A Compact Light Source: Design and Technical Feasibility Study of a Laser-Electron Storage Ring X-Ray Source | Zendy

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A Compact Light Source: Design and Technical Feasibility Study of a Laser-Electron Storage Ring X-Ray Source

Author(s) -

R.J. Loewen

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/826755

Subject(s) - storage ring , beamline , optics , laser , physics , synchrotron radiation , monochromatic color , synchrotron light source , photon , electron , radiation , synchrotron , synchrotron radiation source , optoelectronics , nuclear physics , beam (structure)

Thomson scattering infrared photons off energetic electrons provides a mechanism to produce hard X-rays desirable for applied sciences research. Using a small, modest energy (25MeV) electron storage ring together with a resonantly-driven optical storage cavity, a narrow spectrum of hard X-rays could be produced with the quality and monochromatic intensity approaching that of beamline sources at large synchrotron radiation laboratories. The general design of this X-ray source as well as its technical feasibility are presented. In particular, the requirements of optical pulse gain enhancement in an external cavity are described and experimentally demonstrated using a CW mode-locked laser.

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