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Toward a single mode Free Electron Laser for coherent hard x-ray experiments

Instrumentation and Detectors 2010-06-07 v1 Materials Science Accelerator Physics

Abstract

The fluctuations of the longitudinal coherence length expected from the world's first hard X-ray Free Electron Laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source, are investigated. We analyze, on a shot-to-shot basis, series of power spectra generated from 1D-FEL simulations. We evaluate how the intrinsic noise in the spectral profile of the X-ray beam reflects on its longitudinal coherence length. We show that the spectral stability of the LCLS beam will allow coherent X-ray experiments with a reasonable acquisition time. We also propose a scheme to deliver single-mode X-ray radiation using a narrow bandpass monochromator.

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@article{arxiv.1006.0756,
  title  = {Toward a single mode Free Electron Laser for coherent hard x-ray experiments},
  author = {Sooheyong Lee and Zhirong Huang and Yuantao Ding and Paul Emma and Wojciech Roseker and Gerhard Gruebel and Aymeric Robert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.0756},
  year   = {2010}
}
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