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SLAC Publication: SLAC-PUB-17404
SLAC Release Date: February 21, 2019
Very high brightness and power LCLS-II hard X-ray pulses
Halavanau, Aliaksei.
We show the feasibility of generating X-ray pulses in the 4 to 8 keV fundamental photon energy range with 0.65 TW peak power, 15 fs pulse duration, $9\times10^{-5}$ bandwidth, using the LCLS-II copper linac and hard X-ray (HXR) undulator. Third harmonic pulses with 8-12 GW peak power and narrow bandwidth are also generated. High power and small bandwidth X-rays are obtained using two electron bunches separated by about 1 ns, one to generate a high power seed signal, the other to amplify it by ta... Show Full Abstract
We show the feasibility of generating X-ray pulses in the 4 to 8 keV fundamental photon energy range with 0.65 TW peak power, 15 fs pulse duration, $9\times10^{-5}$ bandwidth, using the LCLS-II copper linac and hard X-ray (HXR) undulator. Third harmonic pulses with 8-12 GW peak power and narrow bandwidth are also generated. High power and small bandwidth X-rays are obtained using two electron bunches separated by about 1 ns, one to generate a high power seed signal, the other to amplify it by tapering the magnetic field of the HXR undulator. The bunch delay is compensated by delaying the seed pulse with a four crystals monochromator. The high power seed leads to higher output power and better spectral properties, with $>$94\% of the X-ray power being within the near transform limited bandwidth. We discuss some of the experiments made possible by X-ray pulses with these characteristics, like single particle imaging and high field physics. Show Partial Abstract
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  • Interest Categories: Accelerator Physics, X-Ray Free Electron Laser