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 …

Advancing time-and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy: The role of ultrafast laser development

MX Na, AK Mills, DJ Jones - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
In the last decade, there has been a proliferation of laser sources for time-and angle-
resolved photoemission spectroscopy (TR-ARPES), building on the proven capability of this …

Brighter, faster, stronger: ultrafast scattering of free molecules

A Odate, A Kirrander, PM Weber… - Advances in Physics …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Advances in FEL technologies have contributed remarkably to various scientific fields over
the past decade, and ultrafast molecular dynamics is no exception. The ability to probe …

Self-amplification of coherent energy modulation in seeded free-electron lasers

J Yan, Z Gao, Z Qi, K Zhang, K Zhou, T Liu, S Chen… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
The spectroscopic techniques for time-resolved fine analysis of matter require coherent x-ray
radiation with femtosecond duration and high average brightness. Seeded free-electron …

Atomic, molecular and optical physics applications of longitudinally coherent and narrow bandwidth Free-Electron Lasers

C Callegari, AN Grum-Grzhimailo, KL Ishikawa… - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Short wavelength Free-Electron Lasers (FELs) are among the newest light sources
available to scientists to probe a wide range of phenomena, with chemical, physical and …

Fundamental constants from photon-photon scattering in three-beam collisions

AJ Macleod, B King - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
Direct measurement of the elastic scattering of real photons on an electromagnetic field
would allow the fundamental low-energy constants of quantum electrodynamics to be …

First commissioning results of the coherent scattering and imaging endstation at the Shanghai soft X-ray free-electron laser facility

JD Fan, YJ Tong, YG Nie, ZC Gao, B He… - Nuclear Science and …, 2022 - Springer
The Shanghai soft X-ray free-electron laser (SXFEL) user facility project started in 2016 and
is expected to be open to users by 2022. It aims to deliver ultra-intense coherent …

Extremely bright coherent synchrotron radiation production in a diffraction-limited storage ring using an angular dispersion-induced microbunching scheme

C Li, C Feng, B Jiang - Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 2020 - APS
Generation of extremely bright, coherent synchrotron radiation in a short wavelength range
is of remarkable interest in the synchrotron light source community. In this paper, a novel …

Generating X-rays with orbital angular momentum in a free-electron laser oscillator

N Huang, H Deng - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Light with orbital angular momentum (OAM) provides new insights into a wide range of
physical phenomena and has engendered advanced applications in various fields …