Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 5, 044701 (2002) [9 pages]Small-angle Thomson scattering of ultrafast laser pulses for bright, sub-100-fs x-ray radiation
We propose a scheme for bright sub-100-fs x-ray radiation generation using small-angle Thomson scattering. Coupling high-brightness electron bunches with high-power ultrafast laser pulses, radiation with photon energies between 8 and 40 keV can be generated with pulse duration comparable to that of the incoming laser pulse and with peak spectral brightness close to that of the third-generation synchrotron light sources of ∼1020photonss-1mm-2mrad-2 per 10-3 bandwidth. A preliminary dynamic calculation is performed to understand the property of this novel scattering scheme with relativistic laser intensities. This article is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.5.044701
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.5.044701
PACS:
52.38.Ph, 52.59.Px, 41.60.Ap, 41.75.Ht
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