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ArticleJournal of synchrotron radiation2024

Enhanced X-ray free-electron laser performance with optical klystron and helical undulators.

Christoph Kittel, Marco Calvi, Sven Reiche, Nicholas Sammut, Guanglei Wang, Eduard Prat

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Article in Journal of synchrotron radiation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Christoph KittelPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5527-1009
Marco CalviPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2502-942X
Sven ReichePaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7797-6736
Nicholas SammutUniversity of Malta, Msida MSD2080, Malta.
Guanglei WangPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Eduard PratPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7065-7417

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article presents a demonstration of the improved performance of an X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) using the optical klystron mechanism and helical undulator configuration, in comparison with the common planar undulator configuration without optical klystron. The demonstration was carried out at Athos, the soft X-ray beamline of SwissFEL. Athos has variable-polarization undulators, and small magnetic chicanes placed between every two undulators to fully exploit the optical klystron. It was found that, for wavelengths of 1.24 nm and 3.10 nm, the required length to achieve FEL saturation is reduced by about 35% when using both the optical klystron and helical undulators, with each effect accounting for about half of the improvement. Moreover, it is shown that a helical undulator configuration provides a 20% to 50% higher pulse energy than planar undulators. This work represents an important step towards more compact and high-power FELs, rendering this key technology more efficient, affordable and accessible to the scientific community.

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free-electron laserspolarization of lightsynchrotron radiationundulatorsX-ray lasers

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PMID38861369
PMCPMC11226174

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