Title :

Seeded free-electron laser driven by a compact laser plasma accelerator

Author(s) :

Labat, Marie [Auteur]
Synchrotron SOLEIL [SSOLEIL]
Cadabag, Jurjen Couperus [Auteur]
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf [HZDR]
Ghaith, Amin [Auteur]
Synchrotron SOLEIL [SSOLEIL]
Irman, Arie [Auteur]
Berlioux, Anthony [Auteur]
Berteaud, Philippe [Auteur]
Synchrotron SOLEIL [SSOLEIL]
Blache, Frédéric [Auteur]
Bock, Stefan [Auteur]
Bouvet, François [Auteur]
Synchrotron SOLEIL [SSOLEIL]
Briquez, Fabien [Auteur]
Synchrotron SOLEIL [SSOLEIL]
Chang, Yen-Yu [Auteur]
Corde, Sébastien [Auteur]
Debus, Alexander [Auteur]
Institute of Radiation Physics [Dresden]
de Oliveira, Carlos [Auteur]
Duval, Jean-Pierre [Auteur]
Synchrotron SOLEIL [SSOLEIL]
Dietrich, Yannick [Auteur]
Synchrotron SOLEIL [SSOLEIL]
Ajjouri, Moussa El [Auteur]
Eisenmann, Christoph [Auteur]
Gautier, Julien [Auteur]
Gebhardt, René [Auteur]
Grams, Simon [Auteur]
Helbig, Uwe [Auteur]
Herbeaux, Christian [Auteur]
Hubert, Nicolas [Auteur]
Kitegi, Charles [Auteur]
Kononenko, Olena [Auteur]
Kuntzsch, Michael [Auteur]
Laberge, Maxwell [Auteur]
Lé, Stéphane [Auteur]
Leluan, Bruno [Auteur]
Loulergue, Alexandre [Auteur]
Malka, Victor [Auteur]
Weizmann Institute of Science [Rehovot, Israël]
Marteau, Fabrice [Auteur]
Guyen, Manh Huy N [Auteur]
Oumbarek-Espinos, Driss [Auteur]
Pausch, Richard [Auteur]
Pereira, Damien [Auteur]
Püschel, Thomas [Auteur]
Ricaud, Jean-Paul [Auteur]
Rommeluere, Patrick [Auteur]
Roussel, Eléonore [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 [PhLAM]
DYnamique des Systèmes COmplexes [DYSCO]
Rousseau, Pascal [Auteur]
Schöbel, Susanne [Auteur]
Sebdaoui, Mourad [Auteur]
Steiniger, Klaus [Auteur]
Tavakoli, Keihan [Auteur]
Thaury, Cedric [Auteur]
Ufer, Patrick [Auteur]
Valléau, Mathieu [Auteur]
Vandenberghe, Marc [Auteur]
Vétéran, José [Auteur]
Schramm, Ulrich [Auteur]
Couprie, Marie [Auteur]
Synchrotron SOLEIL [SSOLEIL]

HAL domain(s) :

Physique [physics]

English abstract : [en]

Free-electron lasers generate high-brilliance coherent radiation at wavelengths spanning from the infrared to the X-ray domains. The recent development of short-wavelength seeded free-electron lasers now allows for ...
Show more >Free-electron lasers generate high-brilliance coherent radiation at wavelengths spanning from the infrared to the X-ray domains. The recent development of short-wavelength seeded free-electron lasers now allows for unprecedented levels of control on longitudinal coherence[1], opening new scientific avenues as ultra-fast dynamics on complex systems and X-ray nonlinear optics. While those devices rely on state-of-the-art large-scale accelerators, advancements on laser-plasma accelerators, which harness giga-volt-per-centimeter accelerating fields, showcase a promising technology as compact drivers for free-electron lasers. Using such miniaturized accelerators, exponential amplification of a shot-noise type of radiation in a self-amplified spontaneous emission configuration was recently achieved [2]. However, employing this compact approach for the delivery of temporally coherent pulses in a controlled manner remained a major challenge. Here, we present the experimental demonstration of a laser-plasma accelerator driven free-electron laser in a seeded configuration, where control over the radiation wavelength is accomplished. Furthermore, the appearance of interference fringes, resulting from the interaction between the phase-locked emitted radiation and the seed, confirms longitudinal coherence. Building on our scientific achievements, we anticipate a straightforward scaling to extreme-ultraviolet wavelengths, paving the way towards university-scale free-electron lasers, unique tools for a multitude of applications. [1] Meyer, M. FELs of europe: Whitebook on science with free electron lasers 8–19 (2016). [2] Wang, W. et al. Free-electron lasing at 27 nanometres based on a laser wakefield accelerator.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

ANR Project :

Centre Européen pour les Mathématiques, la Physique et leurs Interactions
Exploration et contrôle ULTRArapide de la dynamique des paquets d'électrons dans les sources de lumière SYNChrotron

Collections :

• Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules (PhLAM) - UMR 8523

Source :

Harvested from HAL