Open AccessAngular dispersion enhanced prebunch for seeding ultrashort and coherent EUV and soft X‐ray free‐electron laser in storage rings
Author(s) -
Wang Xiaofan,
Feng Chao,
Liu Tao,
Zhang Zhen,
Tsai Cheng-Ying,
Wu Juhao,
Yang Chuan,
Zhao Zhentang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s1600577519002674
Subject(s) - undulator , optics , femtosecond , laser , storage ring , extreme ultraviolet , radiation , physics , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , dispersion (optics) , materials science , optoelectronics , beam (structure) , quantum mechanics
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.