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Title: Optimization of a Seeded Free-Electron Laser with Helical Undulators

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Centre CEA-Saclay, DSM/DRECAM/SPAM, 91 191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

Seeded single pass free-electron lasers are promising coherent, short-duration, and intense light sources, from the visible to x rays. Operated with adjustable undulators, they are also a unique device for providing fully variable polarized radiation. We report here the first seeding of helical undulators with a variable polarized source. We demonstrate that the adjustment of the seed polarization and focusing allows the free-electron laser radiation to be optimized in terms of intensity and quality.

OSTI ID:
21179823
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 101, Issue 16; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.164803; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English