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Title: High-Power Femtosecond Soft X Rays from Fresh-Slice Multistage Free-Electron Lasers

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

In this paper, we demonstrate a novel multistage amplification scheme for self-amplified spontaneous-emission free electron lasers for the production of few femtosecond pulses with very high power in the soft x-ray regime. The scheme uses the fresh-slice technique to produce an x-ray pulse on the bunch tail, subsequently amplified in downstream undulator sections by fresh electrons. With three-stages amplification, x-ray pulses with an energy of hundreds of microjoules are produced in few femtoseconds. Finally, for single-spike spectra x-ray pulses the pulse power is increased more than an order of magnitude compared to other techniques in the same wavelength range.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); SLAC Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1461817
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1457204
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 26 Vol. 120; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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