TUNABLE X-RAY GENERATION IN A FREE-ELECTRON LASER BY INTRACAVITY COMPTON BACKSCATTERING

Authors
GLOTIN F ORTEGA JM PRAZERES R DEVANZ G MARCOUILLE O
Citation
F. Glotin et al., TUNABLE X-RAY GENERATION IN A FREE-ELECTRON LASER BY INTRACAVITY COMPTON BACKSCATTERING, Physical review letters, 77(15), 1996, pp. 3130-3132
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
77
Issue
15
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3130 - 3132
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)77:15<3130:TXGIAF>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A nearly monochromatic x-ray beam of 7 to 12 keV has been produced wit h an infrared free-electron laser (FEL). This is achieved when the int ense laser field generated and stored in the laser optical cavity is b ackscattered by the FEL relativistic electron beam.