Seeded FEL lasing of the COXINEL beamline driven by the HZDR plasma accelerator

Autor: Labat, M., Couperus Cabadağ, J. P., Ghaith, A., Irman, A., Berlioux, A., Berteaud, P., Blache, F., Bock, S., Bouvet, F., Briquez, F., Chang, Y.-Y., Corde, S., Debus, A., Oliveira, C., Duval, J.-P., Dietrich, Y., El Ajjouri, M., Eisenmann, C., Gautier, J., Gebhardt, R., Grams, S., Helbig, U., Herbeaux, C., Hubert, N., Kitegi, C., Kononenko, O., Kuntzsch, M., La Berge, M., Le, S., Leluan, B., Loulergue, A., Malka, V., Marteau, F., Huy N. Guyen, M., Oumbarek-Espinos, D., Pausch, R., Pereira, D., Püschel, T., Ricaud, J.-P., Rommeluere, P., Roussel, E., Rousseau, P., Schöbel, S., Sebdaoui, M., Steiniger, K., Tavakoli, K., Thaury, C., Ufer, P., Valleau, M., Vandenberghe, M., Veteran, J., Schramm, U., Couprie, M.-E.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Advanced Accelerator Concepts (AAC), 06.-11.11.2022, Long Island, New York, USA
Popis: Laser Plasma Accelerators (LPAs), harnessing gigavolt-per-centimeter accelerating fields, can generate high peak current, low emittance and GeV class electron beams paving the way for the realization of future compact free-electron lasers (FELs). Here, we report on the commissioning of the COXINEL beamline driven by the HZDR plasma accelerator and experimental demonstration of FEL lasing at 270 nm in a seeded configuration. Control over the radiation wavelength is achieved with an improved bandwidth stability. Furthermore, the appearance of interference fringes, resulting from the interaction between the phase-locked emitted radiation and the seed, confirms longitudinal coherence, representing a key feature of such a seeded FEL. These results are cross-checked with simulations, ELEGANT for beam optics and GENESIS for FEL radiation. We anticipate a navigable pathway toward smaller-scale free-electron lasers at extreme ultra-violet wavelengths.
Databáze: OpenAIRE