Short-Wavelength Free-Electron Lasers

This paper presents a short review of the development of and the motivation for short-wavelength free-electron lasers. The first observation of coherent X-ray production was reported from the Linac Coherent Light Source in April 2009.

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Main Authors: Keith A. Nugent, William A. Barletta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2010-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5593854/
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spelling doaj-976e8be0094e4ca998f40e1e4570f7f52021-03-29T17:05:30ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552010-01-012222122410.1109/JPHOT.2010.20446545593854Short-Wavelength Free-Electron LasersKeith A. Nugent0William A. Barletta1<formula formulatype="inline"><tex Notation="TeX">$^{1}$</tex> </formula>Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia<formula formulatype="inline"><tex Notation="TeX">$^{2}$</tex> </formula>Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USAThis paper presents a short review of the development of and the motivation for short-wavelength free-electron lasers. The first observation of coherent X-ray production was reported from the Linac Coherent Light Source in April 2009.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5593854/X-raysLasersfree-electron laserssynchrotrons
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author Keith A. Nugent
William A. Barletta
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William A. Barletta
Short-Wavelength Free-Electron Lasers
IEEE Photonics Journal
X-rays
Lasers
free-electron lasers
synchrotrons
author_facet Keith A. Nugent
William A. Barletta
author_sort Keith A. Nugent
title Short-Wavelength Free-Electron Lasers
title_short Short-Wavelength Free-Electron Lasers
title_full Short-Wavelength Free-Electron Lasers
title_fullStr Short-Wavelength Free-Electron Lasers
title_full_unstemmed Short-Wavelength Free-Electron Lasers
title_sort short-wavelength free-electron lasers
publisher IEEE
series IEEE Photonics Journal
issn 1943-0655
publishDate 2010-01-01
description This paper presents a short review of the development of and the motivation for short-wavelength free-electron lasers. The first observation of coherent X-ray production was reported from the Linac Coherent Light Source in April 2009.
topic X-rays
Lasers
free-electron lasers
synchrotrons
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5593854/
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