Proposal for intense attosecond radiation from an x-ray free-electron laser

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Jun 4;92(22):224801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.224801. Epub 2004 Jun 4.

Abstract

We propose the use of an ultrarelativistic electron beam interacting with a few-cycle, intense laser pulse and an intense pulse of the coherent x rays to produce a multi-MW intensity, x-ray pulses approximately 100 attoseconds in duration. Because of a naturally occurring frequency chirp, these pulses can be further temporally compressed.