A compact and cost-effective hard X-ray free-electron laser driven by a high-brightness and low-energy electron beam
Prat, Eduard; Abela, Rafael; Aiba, Masamitsu; Alarcon, Arturo; Alex, Jurgen; Arbelo, Yunieski; Arrell, Christopher; Arsov, Vladimir; Bacellar, Camila; Beard, Carl; Beaud, Paul; Bettoni, Simona; Biffiger, Roger; Bopp, Markus; Braun, Hans-Heinrich; Calvi, Marco; Cassar, Ariana; Celcer, Tine; Chergui, Majed; Chevtsov, Pavel; Cirelli, Claudio; Citterio, Alessandro; Craievich, Paolo; Divall, Marta Csatari; Dax, Andreas; Dehler, Micha; Deng, Yunpei; Dietrich, Alexander; Dijkstal, Philipp; Dinapoli, Roberto; Dordevic, Sladana; Ebner, Simon; Engeler, Daniel; Erny, Christian; Esposito, Vincent; Ferrari, Eugenio; Flechsig, Uwe; Follath, Rolf; Frei, Franziska; Ganter, Romain; Garvey, Terence; Geng, Zheqiao; Gobbo, Alexandre; Gough, Christopher; Hauff, Andreas; Hauri, Christoph P.; Hiller, Nicole; Hunziker, Stephan; Huppert, Martin; Ingold, Gerhard; Ischebeck, Rasmus; Janousch, Markus; Johnson, Philip J. M.; Johnson, Steven L.; Juranic, Pavle; Jurcevic, Mario; Kaiser, Maik; Kalt, Roger; Keil, Boris; Kiselev, Daniela; Kittel, Christoph; Knopp, Gregor; Koprek, Waldemar; Laznovsky, Michael; Lemke, Henrik T.; Sancho, Daniel Llorente; Loehl, Florian; Malyzhenkov, Alexander; Mancini, Giulia Fulvia; Mankowsky, Roman; Marcellini, Fabio; Marinkovic, Goran; Martiel, Isabelle; Maerki, Fabian; Milne, Christopher J.; Mozzanica, Aldo; Nass, Karol; Orlandi, Gian Luca; Loch, Cigdem Ozkan; Paraliev, Martin; Patterson, Bruce; Patthey, Luc; Pedrini, Bill; Pedrozzi, Marco; Pradervand, Claude; Radi, Peter; Raguin, Jean-Yves; Redford, Sophie; Rehanek, Jens; Reiche, Sven; Rivkin, Leonid; Romann, Albert; Sala, Leonardo; Sander, Mathias; Schietinger, Thomas; Schilcher, Thomas; Schlott, Volker; Schmidt, Thomas; Seidel, Mike; Stadler, Markus; Stingelin, Lukas; Svetina, Cristian; Treyer, Daniel M.; Trisorio, Alexandre; Vicario, Carlo; Voulot, Didier; Wrulich, Albin; Zerdane, Serhane; Zimoch, Elke
2020
Abstract
We present the first lasing results of SwissFEL, a hard X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) that recently came into operation at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. SwissFEL is a very stable, compact and cost-effective X-ray FEL facility driven by a low-energy and ultra-low-emittance electron beam travelling through short-period undulators. It delivers stable hard X-ray FEL radiation at 1-A wavelength with pulse energies of more than 500 mu J, pulse durations of similar to 30 fs (root mean square) and spectral bandwidth below the per-mil level. Using special configurations, we have produced pulses shorter than 1 fs and, in a different set-up, broadband radiation with an unprecedented bandwidth of similar to 2%. The extremely small emittance demonstrated at SwissFEL paves the way for even more compact and affordable hard X-ray FELs, potentially boosting the number of facilities worldwide and thereby expanding the population of the scientific community that has access to X-ray FEL radiation.
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A compact and cost-effective hard X-ray free-electron laser driven by a high-brightness and low-energy electron beam
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Prat, Eduard ; Abela, Rafael ; Aiba, Masamitsu ; Alarcon, Arturo ; Alex, Jurgen ; Arbelo, Yunieski ; Arrell, Christopher ; Arsov, Vladimir ; Bacellar, Camila ; Beard, Carl ; Beaud, Paul ; Bettoni, Simona ; Biffiger, Roger ; Bopp, Markus ; Braun, Hans-Heinrich ; Calvi, Marco ; Cassar, Ariana ; Celcer, Tine ; Chergui, Majed ; Chevtsov, Pavel ; Cirelli, Claudio ; Citterio, Alessandro ; Craievich, Paolo ; Divall, Marta Csatari ; Dax, Andreas ; Dehler, Micha ; Deng, Yunpei ; Dietrich, Alexander ; Dijkstal, Philipp ; Dinapoli, Roberto ; Dordevic, Sladana ; Ebner, Simon ; Engeler, Daniel ; Erny, Christian ; Esposito, Vincent ; Ferrari, Eugenio ; Flechsig, Uwe ; Follath, Rolf ; Frei, Franziska ; Ganter, Romain ; Garvey, Terence ; Geng, Zheqiao ; Gobbo, Alexandre ; Gough, Christopher ; Hauff, Andreas ; Hauri, Christoph P. ; Hiller, Nicole ; Hunziker, Stephan ; Huppert, Martin ; Ingold, Gerhard ; Ischebeck, Rasmus ; Janousch, Markus ; Johnson, Philip J. M. ; Johnson, Steven L. ; Juranic, Pavle ; Jurcevic, Mario ; Kaiser, Maik ; Kalt, Roger ; Keil, Boris ; Kiselev, Daniela ; Kittel, Christoph ; Knopp, Gregor ; Koprek, Waldemar ; Laznovsky, Michael ; Lemke, Henrik T. ; Sancho, Daniel Llorente ; Loehl, Florian ; Malyzhenkov, Alexander ; Mancini, Giulia Fulvia ; Mankowsky, Roman ; Marcellini, Fabio ; Marinkovic, Goran ; Martiel, Isabelle ; Maerki, Fabian ; Milne, Christopher J. ; Mozzanica, Aldo ; Nass, Karol ; Orlandi, Gian Luca ; Loch, Cigdem Ozkan ; Paraliev, Martin ; Patterson, Bruce ; Patthey, Luc ; Pedrini, Bill ; Pedrozzi, Marco ; Pradervand, Claude ; Radi, Peter ; Raguin, Jean-Yves ; Redford, Sophie ; Rehanek, Jens ; Reiche, Sven ; Rivkin, Leonid ; Romann, Albert ; Sala, Leonardo ; Sander, Mathias ; Schietinger, Thomas ; Schilcher, Thomas ; Schlott, Volker ; Schmidt, Thomas ; Seidel, Mike ; Stadler, Markus ; Stingelin, Lukas ; Svetina, Cristian ; Treyer, Daniel M. ; Trisorio, Alexandre ; Vicario, Carlo ; Voulot, Didier ; Wrulich, Albin ; Zerdane, Serhane ; Zimoch, Elke
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Nature Photonics
Volume
14
Pages
748–754
Date
2020-11-09
Publisher
Berlin, NATURE RESEARCH
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1749-4885
1749-4893
1749-4893
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