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| title: | Production of High Harmonic X-ray Radiation from Non-linear Thomson Scattering at LLNL PLEIADES |
| format: | conference procceeding |
| conference: | 2005 Particle Accelerator Conference |
| year: | 2005 |
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| abstract: | We describe an experiment for production of high harmonic x-ray radiation from Thomson backscattering of an ultra-short high power density laser by a relativistic electron beam at the PLEIADES facility at LLNL. In this scenario, electrons execute a ``figure-8'' motion under the influence of the high-intensity laser field, where the constant characterizing the field strength is expected to exceed unity: $a_{L}=eE_{L}/m_{e}c\omega_{L}\geq1$. With large $a_{L}$ this motion produces high harmonic x-ray radiation and significant broadening of the spectral peaks. This paper is intended to give a layout of the PLEIADES experiment, along with progress towards experimental goals. |
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| title: | Free-Electron Lasers as Pumps for High-Energy Solid-State Lasers |
| format: | conference procceeding |
| conference: | 25th International Free Electron Laser Conference |
| year: | 2004 |
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| abstract: | High average-power free-electron lasers may be useful for pumping high peak-power solid-state laser-amplifiers. At very high peak-powers, the pump source for solid-state lasers is non-trivial: flash lamps produce thermal problems and are unsuitable for materials with short florescence-times, while diodes can be expensive and are only available at select wavelengths. FELs can provide pulse trains of light tuned to a laser material's absorption peak, and florescence lifetime. An FEL pump can thus minimize thermal effects anad potentially allow for new laser materials to be used. This paper examines the design of a high average-power, effecient high-gain FEL for use as a pump source. Specifically, the cases of a 100 J class pump, and a 100 TW-class laser at a planned fourth-generation light-source are considered. |
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| title: | Ultrafast materials probing with the LLNL Thomson X-ray source |
| format: | conference procceeding |
| conference: | 2002 Linear Accelerator Conference |
| year: | 2002 |
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| abstract: | The use of short laser pulses to generate very high brightness, ultra short (fs to ps) x-ray pulses is a topic of great interest. In principle, femtosecond-scale pump-probe experiments can be used to temporally resolve structural dynamics of materials on the time scale of atomic motion. The development of sub?ps x-ray pulses will make possible a wide range of materials and plasma physics studies with unprecedented time resolution. PLEIADES (Picosecond Laser Electron Interaction for Dynamic Evaluation of Structures), the Thomson scattering project at LLNL, will provide such a novel x-ray source of high power using short laser pulses and a high brightness, relativistic electron bunch. The system is based on a 5 mm-mrad normalized emittance photoinjector, 100 MeV electron RF linac, and a 300 mJ, 35 fs solid-state laser system. PLEIADES will produce ultra fast pulses with x-ray energies (60 keV) capable of probing into high-Z metals. |
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| title: | Emittance measurements of the space charge dominated Thomson source photoinjector |
| format: | conference procceeding |
| conference: | 2001 Particle Accelerator Conference |
| year: | 2001 |
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| abstract: | The photocathode rf gun test facility in Livermore National Laboratory's Thomson source is described. The quadrupole scan and slit based emittance measurement techniques are used to measure the emittance of the space charge dominated beam. Experimental results are compared with simulation and theoretical calculations. (10 References). |
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| title: | HIgh Energy, High Brightness X-Rays Produced by Compton Back Scattering at the Livermore PLEIADES facility |
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| abstract: | PLEIADES (Picosecond Laser Electron Interaction for the Dynamic Evaluation of Structures) produces tunable 30-140 keV x-rays with 0.3-5 ps pulse lengths and up to 10^7 photons/pulse by colliding a high brightness electron beam with a high power laser. The electron beam is created by an rf photo-injector system, accelerated by a 120 MeV linac, and focused to 20 μm with novel permanent magnet quadrupoles. To produce Compton back scattered x-rays, the electron bunch is overlapped with a Ti:Sapphire laser that delivers 500 mJ, 100 fs, pulses to the interaction point. K-edge radiography at 115 keV on Uranium has verified the angle correlated energy spectrum inherent in Compton scattering and high-energy tunability of the Livermore source. Current upgrades to the facility will allow laser pumping of targets synchronized to the x-ray source enabling dynamic diffraction and time-resolved studies of high Z materials. Near future plans include extending the radiation energies to >400 keV, allowing for nuclear fluorescence studies of materials. |
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