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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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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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 |
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Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering Geometry |
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Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering Geometry |
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Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering Geometry |
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Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering Geometry |
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Building an Optical Free-Electron Laser in the Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering Geometry |
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building an optical free-electron laser in the traveling-wave thomson-scattering geometry |
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Frontiers in Physics |
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2296-424X |
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2019-01-01 |
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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. |
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optical FEL traveling-wave Thomson scattering pulse-front tilt out-of-focus interaction |
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