Title :
Fundamental and harmonics of Thomson backscattered X-rays from an intense laser beam
Author :
Tang, Cha-Mei ; Hafizi, B. ; Ride, Sally K.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Plasma Phys., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
We have formulated and obtained analytical expressions for Thomson backscattered X-ray radiation for an electron beam interacting with a linearly polarized electromagnetic undulator. The analytical expressions are valid for the fundamental and harmonics with arbitrarily large laser intensities. The formulation includes the effect of small angular misalignment between the laser pulse and the electron beam. This misalignment is found to increase the spectral width and distort the symmetry of the backscattered radiation
Keywords :
X-ray production; backscatter; laser beam applications; wigglers; Thomson backscattered X-rays; angular misalignment; backscattered radiation symmetry distortion; electron beam; fundamental frequency; harmonics; intense laser beam; laser intensities; laser pulse; linearly polarized electromagnetic undulator; spectral width; Electron beams; Free electron lasers; Frequency; Laser beams; Laser theory; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic separation; Optical pulses; Undulators; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1203-1
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1993.308541
