Features and futures of X-ray free-electron lasers

N Huang, H Deng, B Liu, D Wang, Z Zhao - The Innovation, 2021 - cell.com
Linear accelerator-based free-electron lasers (FELs) are the leading source of fully coherent
X-rays with ultra-high peak powers and ultra-short pulse lengths. Current X-ray FEL facilities …

Superradiant and stimulated-superradiant emission of bunched electron beams

A Gover, R Ianconescu, A Friedman, C Emma… - Reviews of Modern …, 2019 - APS
The fundamental coherent radiation emission processes from a bunched charged particles
beam are outlined. In contrast to spontaneous emission of radiation from a random electron …

Review of fully coherent free-electron lasers

C Feng, HX Deng - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2018 - Springer
Generation of intense, fully coherent radiation with wide spectral coverage has been a long-
standing challenge for laser technologies. Several techniques have been developed in …

Generalized longitudinal strong focusing in a steady-state microbunching storage ring

Z Li, X Deng, Z Pan, C Tang, A Chao - Physical Review Accelerators and …, 2023 - APS
Steady-state microbunching (SSMB) storage rings are an appealing option for high-power
extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light sources. In this paper, we propose a generalized longitudinal …

Tailored high-contrast attosecond electron pulses for coherent excitation and scattering

SV Yalunin, A Feist, C Ropers - Physical Review Research, 2021 - APS
Temporally sha** the density of electron beams using light forms the basis for a wide
range of established and emerging technologies, including free-electron lasers and …

Status of the SXFEL Facility

Z Zhao, D Wang, Q Gu, L Yin, M Gu, Y Leng, B Liu - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
The Shanghai soft X-ray Free-Electron Laser facility (SXFEL) is being developed in two
steps; the SXFEL test facility (SXFEL-TF), and the SXFEL user facility (SXFEL-UF). The …

Coherent extreme ultraviolet free-electron laser with echo-enabled harmonic generation

C Feng, H Deng, M Zhang, X Wang, S Chen, T Liu… - … Review Accelerators and …, 2019 - APS
The echo-enabled harmonic generation (EEHG) scheme holds promising prospects for
efficiently generating intense coherent radiation at very high harmonics of a conventional …

Harmonic generation and bunch compression based on transverse-longitudinal coupling

XJ Deng, WH Huang, ZZ Li, CX Tang - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transverse-longitudinal coupling (TLC) manipulation of electrons can be applied for efficient
harmonic generation or bunch length compression with a shallow energy modulation or …

Single-particle dynamics of microbunching

XJ Deng, AW Chao, J Feikes, WH Huang, M Ries… - … Review Accelerators and …, 2020 - APS
The mechanism of steady-state microbunching (SSMB) has been proposed [DF Ratner and
AW Chao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 154801 (2010) PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett …

Experimental demonstration of longitudinal beam phase-space linearizer in a free-electron laser facility by corrugated structures

H Deng, M Zhang, C Feng, T Zhang, X Wang, T Lan… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
Removal of the undesired time-energy correlations in the electron beam is of paramount
importance for efficient lasing of a high-gain free-electron laser. Recently, it has been …