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Abstract
Electron beam quality is paramount for X-ray pulse production in free-electron-lasers (FELs). State-of-the-art linear accelerators (linacs) can deliver multi-GeV electron beams with sufficient quality for hard X-ray-FELs, albeit requiring km-scale setups, whereas plasma-based accelerators can produce multi-GeV electron beams on metre-scale distances, and begin to reach beam qualities sufficient for EUV FELs. Here we show, that electron beams from plasma photocathodes many orders of magnitude brighter than state-of-the-art can be generated in plasma wakefield accelerators (PWFAs), and then extracted, captured, transported and injected into undulators without significant quality loss. These ultrabright, sub-femtosecond electron beams can drive hard X-FELs near the cold beam limit to generate coherent X-ray pulses of attosecond-Angstrom class, reaching saturation after only 10 metres of undulator. This plasma-X-FEL opens pathways for advanced photon science capabilities, such as unperturbed observation of electronic motion inside atoms at their natural time and length scale, and towards higher photon energies.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1054 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Nature Communications |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 24 Feb 2023 |
Keywords
- Attosecond-Angstrom free-electron-laser
- cold beam limit
- electro beam quality
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STFC MoA 4132361: Free Electron Lasers and Advanced Light Sources
McNeil, B. (Principal Investigator)
STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/04/11 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Exploratory Study of PWFA-FEL at CLARA (PPRP)
McNeil, B. (Principal Investigator) & Hidding, B. (Co-investigator)
STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/10/19 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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Data for: "Attosecond-Angstrom free-electron-laser towards the cold beam limit"
Habib, A. F. (Creator) & Hidding, B. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 27 Jan 2023
DOI: 10.15129/176712e5-7677-461e-9d78-bb9af35cff76
Dataset
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Ice-Cold Plasma Electron Beams Prepare to Power Future Hard X-ray Laser Beams: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Highlight
Habib, A. F. (Other) & Hidding, B. (Other), 11 Sept 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
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Plasma photocathodes
Habib, A. F., Heinemann, T., Manahan, G. G., Ullmann, D., Scherkl, P., Knetsch, A., Sutherland, A., Beaton, A., Campbell, D., Rutherford, L., Boulton, L., Nutter, A., Karger, O. S., Litos, M. D., O’Shea, B. D., Andonian, G., Bruhwiler, D. L., Pretzler, G., Wilson, T. & Sheng, Z. & 8 others, , 31 Oct 2023, In: Annalen der Physik. 535, 10, 26 p., 2200655.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Attosecond-Angstrom free-electron-laser towards the cold beam limit
Habib, A. F., Manahan, G. G., Scherkl, P., Heinemann, T., Sutherland, A., Altuiri, R., Alotaibi, B. M., Litos, M., Cary, J., Raubenheimer, T., Hemsing, E., Hogan, M., Rosenzweig, J. B., Williams, P. H., McNeil, B. W. J. & Hidding, B., 8 Dec 2022, (Submitted) Ithaca, NY, 17 p.Research output: Working paper › Working Paper/Preprint
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Energy and brightness-boosted electron beams from plasma-based accelerators
Habib, A. F. (Speaker)
19 Aug 2024 → 23 Aug 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Energy and brightness-boosted electron beams from plasma-based accelerators
Habib, A. F. (Speaker)
19 Aug 2024 → 24 Aug 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Towards ultrahigh 6D brightness electron beams from plasma wakefield accelerators
Habib, A. F. (Speaker)
21 Jul 2024 → 26 Jul 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation