Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering Geometry

We show how optical free-electron lasers and enhanced incoherent Thomson scattering radiation sources can be realized with Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering (TWTS) today. Emphasis is put on the realization of optical free-electron lasers (OFELs) with existing state-of-the-art technology for laser sy...

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Main Authors: Klaus Steiniger, Daniel Albach, Michael Bussmann, Markus Loeser, Richard Pausch, Fabian Röser, Ulrich Schramm, Mathias Siebold, Alexander Debus
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2018.00155/full
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spelling doaj-882ab33b88104aa687c2dc62a6c219ad2020-11-24T21:07:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physics2296-424X2019-01-01610.3389/fphy.2018.00155427641Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering GeometryKlaus Steiniger0Klaus Steiniger1Daniel Albach2Michael Bussmann3Markus Loeser4Markus Loeser5Richard Pausch6Richard Pausch7Fabian Röser8Ulrich Schramm9Ulrich Schramm10Mathias Siebold11Alexander Debus12Institute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfDresden, GermanyInstitute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, Technische Universität DresdenDresden, GermanyInstitute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfDresden, GermanyInstitute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfDresden, GermanyInstitute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfDresden, GermanyInstitute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, Technische Universität DresdenDresden, GermanyInstitute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfDresden, GermanyInstitute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, Technische Universität DresdenDresden, GermanyInstitute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfDresden, GermanyInstitute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfDresden, GermanyInstitute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, Technische Universität DresdenDresden, GermanyInstitute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfDresden, GermanyInstitute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfDresden, GermanyWe show how optical free-electron lasers and enhanced incoherent Thomson scattering radiation sources can be realized with Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering (TWTS) today. Emphasis is put on the realization of optical free-electron lasers (OFELs) with existing state-of-the-art technology for laser systems and electron accelerators. The conceptual design of optical setups for the preparation of laser pulses suitable for TWTS OFELs and enhanced Thomson sources is presented. We further provide expressions to estimate the acceptable alignment tolerances of optical components for TWTS OFEL operation. Examples of TWTS OFELs radiating at 100 nm, 13.5 nm and 1.5 Å as well as an incoherent source producing 30 keV photons highlight the feasibility of the concept and detail the procedure to determine the optical components parameters of a TWTS setup.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2018.00155/fulloptical FELtraveling-waveThomson scatteringpulse-front tiltout-of-focus interaction
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author Klaus Steiniger
Klaus Steiniger
Daniel Albach
Michael Bussmann
Markus Loeser
Markus Loeser
Richard Pausch
Richard Pausch
Fabian Röser
Ulrich Schramm
Ulrich Schramm
Mathias Siebold
Alexander Debus
spellingShingle Klaus Steiniger
Klaus Steiniger
Daniel Albach
Michael Bussmann
Markus Loeser
Markus Loeser
Richard Pausch
Richard Pausch
Fabian Röser
Ulrich Schramm
Ulrich Schramm
Mathias Siebold
Alexander Debus
Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering Geometry
Frontiers in Physics
optical FEL
traveling-wave
Thomson scattering
pulse-front tilt
out-of-focus interaction
author_facet Klaus Steiniger
Klaus Steiniger
Daniel Albach
Michael Bussmann
Markus Loeser
Markus Loeser
Richard Pausch
Richard Pausch
Fabian Röser
Ulrich Schramm
Ulrich Schramm
Mathias Siebold
Alexander Debus
author_sort Klaus Steiniger
title Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering Geometry
title_short Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering Geometry
title_full Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering Geometry
title_fullStr Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering Geometry
title_full_unstemmed Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering Geometry
title_sort building an optical free-electron laser in the traveling-wave thomson-scattering geometry
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
series Frontiers in Physics
issn 2296-424X
publishDate 2019-01-01
description We show how optical free-electron lasers and enhanced incoherent Thomson scattering radiation sources can be realized with Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering (TWTS) today. Emphasis is put on the realization of optical free-electron lasers (OFELs) with existing state-of-the-art technology for laser systems and electron accelerators. The conceptual design of optical setups for the preparation of laser pulses suitable for TWTS OFELs and enhanced Thomson sources is presented. We further provide expressions to estimate the acceptable alignment tolerances of optical components for TWTS OFEL operation. Examples of TWTS OFELs radiating at 100 nm, 13.5 nm and 1.5 Å as well as an incoherent source producing 30 keV photons highlight the feasibility of the concept and detail the procedure to determine the optical components parameters of a TWTS setup.
topic optical FEL
traveling-wave
Thomson scattering
pulse-front tilt
out-of-focus interaction
url https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2018.00155/full
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