Journal
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac5492
Keywords
free-electron laser; high repetition rate; coherent EUV radiation; high average power
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11975300, 12122514]
- Shanghai Science and Technology Committee Rising-Star Program [20QA1410100]
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This paper presents a novel technique that utilizes a long modulator as a platform for laser amplification and electron modulation, reducing the required seed laser power and increasing the repetition rate of a seeded FEL. Simulation results demonstrate that this technique enables the realization of fully coherent EUV and soft x-ray FELs with a repetition rate of MHz and an average power of about 100 W.
Various scientific and industrial researches such as spectroscopy and advanced nano-technologies have been demanding high flux and fully coherent extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and x-ray radiation. These demands can be commendably satisfied with a MHz-level repetition-rate seeded free-electron laser (FEL). Dictated by the seed laser system, seeded FELs have faced obstacles for the realization of MHz repetition rate. Reducing the required peak power of an external coherent seed laser can effectively increase the repetition rate of a seeded FEL. This paper presents a novel technique that employs a long modulator as a carrier for laser amplification and electron modulation, which is quite different from nominal seeded FELs. Applications of the proposed technique into high-gain harmonic generation (HGHG) and echo-enabled harmonic generation (EEHG) are investigated. Simulation results demonstrate that seed laser power is reduced by about three orders of magnitude and the FEL radiation possesses consistently high coherence and power stability with respect to the nominal HGHG or EEHG. The proposed technique paves the way for the realization of fully coherent EUV and soft x-ray FELs with a repetition rate of MHz and an average power of about 100 W.
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