Demonstration of 8×10^{18} photons/second peaked at 1.8 Å in a relativistic Thomson scattering experiment

Demonstration of 8×10^{18} photons/second peaked at 1.8 Å in a relativistic Thomson scattering experiment

7.6×10^{6} x-ray photons per 3.5 ps pulse are detected within a 1.8–2.3 Å spectral window during a proof-of-principle laser synchrotron source experiment. A 600 MW CO_{2} laser interacted in a head-on collision with a 60 MeV, 140 A, 3.5 ps electron beam. Both beams were focused to a σ=32 μm spot. Ou...

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Main Authors: I. V. Pogorelsky, I. Ben-Zvi, T. Hirose, S. Kashiwagi, V. Yakimenko, K. Kusche, P. Siddons, J. Skaritka, T. Kumita, A. Tsunemi, T. Omori, J. Urakawa, M. Washio, K. Yokoya, T. Okugi, Y. Liu, P. He, D. Cline
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2000-09-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.3.090702
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Summary:7.6×10^{6} x-ray photons per 3.5 ps pulse are detected within a 1.8–2.3 Å spectral window during a proof-of-principle laser synchrotron source experiment. A 600 MW CO_{2} laser interacted in a head-on collision with a 60 MeV, 140 A, 3.5 ps electron beam. Both beams were focused to a σ=32 μm spot. Our next plan is to demonstrate 10^{10} x-ray photons per pulse using a CO_{2} laser of ∼1 TW peak power.
ISSN:1098-4402

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