Abstract
A feasible method is proposed to generate isolated attosecond terawatt x-ray radiation pulses in high-gain free-electron lasers. In the proposed scheme, a frequency chirped laser pulse is employed to generate a gradually varied spacing current enhancement of the electron beam, and a series of spatiotemporal shifters are applied between the undulator sections to amplify a chosen ultrashort radiation pulse from self-amplified spontaneous emission. Three-dimensional start-to-end simulations have been carried out, and the calculation results demonstrated that 0.15 nm x-ray pulses with a peak power over 1 TW and a duration of several tens of attoseconds could be achieved by using the proposed technique.
- Received 3 August 2016
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.20.040701
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