Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 8, 050701 (2005) [5 pages]Laser assisted electron beam conditioning for free electron lasers |
A. A. Zholents
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Received 14 February 2005; published 17 May 2005
A new method for electron beam conditioning in free electron lasers is proposed. It uses the electron beam interaction with a laser light in two wiggler magnets separated by a strong-focusing channel. The effect of the conditioning is illustrated by the example of a hypothetical single-pass, high-gain free electron laser operating in the self-amplified spontaneous emission mode with the x-ray emission at λx=1.5 Å. The proposed conditioner is relatively compact and can be used as a practical add-on device to short x-ray wavelength free electron lasers.
©2005 The American Physical Society
URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRSTAB/v8/e050701
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.8.050701
PACS: 41.50.+h, 41.60.Cr, 42.55.Vc, 52.59.−f
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