Compact X-Ray Free-Electron Laser

W. Barletta; W. Barletta; M. Atac; A. Bhowmik; B. Bobbs; D. B. Cline; R. A. Cover; F. P. Dixon; J. Gallardo; J. Kolonko; C. Pellegrini; G. Rakowsky; X. Wang; X. Wang; G. Westenskow

doi:10.1364/SWCR.1988.SWLOS202

Short Wavelength Coherent Radiation: Generation and Applications
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1988),
paper SWLOS202
•https://doi.org/10.1364/SWCR.1988.SWLOS202

Compact X-Ray Free-Electron Laser

W. Barletta, M. Atac, A. Bhowmik, B. Bobbs, D. B. Cline, R. A. Cover, F. P. Dixon, J. Gallardo, J. Kolonko, C. Pellegrini, G. Rakowsky, X. Wang, and G. Westenskow

Short Wavelength Coherent Radiation: Generation and Applications 1988

North Falmouth, MA United States
26–29 September 1988
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W. Barletta, M. Atac, A. Bhowmik, B. Bobbs, D. B. Cline, R. A. Cover, F. P. Dixon, J. Gallardo, J. Kolonko, C. Pellegrini, G. Rakowsky, X. Wang, and G. Westenskow, "Compact X-Ray Free-Electron Laser," in Short Wavelength Coherent Radiation: Generation and Applications, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1988), paper SWLOS202.

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Abstract

We present a design concept and simulation of the performance of a compact x-ray, free electron laser driven by ultra-high gradient rf-linacs. The accelerator design is based on recent advances in high gradient technology by a LLNL/SLAC/LBL collaboration^† and on the development of bright, high current electron sources by BNL and LANL. The GeV electron beams generated with such accelerators can be converted to soft x-rays in the range from 2-10 nm by passage through short period, high field strength wigglers as are being designed at Rocketdyne. Linear light sources of this type can produce trains of picosecond (or shorter) pulses of extremely high spectral brilliance suitable for flash holography of biological specimens in vivo and for studies of fast chemical reactions.

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