Nature Communications (Feb 2023)
Attosecond-Angstrom free-electron-laser towards the cold beam limit
- A. F. Habib,
- G. G. Manahan,
- P. Scherkl,
- T. Heinemann,
- A. Sutherland,
- R. Altuiri,
- B. M. Alotaibi,
- M. Litos,
- J. Cary,
- T. Raubenheimer,
- E. Hemsing,
- M. J. Hogan,
- J. B. Rosenzweig,
- P. H. Williams,
- B. W. J. McNeil,
- B. Hidding
Affiliations
- A. F. Habib
- Department of Physics, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Strathclyde
- G. G. Manahan
- Department of Physics, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Strathclyde
- P. Scherkl
- Department of Physics, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Strathclyde
- T. Heinemann
- Department of Physics, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Strathclyde
- A. Sutherland
- Department of Physics, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Strathclyde
- R. Altuiri
- Department of Physics, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Strathclyde
- B. M. Alotaibi
- Department of Physics, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Strathclyde
- M. Litos
- Department of Physics, Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, University of Colorado
- J. Cary
- Department of Physics, Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, University of Colorado
- T. Raubenheimer
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- E. Hemsing
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. J. Hogan
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. B. Rosenzweig
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Los Angeles
- P. H. Williams
- The Cockcroft Institute
- B. W. J. McNeil
- Department of Physics, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Strathclyde
- B. Hidding
- Department of Physics, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Strathclyde
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36592-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Free-electron lasers (FELs) can produce bright X-ray pulses, but require high quality electron beams. Here the authors show how to generate and preserve ultrabright electron beams from plasma-based accelerators for ultra-compact, high-brightness X-ray FELs.
