Phys. Rev. Lett.
88,
104802
(2002)
[4 pages]
Generation of GW Radiation Pulses from a VUV Free-Electron Laser Operating in the Femtosecond Regime
V. Ayvazyan et al.
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V. Ayvazyan4, N. Baboi7,16, I. Bohnet5, R. Brinkmann4, M. Castellano8, P. Castro4, L. Catani10, S. Choroba4, A. Cianchi10, M. Dohlus4, H. T. Edwards6, B. Faatz4, A. A. Fateev13, J. Feldhaus4, K. Flöttmann4, A. Gamp4, T. Garvey14, H. Genz3, Ch. Gerth4, V. Gretchko11, B. Grigoryan19, U. Hahn4, C. Hessler3, K. Honkavaara4, M. Hüning17, R. Ischebeck17, M. Jablonka1, T. Kamps5, M. Körfer4, M. Krassilnikov2, J. Krzywinski12, M. Liepe7, A. Liero17, T. Limberg4, H. Loos3, M. Luong1, C. Magne1, J. Menzel17, P. Michelato9, M. Minty4, U.-C. Müller4, D. Nölle4, A. Novokhatski2, C. Pagani9, F. Peters4, J. Pflüger4, P. Piot4, L. Plucinski7, K. Rehlich4, I. Reyzl4, A. Richter3, J. Rossbach4, E. L. Saldin4, W. Sandner15, H. Schlarb7, G. Schmidt4, P. Schmüser7, J. R. Schneider4, E. A. Schneidmiller4, H.-J. Schreiber5, S. Schreiber4, D. Sertore9, S. Setzer2, S. Simrock4, R. Sobierajski4,18, B. Sonntag7, B. Steeg4, F. Stephan5, K. P. Sytchev13, K. Tiedtke4, M. Tonutti17, R. Treusch4, D. Trines4, D. Türke17, V. Verzilov8, R. Wanzenberg4, T. Weiland2, H. Weise4, M. Wendt4, I. Will15, S. Wolff4, K. Wittenburg4, M. V. Yurkov13,*, and K. Zapfe4
1CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
2Darmstadt University of Technology, FB18-Fachgebiet TEMF, Schlossgartenstrasse 8, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
3Darmstadt University of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Schlossgartenstrasse 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
4Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
5Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
6Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, MS 306, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, Illinois 60510
7Hamburg University, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Notkestrasse 85, 20603 Hamburg, Germany
8INFN-LNF, via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
9INFN Milano-LASA, via Fratelli Cervi 201, 20090 Segrate, Milano, Italy
10INFN-Roma2, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00100 Roma, Italy
11Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS, 117312 Moscow, 60th October Anniversary prospect 7A, Russia
12Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotnikow, 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
13Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
14Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3-CNRS, Université de Paris-Sud, BP 34, F-91898 Orsay, France
15Max-Born-Institute, Max-Born Strasse 2a, 12489 Berlin, Germany
16NILPRP, P.O. Box MG-36, Bucharest, Romania
17RWTH Aachen-Physikzentrum, Physikalischen Institutes IIIa, Sommerfeldstrasse 26-28, 52056 Aachen, Germany
18Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Physics, Poland
19Yerevan Physics Institute, 2 Alikhanyan Brothers strasse, 375036 Yerevan, Armenia
Received 18 December 2001; published 25 February 2002
Experimental results are presented from vacuum-ultraviolet free-electron laser (FEL) operating in the self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) mode. The generation of ultrashort radiation pulses became possible due to specific tailoring of the bunch charge distribution. A complete characterization of the linear and nonlinear modes of the SASE FEL operation was performed. At saturation the FEL produces ultrashort pulses (30–100 fs FWHM) with a peak radiation power in the GW level and with full transverse coherence. The wavelength was tuned in the range of 95–105 nm.
© 2002 The American Physical Society
URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.104802
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.104802
PACS:
41.60.Cr, 29.17.+w, 41.75.Lx
*Corresponding author. Email address: yurkov@sunse.jinr.ru(M.V.Yurkov)
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