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Title: Experimental demonstration of a single-spike hard-X-ray free-electron laser starting from noise

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4990716· OSTI ID:1408230

In this letter, we report the experimental demonstration of single-spike hard-X-ray free-electron laser pulses starting from noise with multi-eV bandwidth. This is accomplished by shaping a low-charge electron beam with a slotted emittance spoiler and by adjusting the transport optics to optimize the beam-shaping accuracy. Based on elementary free-electron laser scaling laws, we estimate the pulse duration to be less than 1 fs full-width at half-maximum.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; Field Work Proposal 100317
OSTI ID:
1408230
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1399055
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 111, Issue 15; ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 44 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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