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Small-angle Thomson scattering of ultrafast laser pulses for bright, sub-100-fs x-ray radiation

Yuelin Li, Zhirong Huang, Michael D. Borland, and Stephen Milton
Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 5, 044701 – Published 5 April 2002
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Abstract

We propose a scheme for bright sub-100-fs x-ray radiation generation using small-angle Thomson scattering. Coupling high-brightness electron bunches with high-power ultrafast laser pulses, radiation with photon energies between 8 and 40 keV can be generated with pulse duration comparable to that of the incoming laser pulse and with peak spectral brightness close to that of the third-generation synchrotron light sources of 1020photonss1mm2mrad2 per 103 bandwidth. A preliminary dynamic calculation is performed to understand the property of this novel scattering scheme with relativistic laser intensities.

  • Received 13 December 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.5.044701

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Yuelin Li, Zhirong Huang, Michael D. Borland, and Stephen Milton

  • Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439

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