Design of a free-electron laser driven by the LBNLlaser-plasma-accelerator
We discuss the design and current status of a compactfree-electron laser (FEL), generating ultra-fast, high-peak flux, VUVpulses driven by a high-current, GeV electron beam from the existingLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) laser-plasma accelerator,whose active acceleration length is only a few cm. The proposedultra-fast source would be intrinsically temporally synchronized to thedrive laser pulse, enabling pump-probe studies in ultra-fast science withpulse lengths of tens of fs. Owing to the high current (&10 kA) ofthe laser-plasma-accelerated electron beams, saturated output fluxes arepotentially greater than 1013 photons/pulse. Devices based both on SASEand high-harmonic generated input seeds, to reduce undulator length andfluctuations, are considered.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Director. Office of Science
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 932986
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-63488; R&D Project: Z3LFEL; BnR: YN0100000; TRN: US0803738
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Frontiers in FEL Physics and Related Topics, ElbaIsland, Italy, 8-14 September 2007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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