Terawatt attosecond x-ray source driven by a plasma accelerator

Emma, C.; Xu, X.; Fisher, A.; Robles, R.; MacArthur, J. P.; Cryan, J.; Hogan, M. J.; Musumeci, P.; White, G.; Marinelli, A.

doi:10.1063/5.0050693

Title: Terawatt attosecond x-ray source driven by a plasma accelerator

Journal Article · Thu Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · APL Photonics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0050693· OSTI ID:1820153

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SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Plasma accelerators can generate ultra-high-brightness electron beams that open the door to light sources with a smaller physical footprint and properties un-achievable with conventional accelerator technology. In this paper, we show that electron beams from Plasma WakeField Accelerators can generate few-cycle coherent tunable soft x-ray pulses with TW peak power and a duration of tens of attoseconds, an order of magnitude more powerful, shorter, and with better stability than state-of-the-art X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs). Such a light source would significantly enhance the ability to experimentally investigate electron dynamics on ultrafast timescales, having a broad-ranging impact across multiple scientific fields. Rather than starting from noise as in typical XFELs, the x-ray emission in this approach is driven by coherent radiation from a pre-bunched, high peak current electron beam of attosecond duration. This relaxes the restrictive tolerances that have hindered progress toward utilizing plasma accelerators as coherent x-ray drivers thus far, presenting a new paradigm for advanced accelerator light source applications.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC0009914

OSTI ID:: 1820153

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1807532

Journal Information:: APL Photonics, Vol. 6, Issue 7; ISSN 2378-0967

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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