Generation of GW radiation pulses from a VUV free-electron laser operating in the femtosecond regime

V Ayvazyan; N Baboi; I Bohnet; R Brinkmann; M Castellano; P Castro; L Catani; S Choroba; A Cianchi; M Dohlus; H T Edwards; B Faatz; A A Fateev; J Feldhaus; K Flöttmann; A Gamp; T Garvey; H Genz; Ch Gerth; V Gretchko; B Grigoryan; U Hahn; C Hessler; K Honkavaara; M Hüning; R Ischebeck; M Jablonka; T Kamps; M Körfer; M Krassilnikov; J Krzywinski; M Liepe; A Liero; T Limberg; H Loos; M Luong; C Magne; J Menzel; P Michelato; M Minty; U-C Müller; D Nölle; A Novokhatski; C Pagani; F Peters; J Pflüger; P Piot; L Plucinski; K Rehlich; I Reyzl; A Richter; J Rossbach; E L Saldin; W Sandner; H Schlarb; G Schmidt; P Schmüser; J R Schneider; E A Schneidmiller; H-J Schreiber; S Schreiber; D Sertore; S Setzer; S Simrock; R Sobierajski; B Sonntag; B Steeg; F Stephan; K P Sytchev; K Tiedtke; M Tonutti; R Treusch; D Trines; D Türke; V Verzilov; R Wanzenberg; T Weiland; H Weise; M Wendt; I Will; S Wolff; K Wittenburg; M V Yurkov; K Zapfe

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.104802

Generation of GW radiation pulses from a VUV free-electron laser operating in the femtosecond regime

Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Mar 11;88(10):104802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.104802. Epub 2002 Feb 25.

Authors

V Ayvazyan¹, N Baboi, I Bohnet, R Brinkmann, M Castellano, P Castro, L Catani, S Choroba, A Cianchi, M Dohlus, H T Edwards, B Faatz, A A Fateev, J Feldhaus, K Flöttmann, A Gamp, T Garvey, H Genz, Ch Gerth, V Gretchko, B Grigoryan, U Hahn, C Hessler, K Honkavaara, M Hüning, R Ischebeck, M Jablonka, T Kamps, M Körfer, M Krassilnikov, J Krzywinski, M Liepe, A Liero, T Limberg, H Loos, M Luong, C Magne, J Menzel, P Michelato, M Minty, U-C Müller, D Nölle, A Novokhatski, C Pagani, F Peters, J Pflüger, P Piot, L Plucinski, K Rehlich, I Reyzl, A Richter, J Rossbach, E L Saldin, W Sandner, H Schlarb, G Schmidt, P Schmüser, J R Schneider, E A Schneidmiller, H-J Schreiber, S Schreiber, D Sertore, S Setzer, S Simrock, R Sobierajski, B Sonntag, B Steeg, F Stephan, K P Sytchev, K Tiedtke, M Tonutti, R Treusch, D Trines, D Türke, V Verzilov, R Wanzenberg, T Weiland, H Weise, M Wendt, I Will, S Wolff, K Wittenburg, M V Yurkov, K Zapfe

Affiliation

¹ Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany.

PMID: 11909361
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.104802

Abstract

Experimental results are presented from vacuum-ultraviolet free-electron laser (FEL) operating in the self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) mode. The generation of ultrashort radiation pulses became possible due to specific tailoring of the bunch charge distribution. A complete characterization of the linear and nonlinear modes of the SASE FEL operation was performed. At saturation the FEL produces ultrashort pulses (30-100 fs FWHM) with a peak radiation power in the GW level and with full transverse coherence. The wavelength was tuned in the range of 95-105 nm.