Generation of attosecond x-ray pulses with a multi-cycle two-color ESASE scheme
Generation of attosecond x-ray pulses is attracting much attention within the x-ray free-electron laser (FEL) user community. Several schemes have been proposed based on manipulations of electron bunches with extremely short laser pulses. In this paper, we extend the attosecond two-color ESASE scheme proposed by Zholents et al. to the long optical cycle regime using a detuned second laser and a tapered undulator. Both lasers can be about ten-optical-cycles long, with the second laser frequency detuned from the first one to optimize the contrast between the central and side current spikes. A tapered undulator mitigates the degradation effect of the longitudinal space charge (LSC) force in the undulator and suppresses the FEL gain of all side current spikes. Simulations using the LCLS parameters show a single attosecond x-ray spike of {approx} 110 attosecond can be produced with a good contrast ratio.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 939109
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-13393; TRN: US0806178
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at 30th International Free Electron Laser Conference (FEL 2008), Gyeongju, Korea, 24-29 Aug 2008
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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