Generation of stable subfemtosecond hard x-ray pulses with optimized nonlinear bunch compression [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science, 2014.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy - Physical Description:
- Article numbers 120,703 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information - Access Online:
- www.osti.gov
- Summary:
- In this paper, we propose a simple scheme that leverages existing x-ray free-electron laser hardware to produce stable single-spike, subfemtosecond x-ray pulses. By optimizing a high-harmonic radio-frequency linearizer to achieve nonlinear compression of a low-charge (20 pC) electron beam, we obtain a sharp current profile possessing a few-femtosecond full width at half maximum temporal duration. A reverse undulator taper is applied to enable lasing only within the current spike, where longitudinal space charge forces induce an electron beam time-energy chirp. Simulations based on the Linac Coherent Light Source parameters show that stable single-spike x-ray pulses with a duration less than 200 attoseconds can be obtained.
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
12/15/2014.
Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams 17 12 ISSN 1098-4402; PRABFM AM
Huang, Senlin; Ding, Yuantao; Huang, Zhirong; Qiang, Ji. - Funding Information:
- AC02-76SF00515
AC02-05CH11231
2011CB808301
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