Generation of ultrahigh-brightness pre-bunched beams from a plasma cathode for X-ray free-electron lasers

Xinlu Xu; Fei Li; Frank S. Tsung; Kyle Miller; Vitaly Yakimenko; Mark J. Hogan; Chan Joshi; Warren B. Mori

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30806-6

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Generation of ultrahigh-brightness pre-bunched beams from a plasma cathode for X-ray free-electron lasers

Xinlu Xu,
Fei Li,
Frank S. Tsung,
Kyle Miller,
Vitaly Yakimenko,
Mark J. Hogan,
Chan Joshi,
Warren B. Mori

Affiliations

Xinlu Xu: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Fei Li: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles
Frank S. Tsung: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Los Angeles
Kyle Miller: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles
Vitaly Yakimenko: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Mark J. Hogan: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Chan Joshi: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles
Warren B. Mori: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30806-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Laser-produced plasma can be used for acceleration and tuning of particle beams. Here the authors discuss the generation of a bunched electron beam using simulations and its application to X-ray free-electron laser.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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