A design for the generation of temporally-coherent radiation pulses in the VUV and beyond by a self-seeding high-GaIn free electron laser amplifier

McNeil, B W J and Thompson, N R and Dunning, D J and Karssenberg, J G and van der Slot, P J M and Boller, K-J (2007) A design for the generation of temporally-coherent radiation pulses in the VUV and beyond by a self-seeding high-GaIn free electron laser amplifier. New Journal of Physics, 9. 239. ISSN 1367-2630 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/9/7/239)

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Abstract

A proposal for a self-seeding, tunable free-electron laser amplifier operating in the vacuum ultra-violet (VUV) region of the spectrum is presented. Full three-dimensional (3D) modelling of the free electron laser and the optical feedback system has been carried out. Simulations demonstrate the generation of near transform limited radiation pulses with peak powers in the hundreds of megawatts. Preliminary 1D simulations show that by using a similar system it may be possible to extend such operation beyond the VUV to higher photon energies.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:9919
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    July 2007
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
    Date deposited:27 Jul 2011 08:36
    Last modified:08 Apr 2024 16:51
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/9919
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