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Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 074801 (2006) [4 pages]

Femtosecond Undulator Radiation from Sliced Electron Bunches

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S. Khan1,*, K. Holldack1, T. Kachel1, R. Mitzner2, and T. Quast1
1Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung m.b.H. (BESSY), Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
2Physikalisches Institut der Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Straße 10, 48149 Münster, Germany

Received 31 March 2006; published 14 August 2006

At the 1.7-GeV electron storage ring BESSY II, a first source of synchrotron radiation with 100 fs pulse duration, variable (linear and circular) polarization, tunable photon energy (300 to 1400 eV), and excellent signal-to-background ratio was constructed and is now in routine operation.

© 2006 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.074801
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.074801
PACS:
41.60.Ap, 41.75.Ht, 42.65.Re

*Now at Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany.

Electronic address: shaukat.khan@desy.de