Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 976–979 (1998)Laser-Electron Storage RingReceived 30 September 1997; revised 9 December 1997; published in the issue dated 2 February 1998 A compact laser-electron storage ring (LESR) is proposed for electron beam cooling or x-ray generation. The LESR uses an intense laser pulse stored in a high-finesse resonator to interact repetitively with a circulating electron beam in the energy range from a few MeV to a few hundred MeV. The rapid damping caused by laser-electron interaction counterbalances the intrabeam scattering effect, thus allowing electron beams with relatively low energy to be cooled or stabilized in the storage ring to very low transverse emittances. Intense x rays are produced simultaneously from Compton backscattering and can be used for x-ray lithography and other applications. © 1998 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.976
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.976
PACS:
29.20.Dh, 07.85.Fv, 29.27.Eg
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