a plurality of Bragg peaks;
selecting, based on the simulated diffraction of the relativistic electron bunches from the crystallographic structure, a range of angles between a direction of propagation of the relativistic electron bunches and a normal direction of crystal, wherein the range of angles is selected to include an angle at which a diffraction portion into a respective Bragg peak of the plurality of Bragg peaks is maximized;
sequentially accelerating a plurality of physical electron bunches to relativistic energies, wherein the plurality of physical electron bunches are accelerated toward a physical crystal having the crystallographic structure;
diffracting the plurality of physical electron bunches off the physical crystal at different angles within the range of angles;
measuring the diffraction portion into the respective Bragg peak at the different angles within the range of angles;
selecting a final angle based on the measured diffraction portion into the respective Bragg peak at the different angles within the range of angles;
generating a pulse of light, including:
accelerating a subsequent physical electron bunch to a relativistic energy;
diffracting the subsequent physical electron bunch off the physical crystal at final angle; and
generating the pulse of light using the diffracted subsequent physical electron bunch.