Single- and two-color attosecond hard x-ray free-electron laser pulses with nonlinear compression
Alexander Malyzhenkov, Yunieski Arbelo, P. Craievich, Philipp Dijkstal, Eugenio Ferrari, S. Reiche, Thomas Schietinger, Pavle Juranić, Eduard Prat
Abstract
This work describes a method for the generation of one and two-color ultra-short X-ray free-electron-laser pulses, based on tailoring the Coulomb interaction between the electrons of a highly compressed beam in the nonlinear regime.
Topics & Concepts
AttosecondLaserFree electron modelElectronOpticsCoulombNonlinear systemCathode rayX-rayCompression (physics)PhysicsFree-electron laserMaterials scienceAtomic physicsUltrashort pulseQuantum mechanicsThermodynamicsParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron LasersAdvanced X-ray Imaging TechniquesCrystallography and Radiation Phenomena