The physics of x-ray free-electron lasers

C Pellegrini, A Marinelli, S Reiche - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2016 - APS
X-ray free-electron lasers (x-ray FELs) give us for the first time the possibility to explore
structures and dynamical processes of atomic and molecular systems at the angstrom …

[HTML][HTML] EuPRAXIA conceptual design report

RW Assmann, MK Weikum, T Akhter, D Alesini… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
This report presents the conceptual design of a new European research infrastructure
EuPRAXIA. The concept has been established over the last four years in a unique …

Generating single-spike hard X-ray pulses with nonlinear bunch compression in free-electron lasers

S Huang, Y Ding, Y Feng, E Hemsing, Z Huang… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
A simple method for generating single-spike hard x-ray pulses in free-electron lasers (FELs)
has been developed at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). This is realized by …

Short-wavelength free-electron laser sources and science: a review

EA Seddon, JA Clarke, DJ Dunning… - Reports on Progress …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This review is focused on free-electron lasers (FELs) in the hard to soft x-ray regime. The
aim is to provide newcomers to the area with insights into: the basic physics of FELs, the …

Beam by design: Laser manipulation of electrons in modern accelerators

E Hemsing, G Stupakov, D **ang, A Zholents - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2014 - APS
Accelerator-based light sources such as storage rings and free-electron lasers use
relativistic electron beams to produce intense radiation over a wide spectral range for …

Ultra-fast and ultra-intense x-ray sciences: first results from the Linac Coherent Light Source free-electron laser

C Bostedt, JD Bozek, PH Bucksbaum… - Journal of Physics B …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
X-ray free-electron lasers (FELs) produce femtosecond x-ray pulses with unprecedented
intensities that are uniquely suited for studying many phenomena in atomic, molecular, and …

SPARC_LAB present and future

M Ferrario, D Alesini, M Anania, A Bacci… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2013 - Elsevier
A new facility named SPARC_LAB has been recently launched at the INFN National
Laboratories in Frascati, merging the potentialities of the former projects SPARC and …

Controllable x-ray pulse trains from enhanced self-amplified spontaneous emission

JP Duris, JP MacArthur, JM Glownia, S Li, S Vetter… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We report the demonstration of optical compression of an electron beam and the production
of controllable trains of femtosecond, soft x-ray pulses with the Linac Coherent Light Source …

Undulator design for a laser-plasma-based free-electron-laser

A Ghaith, ME Couprie, D Oumbarek-Espinos… - Physics reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The fourth generation of synchrotron radiation sources, commonly referred to as the Free
Electron Laser (FEL), provides an intense source of brilliant X-ray beams enabling the …

Longitudinal phase-space manipulation with beam-driven plasma wakefields

V Shpakov, MP Anania, M Bellaveglia, A Biagioni… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
The development of compact accelerator facilities providing high-brightness beams is one of
the most challenging tasks in the field of next-generation compact and cost affordable …