Holographic free-electron light source

Holographic free-electron light source

Recent advances in the physics and technology of light generation via free-electron proximity and impact interactions with nanostructures (gratings, photonic crystals, nano-undulators, metamaterials and antenna arrays) have enabled the development of nanoscale-resolution techniques for such applications as mapping plasmons, studying nanoparticle structural transformations and characterizing lum...

Light well: a tunable free-electron light source on a chip.

The passage of a free-electron beam through a nanohole in a periodically layered metal-dielectric structure creates a new type of tunable, nanoscale radiation source--a "light well". In the reported demonstration, tunable light is generated at an intensity of approximately 200 W/cm(2) as electrons with energies in the 20-40 keV range are injected into gold-silica well structures with a lateral ...

Linac Coherent Light Source Electron Beam Collimation∗

This paper describes the design and simulation of the electron beam collimation system in the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). Dark current is expected from the gun and some of the accelerating cavities. Particle tracking of the expected dark current through the entire LCLS linac, from gun through FEL undulator, is used to estimate final particle extent in the undulator as well as expected b...

Free Electron Generation of Xuv Coherent Light

Variable Gap Undulator for 1.5-48 Kev Free Electron Laser at Linac Coherent Light Source∗

We study the feasibility of generating femtosecond duration Free-Electron Laser with a variable photon energy from 1.5 to 48 keV, using an electron bunch with the same characteristics of the LINAC Coherent Light Source (LCLS) bunch, and a planar undulator with additional focusing. We assume that the electron bunch energy can be changed, and the undulator has a variable gap, allowing a variable ...