Soft and Hard X-ray SASE Free Electron Lasers

In the last couple of years, free electron lasers (FELs) have been a remarkable success as fourth generation light sources all over the world. Operating in the SASE mode, they produce laser-like radiation in a broad wavelength range. Especially in the soft and hard X-ray ranges, these light sources open unique and completely new fields in physics and allow a vast range of applications in most scientific fields. This article gives an overview of the principles of FELs and the SASE process, discusses technological challenges and solutions, and presents an outlook for future developments.

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From Third- to Fourth-Generation Light Sources: Free-Electron Lasers in the UV and X-ray Range

Springer Proceedings in Physics - Magnetism and Synchrotron Radiation ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-04498-4_15 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 407-419 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

M. Altarelli

Keyword(s):

Free Electron ◽

Fourth Generation ◽

Light Sources ◽

Free Electron Lasers ◽

X Ray

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1SI-05 X-ray FEL and membrane protein crystallography(1SI Biophysics to be explored using the fourth-generation light sources, x-ray free electron lasers,The 49th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan)

Seibutsu Butsuri ◽

10.2142/biophys.51.s8_4 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 51 (supplement) ◽

pp. S8

Author(s):

So Iwata

Keyword(s):

Membrane Protein ◽

Annual Meeting ◽

Free Electron ◽

Protein Crystallography ◽

Fourth Generation ◽

Light Sources ◽

Free Electron Lasers ◽

X Ray ◽

Biophysical Society

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1SI-06 Biophysical Imaging with Coherent X-rays(1SI Biophysics to be explored using the fourth-generation light sources, x-ray free electron lasers,The 49th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan)

Seibutsu Butsuri ◽

10.2142/biophys.51.s8_5 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 51 (supplement) ◽

pp. S8

Author(s):

Keith A Nugent

Keyword(s):

Annual Meeting ◽

Free Electron ◽

Fourth Generation ◽

Light Sources ◽

X Rays ◽

Free Electron Lasers ◽

X Ray ◽

Biophysical Society

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1SI-04 Visualization of intracellular elements by scanning X-ray fluorescence microscopy(1SI Biophysics to be explored using the fourth-generation light sources, x-ray free electron lasers,The 49th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan)

Seibutsu Butsuri ◽

10.2142/biophys.51.s8_3 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 51 (supplement) ◽

pp. S8

Author(s):

Mari Shimura ◽

Satoshi Matsuyama

Keyword(s):

Fluorescence Microscopy ◽

Annual Meeting ◽

Free Electron ◽

Fourth Generation ◽

Light Sources ◽

Free Electron Lasers ◽

X Ray ◽

Biophysical Society

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1SI-02 Coherent X-ray diffraction microscopy of non-crystalline biological particles at cryogenic temperatures(1SI Biophysics to be explored using the fourth-generation light sources, x-ray free electron lasers,The 49th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan)

Seibutsu Butsuri ◽

10.2142/biophys.51.s8_1 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 51 (supplement) ◽

pp. S8

Author(s):

Masayoshi Nakasako ◽

Masaki Yamamoto

Keyword(s):

Annual Meeting ◽

Free Electron ◽

Fourth Generation ◽

Light Sources ◽

Cryogenic Temperatures ◽

Free Electron Lasers ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

X Ray ◽

Biophysical Society ◽

Diffraction Microscopy

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1SI-03 SACLA in Molecular Imaging(1SI Biophysics to be explored using the fourth-generation light sources, x-ray free electron lasers,The 49th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan)

Seibutsu Butsuri ◽

10.2142/biophys.51.s8_2 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 51 (supplement) ◽

pp. S8

Author(s):

Changyong Song

Keyword(s):

Molecular Imaging ◽

Annual Meeting ◽

Free Electron ◽

Fourth Generation ◽

Light Sources ◽

Free Electron Lasers ◽

X Ray ◽

Biophysical Society

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1SI-01 Status of SACLA(SPring-8 Angstrom Compact Free Electron Laser)(1SI Biophysics to be explored using the fourth-generation light sources, x-ray free electron lasers,The 49th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan)

Seibutsu Butsuri ◽

10.2142/biophys.51.s7_6 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 51 (supplement) ◽

pp. S7-S8

Author(s):

Makina Yabashi

Keyword(s):

Annual Meeting ◽

Free Electron ◽

Free Electron Laser ◽

Fourth Generation ◽

Light Sources ◽

Free Electron Lasers ◽

X Ray ◽

Biophysical Society

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Accelerator-based X-ray sources: synchrotron radiation, X-ray free electron lasers and beyond

Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ◽

10.1098/rsta.2018.0231 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 377 (2147) ◽

pp. 20180231 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tetsuya Ishikawa

Keyword(s):

Synchrotron Radiation ◽

Storage Ring ◽

Free Electron ◽

Continuous Wave ◽

Transitional Period ◽

Light Sources ◽

X Rays ◽

Free Electron Lasers ◽

Beam Emittance ◽

X Ray

The evolution of synchrotron radiation (SR) sources and related sciences is discussed to explain the ‘generation’ of the SR sources. Most of the contemporary SR sources belong to the third generation, where the storage rings are optimized for the use of undulator radiation. The undulator development allowed to reduction of the electron energy of the storage ring necessary for delivering 10 keV X-rays from the initial 6–8 GeV to the current 3 Gev. Now is the transitional period from the double-bend-achromat lattice-based storage ring to the multi-bend-achromat lattice to achieve much smaller electron beam emittance. Free electron lasers are the other important accelerator-based light sources which recently reached hard X-ray regime by using self-amplified spontaneous emission scheme. Future accelerator-based X-ray sources should be continuous wave X-ray free electron lasers and pulsed X-ray free electron lasers. Some pathways to reach the future case are discussed. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Fifty years of synchrotron science: achievements and opportunities’.

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