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

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Title	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
Contributors	BWJ McNeil (Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, Department of Physics, Strathclyde U.), NR Thompson (ASTeC, STFC Daresbury Lab.), DJ Dunning (ASTeC, STFC Daresbury Lab.), JG Karssenberg (Twente U.), PJM Van Der Slot (Twente U.), K-J Boller (Twente U.)
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.
Organisation	CCLRC , CLF , ASTeC , ASTeC-MaRS , CI
Keywords	4GLS , Physics , Free Electron Laser
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Language	English (EN)

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Journal Article	New J Phys 9 (2007): 239.	doi:10.1088/1367-2630/9/7/239	njp7_7_239-A desi… laser amplifier.pdf	2007