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Title: Narrowband Emission in Compton/Thomson Sources Operating in the High-Field Regime

Abstract

We present a novel and quite general analysis of the interaction of a high-field chirped laser pulse and a relativistic electron, in which exquisite control of the spectral brilliance of the upshifted Thomson-scattered photon is shown to be possible. Normally, when Thomson scattering occurs at high field strengths, there is ponderomotive line broadening in the scattered radiation. This effect makes the bandwidth too large for some applications, and reduces the spectral brilliance. In this paper we show that such broadening can be corrected and eliminated by suitable frequency modulation of the incident laser pulse. Further, we suggest a practical realization of this compensation idea in terms of a chirped-beam driven FEL oscillator configuration, and show that significant compensation can occur, even with the imperfect matching to be expected in these conditions.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States)
  2. Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States)
  3. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1121106
Report Number(s):
JLAB-ACP-13-1724; DOE/OR/23177-2552; arXiv:1307.0895
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-06OR23177; SC00004094
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 112; Journal Issue: 07; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Terzic, Balsa, Deitrick, Kirsten E., Hofler, Alicia S., and Kraff, Geoffrey A. Narrowband Emission in Compton/Thomson Sources Operating in the High-Field Regime. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.074801.
Terzic, Balsa, Deitrick, Kirsten E., Hofler, Alicia S., & Kraff, Geoffrey A. Narrowband Emission in Compton/Thomson Sources Operating in the High-Field Regime. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.074801
Terzic, Balsa, Deitrick, Kirsten E., Hofler, Alicia S., and Kraff, Geoffrey A. 2014. "Narrowband Emission in Compton/Thomson Sources Operating in the High-Field Regime". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.074801. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1121106.
@article{osti_1121106,
title = {Narrowband Emission in Compton/Thomson Sources Operating in the High-Field Regime},
author = {Terzic, Balsa and Deitrick, Kirsten E. and Hofler, Alicia S. and Kraff, Geoffrey A.},
abstractNote = {We present a novel and quite general analysis of the interaction of a high-field chirped laser pulse and a relativistic electron, in which exquisite control of the spectral brilliance of the upshifted Thomson-scattered photon is shown to be possible. Normally, when Thomson scattering occurs at high field strengths, there is ponderomotive line broadening in the scattered radiation. This effect makes the bandwidth too large for some applications, and reduces the spectral brilliance. In this paper we show that such broadening can be corrected and eliminated by suitable frequency modulation of the incident laser pulse. Further, we suggest a practical realization of this compensation idea in terms of a chirped-beam driven FEL oscillator configuration, and show that significant compensation can occur, even with the imperfect matching to be expected in these conditions.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.074801},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1121106}, journal = {Physical Review Letters},
issn = {0031-9007},
number = 07,
volume = 112,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Fri Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}

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