@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00048609, author = {黄, 開 and エシロケポフ, ティムル and コーガ, ジェームズ and 小瀧, 秀行 and 森, 道昭 and 林, 由紀雄 and 中新, 信彦 and ブラノフ, セルゲイ and 神門, 正城 and 黄 開 and エシロケポフ ティムル and コーガ ジェームズ and 小瀧 秀行 and 森 道昭 and 林 由紀雄 and 中新 信彦 and ブラノフ セルゲイ and 神門 正城}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, month = {Feb}, note = {Detections of the pulse durations and arrival timings of relativistic electron beams are important issues in accelerator physics. Electro-optic diagnostics on the Coulomb fields of electron beams have the advantages of single shot and non-destructive characteristics. We present a study of introducing the electro-optic spatial decoding technique to laser wakefield acceleration. By placing an electro-optic crystal very close to a gas target, we discovered that the Coulomb field of the electron beam possessed a spherical wavefront and was inconsistent with the previously widely used model. The field structure was demonstrated by experimental measurement, analytic calculations and simulations. A temporal mapping relationship with generality was derived in a geometry where the signals had spherical wavefronts. This study could be helpful for the applications of electro-optic diagnostics in laser plasma acceleration experiments.}, pages = {2938-1--2938-10}, title = {Electro-optic spatial decoding on the spherical-wavefront Coulomb fields of plasma electron sources}, volume = {8}, year = {2018} }