Generation of tunable, monochromatic X-rays in the Laser Synchrotron Source experiment

Author

Fischer, R.P. ; Ting, A. ; Moore, C.I. ; Sprangle, P. ; Baine, M. ; Elton, R. ; Ride, S.

Author_Institution

Div. of Plasma Phys., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2644

Abstract

Tunable, monochromatic X-rays have been generated in the Laser Synchrotron Source (LSS) experiment at the Naval Research Laboratory by Thomson backscattering of laser photons from a relativistic electron beam. Laser photons from a 5 J, 10 nsec, Nd:glass laser at 1053 nm wavelength are backscattered from a 4 MeV, 300 mA electron beam generated by an S-band RF gun. Recent experimental results include the production of 10⁷ X-ray photons per pulse at 372 eV with a bandwidth of ±7 eV. The present work involves the characterization of the angular distribution of the X-rays and a new experiment to study nonlinear Thomson scattering using a 400 fsec, TW laser pulse

Keywords

X-ray production; laser beam applications; particle beam diagnostics; solid lasers; 10 ns; 1053 nm; 372 eV; 4 MeV; 400 fs; 5 J; Laser Synchrotron Source; Nd:glass laser; S-band RF gun; Thomson backscattering; bandwidth; nonlinear Thomson scattering; relativistic electron beam; tunable monochromatic X-rays; Backscatter; Bandwidth; Electromagnetic scattering; Electron beams; Laboratories; Production; Radio frequency; Synchrotrons; Tunable circuits and devices; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.987859

Filename

987859