1. Generation of Femtosecond Synchrotron Pulses: Performance and Characterization.
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Schoenlein, R. W., Cavalleri, A., Chong, H. H. W., Glover, T. E., Heimann, P. A., Zholents, A. A., Zolotrev, M. S., and Warwick, T.
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SYNCHROTRONS ,LIGHT sources ,LASER manipulation (Nuclear physics) ,ELECTRON beams ,STORAGE rings ,PARTICLE accelerators - Abstract
Femtosecond synchrotron pulses of <200 fs duration are generated at the Advanced Light Source beamline 5.3.1 via laser manipulation of the stored electron beam. We demonstrate a peak laser acceleration of >13 MeV relative to the nominal 1.9 GeV beam energy. Femtosecond pulses are effectively isolated from the long-pulse background using the transverse dispersion of the storage ring in combination with an x-ray imaging optic and a pair of slits to achieve a signal/background ratio of ∼1. © 2004 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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