STUDIES OF POLARISATION OF COHERENT THz EDGE RADIATION AT THE ANKA STORAGE RING

In synchrotron radiation sources coherent radiation is emitted when the bunch length is comparable to or shorter than the wavelength of the emitted radiation. At the ANKA storage ring this radiation is observed as so-called edge radiation (emitted in the fringe field of a bending magnet). This radiation exhibits a radial polarisation pattern. The observed pattern, however, is influenced by the radiation transport in the beam line. A detector system based on a superconducting NbN ultra-fast bolometer with an intrinsic response time of about 100 ps as well as conventional Si bolometers were used to study the beam polarisaion. This paper reports the observations made during measurements.