Compact double-bunch x-ray free electron lasers for fresh bunch self-seeding and harmonic lasing

This paper presents a novel method to improve the longitudinal coherence, efficiency and maximum photon energy of x-ray free electron lasers (XFELs). The method is equivalent to having two separate concatenated XFELs. The first uses one bunch of electrons to reach the saturation regime, generating a...

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Main Authors: C. Emma, Y. Feng, D. C. Nguyen, A. Ratti, C. Pellegrini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2017-03-01
Series:Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.20.030701