A review of x-ray free-electron laser theory.

By Zhirong Huang, Kwang-je Kim. 2007

519 citations recorded by the source corpus.

High-gain free-electron lasers (FELs) are being developed as extremely bright sources for a next-generation x-ray facility. In this paper, we review the basic theory of the start-up, the exponential growth, and the saturation of the high-gain process, emphasizing the self-amplified spontaneous emission. The radiation characteristics of an x-ray FEL, including its transverse coherence, temporal characteristics, and harmonic content, are discussed. FEL performance in the presence of machine errors and undulator wakefields is examined. Various enhancement schemes through seeding and beam manipulations are summarized.

Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Radiation

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In Aerospace Engineering

1. Alexander Zholents
2. E. Hemsing
3. D. Xiang
4. G. Stupakov
5. Zhirong Huang

In Electrical and Electronic Engineering

1. E. Hemsing
2. D. Xiang
3. Alexander Zholents
4. G. Stupakov
5. J. Grünert
6. Zhirong Huang

In Radiation

1. E. Hemsing
2. D. Xiang
3. G. Stupakov
4. Alexander Zholents
5. J. Grünert
6. Zhirong Huang

Citations in the corpus

• Femtosecond x rays from laser-plasma accelerators (2013, unknown): “See Huang and Kim (2007) for a description of these effects. f. Quantum FEL The FEL process described above is based on a classical treatment, so it is relevant to ensure that quantum phenomena are unimportant by determining the limit for which the dynamics is effectively described by classical…”
• Beam by design: laser manipulation of electrons in modern accelerators (2014, background): “Readers interested in more detailed discussions of FEL physics are directed to the references (Brau, 1990; Huang and Kim, 2007; Murphy and Pellegrini, 1990; Saldin et al., 2000; Schmüser et al., 2008) and the citations therein.”
• X-ray free-electron lasers (2010, background): “Many of the above effects are discussed in more detail by Huang and Ki”
• Polarization control in an X-ray free-electron laser (2016, background): “A post-saturation taper is often applied to extract additional power from the electron beam [24].”