Bright sub-100-fs x-ray pulse using small-angle Thomson scattering of ultrafast laser pulses

Yuelin Li; Zhirong Huang; Michael D. Borland; Stephen V. Milton

doi:10.1117/12.450584

12 December 2001 Bright sub-100-fs x-ray pulse using small-angle Thomson scattering of ultrafast laser pulses

Yuelin Li, Zhirong Huang, Michael D. Borland, Stephen V. Milton

Proceedings Volume 4505, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications IV; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450584
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We propose a scheme for bright, sub-100-femtosecond x-ray radiation generation using small-angle Thomson scattering. Coupling high-brightness electron bunches with high-power ultrafast laser pulses, radiation with photon energies of 8- to 40-keV can be generated with pulse duration comparable to that of the incoming laser pulse with peak spectral brightness of approximately 10²⁰ photons s^-1 mm^-2 mrad^{-2 per 10(superscript -3} bandwidth, close to those of the third-generation synchrotron light sources. The scheme is scalable to shorter pulse duration and high peak brightness, depending on the performance of the laser system.

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Yuelin Li, Zhirong Huang, Michael D. Borland, and Stephen V. Milton "Bright sub-100-fs x-ray pulse using small-angle Thomson scattering of ultrafast laser pulses", Proc. SPIE 4505, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications IV, (12 December 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450584

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