A Compact Light Source: Design and Technical Feasibility Study of a Laser-Electron Storage Ring X-Ray Source

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Title: A Compact Light Source: Design and Technical Feasibility Study of a Laser-Electron Storage Ring X-Ray Source

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Thomson scattering infrared photons off energetic electrons provides a mechanism to produce hard X-rays desirable for applied sciences research. Using a small, modest energy (25MeV) electron storage ring together with a resonantly-driven optical storage cavity, a narrow spectrum of hard X-rays could be produced with the quality and monochromatic intensity approaching that of beamline sources at large synchrotron radiation laboratories. The general design of this X-ray source as well as its technical feasibility are presented. In particular, the requirements of optical pulse gain enhancement in an external cavity are described and experimentally demonstrated using a CW mode-locked laser.

Authors:: Loewen, R

Publication Date:: 2004-02-02

Research Org.:: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (US)

OSTI Identifier:: 826755

Report Number(s):: SLAC-R-632
TRN: US0404162

DOE Contract Number:: AC03-76SF00515

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: 2 Feb 2004

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; DESIGN; ELECTRONS; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTONS; STORAGE; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TAIL ELECTRONS; THOMSON SCATTERING; X-RAY SOURCES

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  abstractNote = {Thomson scattering infrared photons off energetic electrons provides a mechanism to produce hard X-rays desirable for applied sciences research. Using a small, modest energy (25MeV) electron storage ring together with a resonantly-driven optical storage cavity, a narrow spectrum of hard X-rays could be produced with the quality and monochromatic intensity approaching that of beamline sources at large synchrotron radiation laboratories. The general design of this X-ray source as well as its technical feasibility are presented. In particular, the requirements of optical pulse gain enhancement in an external cavity are described and experimentally demonstrated using a CW mode-locked laser.},

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