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
Yuelin Li, Zhirong Huang, Michael D. Borland, and Stephen Milton Received 13 December 2001; published 5 April 2002 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 ∼1020 photons s-1 mm-2 mrad-2 per 10-3 bandwidth. A preliminary dynamic calculation is performed to understand the property of this novel scattering scheme with relativistic laser intensities. ©2002 The American Physical Society
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