X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers: Technical Realization and Experimental Results

Schmüser, Peter; Rossbach, Jörg; Behrens, Christopher; Dohlus, Martin

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04081-3_9

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X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers: Technical Realization and Experimental Results

Schmüser, P. (Corresponding author)DESY* ; Dohlus, M.DESY* ; Rossbach, J. ; Behrens, C.DESY*

2014
Springer International Publishing Cham
ISBN: 978-3-319-04080-6, 978-3-319-04081-3 (electronic)

Free-Electron Lasers in the Ultraviolet and X-Ray Regime Cham : Springer International Publishing, Springer tracts in modern physics 258, 165 - 182 (2014) [10.1007/978-3-319-04081-3_9]

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Abstract: The physical and technological challenges of FELs become quite demanding with decreasing wavelength, but in recent years X-ray FELs with wavelengths in the Ångstrøm regime (1 Å = 0.1 nm =10$^{−10}$m) have become a reality with the successful commissioning and operation of the “Linac Coherent Light Source” LCLS [1], the world’s first FEL providing atomic resolution. In this chapter, we discuss the most important aspects and challenges of X-ray FELs and present some of the excellent experimental results achieved at LCLS and the second facility of this kind, the “Spring-8 Angstrom Compact free-electron LAser” SACLA [2]. Low-gain FEL oscillators in the X-ray regime have been proposed [3] but not yet demonstrated, they are not considered here. Comprehensive information and technical details on X-ray FELs are found in the design reports of LCLS [4] and the European XFEL [5]. Further valuable information is presented in a review article by Huang and Kim [6].

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