Femtosecond X-Ray Pulses of Synchrotron Radiation

A. A. Zholents; M. S. Zolotorev

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.912

Femtosecond X-Ray Pulses of Synchrotron Radiation

A. A. Zholents and M. S. Zolotorev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 912 – Published 5 February 1996

Abstract

A method capable of producing femtosecond pulses of synchrotron radiation is proposed. It is based on the interaction of femtosecond light pulses with electrons in a storage ring. The application of the method to the generation of ultrashort x-ray pulses at the Advanced Light Source of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been considered. The same method can also be used for extraction of electrons from a storage ring in ultrashort series of microbunches spaced by the periodicity of light wavelength.

Received 11 August 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.912

Authors & Affiliations

A. A. Zholents¹ and M. S. Zolotorev²

¹Center for Beam Physics, Accelerator and Fusion Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
²Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94309