scholarly journals Three-dimensional manipulation of electron beam phase space for seeding soft x-ray free-electron lasers

Author(s):  
Chao Feng ◽  
Tong Zhang ◽  
Haixiao Deng ◽  
Zhentang Zhao
2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 912-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norihiro Sei ◽  
Hiroshi Ogawa ◽  
Shuichi Okuda

The influence of higher-harmonic free-electron laser (FEL) oscillations on an electron beam have been studied by measuring its bunch length at the NIJI-IV storage ring. The bunch length and the lifetime of the electron beam were measured, and were observed to have become longer owing to harmonic lasing, which is in accord with the increase of the FEL gain. It was demonstrated that the saturated FEL power could be described by the theory of bunch heating, even for the harmonic lasing. Cavity-length detuning curves were measured for the harmonic lasing, and it was found that the width of the detuning curve was proportional to a parameter that depended on the bunch length. These experimental results will be useful for developing compact resonator-type FELs by using higher harmonics in the extreme-ultraviolet and the X-ray regions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 2622-2628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiro Suzuki ◽  
Takashi Kimura ◽  
Ying Yang ◽  
Yoshiya Niida ◽  
Akiko Nishioka ◽  
...  

A liquid cell was designed for coherent diffractive imaging measurements at high tilt angles and tested at SACLA.


2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 869-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Reiche ◽  
Eduard Prat

With the successful operation of free-electron lasers (FELs) as user facilities there has been a growing demand for experiments with two photon pulses with variable photon energy and time separation. A configuration of an undulator with variable-gap control and a delaying chicane in the middle of the beamline is proposed. An injected electron beam with a transverse tilt will only yield FEL radiation for the parts which are close to the undulator axis. This allows, after re-aligning and delaying the electron beam, a different part of the bunch to be used to produce a second FEL pulse. This method offers independent control in photon energy and delay. For the parameters of the soft X-ray beamline Athos at the SwissFEL facility the photon energy tuning range is a factor of five with an adjustable delay between the two pulses from −50 to 950 fs.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedikt Hermann ◽  
Simona Bettoni ◽  
Thilo Egenolf ◽  
Uwe Niedermayer ◽  
Eduard Prat ◽  
...  

AbstractWe describe an application of laser-driven modulation in a dielectric micro-structure for the electron beam in a free-electron laser (FEL). The energy modulation is transferred into longitudinal bunching via compression in a magnetic chicane before entering the undulator section of the FEL. The bunched electron beam comprises a series of enhanced current spikes separated by the wavelength of the modulating laser. For beam parameters of SwissFEL at a total bunch charge of 30 pC, the individual spikes are expected to be as short as 140 as (FWHM) with peak currents exceeding 4 kA. The proposed modulation scheme requires the electron beam to be focused into the micrometer scale aperture of the dielectric structure, which imposes strict emittance and charge limitations, but, due to the small interaction region, the scheme is expected to require ten times less laser power as compared to laser modulation in a wiggler magnet, which is the conventional approach to create a pulse train in FELs.


Author(s):  
Michael Röhrs ◽  
Christopher Gerth ◽  
Holger Schlarb ◽  
Bernhard Schmidt ◽  
Peter Schmüser

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Vladimir N. Litvinenko

Contradictory to the widespread perception, storage ring free-electron lasers with substantial net gain can generate peak lasing power reaching GW levels in the so-called superpulse mode. This power level is sufficient for studies of nonlinear processes and efficient intracavity harmonic generation. This letter describes the physics of the superpulses and a phase-space refreshment in the electron beam responsible for this phenomenon.


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