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Demonstration of 8 × 1018 photons/second peaked at 1.8 Å in a relativistic Thomson scattering experiment

  • I. V. Pogorelsky
  • , I. Ben-Zvi
  • , T. Hirose
  • , S. Kashiwagi
  • , V. Yakimenko
  • , K. Kusche
  • , P. Siddons
  • , J. Skaritka
  • , T. Kumita
  • , A. Tsunemi
  • , T. Omori
  • , J. Urakawa
  • , M. Washio
  • , K. Yokoya
  • , T. Okugi
  • , Y. Liu
  • , P. He
  • , D. Cline
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • Waseda University
  • Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba
  • University of California at Los Angeles

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Abstract

7.6 × 106 x-ray photons per 3.5 ps pulse are detected within a 1.8-2.3 Å spectral window during a proof-of-principle laser synchrotron source experiment. A 600 MW CO2 laser interacted in a head-on collision with a 60 MeV, 140 A, 3.5 ps electron beam. Both beams were focused to a σ = 32 μm spot. Our next plan is to demonstrate 10 10 x-ray photons per pulse using a CO2 laser of ∼1 TW peak power.

Original languageEnglish
Article number090702
Pages (from-to)8-15
Number of pages8
JournalPhysical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Volume3
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

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