Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 204801 (2002) [4 pages]Experimental Characterization of Nonlinear Harmonic Radiation from a Visible Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission Free-Electron Laser at SaturationReceived 20 September 2001; published 3 May 2002 Nonlinear harmonic radiation was observed using the VISA self-amplified, spontaneous emission (SASE) free-electron laser (FEL) at saturation. The gain lengths, spectra, and energies of the three lowest SASE FEL modes were experimentally characterized. The measured nonlinear harmonic gain lengths and center spectral wavelengths decrease with harmonic number, n, which is consistent with nonlinear harmonic theory. Both the second and third nonlinear harmonics energies are about 1% of the fundamental energy. These experimental results demonstrate for the first time the feasibility of using nonlinear harmonic SASE FEL radiation to produce coherent, femtosecond x rays. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.204801
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.204801
PACS:
41.60.Cr, 41.60.Ap, 41.85.Ja
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