Towards coherent X-ray free-electron lasers

doi:10.1038/s41566-019-0495-2

Title: Towards coherent X-ray free-electron lasers

Abstract

Increased bandwidth and fluctuations are difficulties on the path towards generating intense fully coherent X-ray free-electron laser output. A recent experiment at FERMI Trieste observed that these problems can be overcome by an approach called echo-enabled harmonic generation.

Authors:

Yu, Li-Hua ^[1]; Shaftan, Timur ^[1]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Publication Date:: 2019-07-24

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1558246

Report Number(s):: BNL-211996-2019-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1749-4885

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nature Photonics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1749-4885

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS

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  title        = {Towards coherent X-ray free-electron lasers},

  author       = {Yu, Li-Hua and Shaftan, Timur},

  abstractNote = {Increased bandwidth and fluctuations are difficulties on the path towards generating intense fully coherent X-ray free-electron laser output. A recent experiment at FERMI Trieste observed that these problems can be overcome by an approach called echo-enabled harmonic generation.},

  doi          = {10.1038/s41566-019-0495-2},

  journal      = {Nature Photonics},

  number       = 8,

  volume       = 13,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {7}

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