1
|
Huang N, Deng H, Liu B, Wang D, Zhao Z. Features and futures of X-ray free-electron lasers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 2:100097. [PMID: 34557749 PMCID: PMC8454599 DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Linear accelerator-based free-electron lasers (FELs) are the leading source of fully coherent X-rays with ultra-high peak powers and ultra-short pulse lengths. Current X-ray FEL facilities have proved their worth as useful tools for diverse scientific applications. In this paper, we present an overview of the features and future prospects of X-ray FELs, including the working principles and properties of X-ray FELs, the operational status of different FEL facilities worldwide, the applications supported by such facilities, and the current developments and outlook for X-ray FEL-based research. X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) generate X-ray by electrons flying through a periodic magnetic field. XFELs are the leading X-ray sources with ultra-high brightness and ultra-short duration. XFELs can be launched from either the shot noise of the electron beam or the seed. XFEL-laser collision is proposed to learn the nature of vacuum at SHINE. XFELs are being combined with intense lasers and synchrotron radiation light sources.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Nanshun Huang
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
| | - Haixiao Deng
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
- Corresponding author
| | - Bo Liu
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
| | - Dong Wang
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
| | - Zhentang Zhao
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
- Corresponding author
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Liu W, Feng C, Jiao Y, Wang S. A coherent harmonic generation method for producing femtosecond coherent radiation in a laser plasma accelerator based light source. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2021; 28:669-680. [PMID: 33949977 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577521002745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The electron beam generated in laser plasma accelerators (LPAs) has two main initial weaknesses - a large beam divergence (up to a few milliradians) and a few percent level energy spread. They reduce the beam brightness and worsen the coherence of the LPA-based light source. To achieve fully coherent radiation, several methods have been proposed for generating strong microbunching on LPA beams. In these methods, a seed laser is used to induce an angular modulation into the electron beam, and the angular modulation is converted into a strong density modulation through a beamline with nonzero longitudinal position and transverse angle coupling. In this paper, an alternative method to generate microbunching into the LPA beam by using a seed laser that induces an energy modulation and transverse-longitudinal coupling beamlines that convert the energy modulation into strong density modulation is proposed. Compared with the angular modulation methods, the proposed method can use more than one order of magnitude lower seed laser power to achieve similar radiation performance. Simulations show that with the proposed method a coherent pulse of a few microjoules pulse energy and femtosecond duration can be generated with a typical LPA beam.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Weihang Liu
- China Spallation Neutron Source, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongguan, Guangdong 523803, People's Republic of China
| | - Chao Feng
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
| | - Yi Jiao
- Key Laboratory of Particle Acceleration Physics and Technology, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
| | - Sheng Wang
- China Spallation Neutron Source, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongguan, Guangdong 523803, People's Republic of China
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Wang X, Feng C, Liu T, Zhang Z, Tsai CY, Wu J, Yang C, Zhao Z. Angular dispersion enhanced prebunch for seeding ultrashort and coherent EUV and soft X-ray free-electron laser in storage rings. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2019; 26:677-684. [PMID: 31074430 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577519002674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Prebunching is an effective technique to reduce the radiation saturation length and to improve the longitudinal coherence and output stability in storage-ring-based free-electron lasers (FELs). A novel technique is proposed which uses angular dispersion to enhance the high-harmonic bunching with very small laser-induced energy spread. This technique can effectively reduce the radiation saturation length without significantly reducing the peak power of the FEL. Numerical simulations demonstrate that this technique can be used for the generation of 100 MW scale level, fully temporal coherent femtosecond extreme-ultraviolet and soft X-ray radiation pulses through a 10 m-long undulator based on a diffraction-limited storage ring.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Xiaofan Wang
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - Chao Feng
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - Tao Liu
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - Zhen Zhang
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
| | - Cheng Ying Tsai
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
| | - Juhao Wu
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
| | - Chuan Yang
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
| | - Zhentang Zhao
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Liu T, Feng C, Xiang D, Liu J, Wang D. Generation of ultrashort coherent radiation based on a laser plasma accelerator. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2019; 26:311-319. [PMID: 30855237 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577518018209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
A laser plasma accelerator (LPA) has the potential to realize compact free-electron laser (FEL) radiation at the regular laboratory scale. However, large initial angular divergence and energy spread dramatically hinder ways to transport the beam and realize FEL radiation. Although methods have been proposed to solve these problems, the relatively large jitter, including transverse position jitter and energy jitter, still limits the advance of these experiments. In this paper a simple method to realize coherent harmonic generation based on a LPA beam is proposed. The scheme is very compact, adopting a high-power laser split from the driver laser, a short modulator and a short radiator which has a great tolerance to these typical types of jitter. Numerical simulations indicate that coherent third-harmonic radiation with gigawatt-level power and single spike spectra can be obtained, verifying the feasibility of the scheme and indicating the capability to generate ultrashort fully coherent radiation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Tao Liu
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China
| | - Chao Feng
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China
| | - Dao Xiang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
| | - Jiansheng Liu
- Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China
| | - Dong Wang
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Feng K, Yu C, Liu J, Wang W, Tian Y, Zhang Z, Qi R, Fang M, Liu J, Qin Z, Wu Y, Chen Y, Ke L, Wang C, Li R. Coherent X-ray source generation with off-resonance laser modulation. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:19067-19079. [PMID: 30114167 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.019067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The generation of ultrashort coherent radiation in the extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) and soft X-ray regimes is of great significance in a broad range of research. In this paper, a promising scheme for generating coherent harmonic radiation using off-resonance seed laser modulation is discussed. The off-resonance seed laser, whose wavelength differs from the resonant wavelength of the undulator, is first used to modulate the angular distribution of the electron beam (e beam) in the undulator (modulator). After passing through a dispersion section, strong coherent micro-bunching is introduced into the e beam, which contains high-order harmonic components of the seed laser. Theoretical analysis and simulations indicate that this method can be used for the generation of coherent EUV and soft X-ray radiation at sub-gigawatt power in a meter-scale undulator (radiator).
Collapse
|
6
|
Wang WT, Li WT, Liu JS, Zhang ZJ, Qi R, Yu CH, Liu JQ, Fang M, Qin ZY, Wang C, Xu Y, Wu FX, Leng YX, Li RX, Xu ZZ. High-Brightness High-Energy Electron Beams from a Laser Wakefield Accelerator via Energy Chirp Control. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 117:124801. [PMID: 27689280 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.124801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
By designing a structured gas density profile between the dual-stage gas jets to manipulate electron seeding and energy chirp reversal for compressing the energy spread, we have experimentally produced high-brightness high-energy electron beams from a cascaded laser wakefield accelerator with peak energies in the range of 200-600 MeV, 0.4%-1.2% rms energy spread, 10-80 pC charge, and ∼0.2 mrad rms divergence. The maximum six-dimensional brightness B_{6D,n} is estimated as ∼6.5×10^{15} A/m^{2}/0.1%, which is very close to the typical brightness of e beams from state-of-the-art linac drivers. These high-brightness high-energy e beams may lead to the realization of compact monoenergetic gamma-ray and intense coherent x-ray radiation sources.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- W T Wang
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - W T Li
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - J S Liu
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
| | - Z J Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - R Qi
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - C H Yu
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - J Q Liu
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - M Fang
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - Z Y Qin
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - C Wang
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - Y Xu
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - F X Wu
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - Y X Leng
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
| | - R X Li
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China
| | - Z Z Xu
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China
| |
Collapse
|