TELBE: High-field high-repetition-rate photonics facility for coherent terahertz control of Matter

The TELBE user facility at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf is based on the new class of accelerator-driven terahertz (THz) radiation sources. Superradiant THz radiation is generated from relativistic electron bunches in a compact MeV level superconducting radiofrequency electron accelerator. Compared to the laser-based table-top THz sources with moderate repetition rates of a few kHz, the superradiant THz facility TELBE provides high repetition rates (quasi-cw) up to several 100 kHz, peak electric fields of 1 GV/m, and flexibility of tuning the THz pulse form. Time resolved experiments can be performed with time resolution down to 30 fs using the novel pulse-resolved diagnostics. We will present the results from first benchmarking THz control experiments, and discuss the possibility of various pump-probe experiments for friendly users, especially at low temperatures and in magnetic fields.