Experimental demonstration of a single-spike hard-X-ray free-electron laser starting from noise
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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
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