Sub-picosecond optical pulses at the SLS storage ring

Author

Ingold, G. ; Streun, A. ; Singh, B. ; Abela, R. ; Beaud, P. ; Knopp, G. ; Rivkin, L. ; Schlott, V. ; Schmidt, Th ; Sigg, H. ; van der Veen, J.F. ; Wrulich, A. ; Khan, S.

Author_Institution

Paul Scherrer Inst., Villigen, Switzerland

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2656

Abstract

We report on the feasibility and expected performance of a sub-picosecond X-ray source at the Swiss Light Source (SLS), based on the electron-beam slicing method. This method has recently been demonstrated at the Advanced Light Source (ALS), using a bending magnet to produce ultrafast optical pulses. To improve the flux of such a source for user experiments, we have studied its realization both in the hard and soft X-ray regime, employing small gap insertion devices (IDs) installed either in one or in two successive straight sections. The most favourable geometry is one in which the modulator and the radiator are positioned in the same straight section of the storage ring

Keywords

X-ray production; beam handling techniques; electron accelerators; storage rings; SLS; Swiss Light Source; electron-beam slicing method; hard X-ray; insertion devices; soft X-ray; sub-picosecond X-ray source; sub-picosecond optical pulses; Electron beams; Laser beams; Laser sintering; Light sources; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Storage rings; Undulators;

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.2001.987863

Filename

987863