上海软X射线自由电子激光外种子运行模式的模拟研究

上海软X射线自由电子激光用户装置（SXFEL）是我国首台可以运行在水窗波段的自由电子激光装置,未来可以为5个实验线站供光,其主要运行模式为自放大自发辐射模式以及外种子模式。本文就SXFEL的外种子模式进行了从头到尾的模拟研究,主要包括EEHG-HGHG混合级联与单级EEHG两种方案。模拟结果表明,虽然EEHG-HGHG混合级联模式较为复杂,但能够产生更高功率的高次谐波辐射。除此之外,我们还研究了各种三维效应对EEHG的影响。模拟和分析结果表明,通过上述两种方案,采用紫外波段的种子激光,用户可以得到全相干、窄带宽、短脉冲的水窗波段自由电子激光。     

基于回声增强高次谐波产生的双色自由电子激光

基于回声增强高次谐波产生，提出了能够产生软X射线波段双色自由电子激光脉冲的方案，并对该方案进行了理论模拟和关键技术研究。研究给出了双色种子激光的产生方案，搭建了双色种子激光系统，该系统可以产生中心波长分别为264.8 nm和265.3 nm、脉冲延时可调的双色种子激光。基于该双色种子激光，在模拟中最终可以得到波长分别为5.884 nm和5.894 nm、峰值功率约为300 MW、脉冲延时可调的软X射线双色自由电子激光辐射脉冲。     

上海深紫外自由电子激光装置中激光与束流的精确同步

介绍了一种基于相干辐射测量的激光-电子束同步方法,描述了实现空间及时间同步的基本原理、步骤和细节,并利用这种方法在上海深紫外自由电子激光装置（SDUV-FEL）上实现了电子束与激光之间亚ps量级的精确同步,为基于外种子激光的高增益高次谐波产生（HGHG）、回声型谐波产生（EEHG）和级联HGHG自由电子激光实验奠定了坚实的基础。还利用这种手段对不同条件下的电子束纵向特性进行了测量和分析。     

X射线自由电子激光

X射线自由电子激光是一种基于电子直线加速器的大型科学研究装置,可以产生超高亮度、超短脉冲、波长可调的相干X射线辐射,在物理、化学、材料、生命科学等诸多领域都有非常广泛和极为重要的应用。文章介绍了X射线自由电子激光的基本原理、运行模式、发展历程、国内外X射线自由电子激光大科学装置的发展态势以及近年来我国X射线自由电子激光装置的现状。     

交叉型波荡器软X射线自由电子激光极化控制的影响因素

 交叉型波荡器是一种实现软X射线自由电子激光极化控制的有效方式。以自放大自发辐射自由光电子激光为例,采用统计的方法系统地分析了交叉型波荡器软X射线自由电子激光极化控制的影响因素。通过对光场相干长度、光脉冲两分量之间相对滑移长度和光场分量平均功率差异等的分析,给出了优化交叉型波荡器极化控制方案遵循的原则,即：辐射场相干时间尽可能长,光场分量相对滑移长度尽可能短,辐射场分量功率差异尽可能小等。该原则为交叉型波荡器软X射线自由电子激光极化控制方案的优化提供了依据。     

X射线自由电子激光试验装置

X射线自由电子激光试验装置(以下简称"SXFEL试验装置")是中国第一台X射线相干光源,其输出波长小于9 nm。这台基于0.84 GeV直线加速器、以掌握装置相关技术和实验演示种子型自由电子激光(FEL)级联与短波长回声型FEL为主要目标的自由电子激光装置,于2020年11月通过国家验收。本文将介绍SXFEL试验装置的基本情况和主要进展。     

基于束流相空间拍频产生锁模自由电子激光的物理机制研究

提出基于束流相空间拍频产生锁模多色自由电子激光的方案,利用带有能量啁啾的电子束流和上海软X射线自由电子激光装置（SXFEL）上的两个调制段-色散段结构,在束流中通过拍频形成多个流强脉冲串,并在此基础上进行高次谐波辐射,产生锁模多色自由电子激光辐射脉冲。模拟结果表明,利用264 nm的种子激光,可在束流中形成18次谐波的群聚分量,并能最终产生中心波长约14.58 nm的锁模多色FEL辐射。     

产生超快水窗波段X射线的ESASE方案模拟

脉冲宽度在百as（1 as=10?18 s）量级的X射线脉冲在超快科学领域有极为重要的作用。相较于目前世界上大部分运行在自发放大辐射模式的X射线自由电子激光（FEL）,增强型自发放大辐射（ESASE）模式可以显著增加电子束的峰值流强,减小FEL的增益长度,可用来产生百as量级的超快X射线。基于典型的软X射线FEL参数,对ESASE方案的参数进行了模拟优化,得到了百as量级、功率可达1 GW以上、波长可在水窗波段且可调节的X射线脉冲,为后续开展ESASE实验及其实验参数的优化提供参考。     

X射线自由电子激光:原理、现状及应用

 20世纪70年代，研究人员提出了自由电子激光的概念并建造了远红外自由电子激光器。随后，许多国家都开展了相关的理论研究与实验探索，并于21世纪初建造了X射线波段的自由电子激光器。X射线自由电子激光器是一种基于直线电子加速器的大型科学研究装置，可以产生波长可调的超短超强相干X射线激光脉冲。在过去的十多年中，X射线自由电子激光引起了科学界的广泛关注，各个国家的大力投入和支持使其在很短的时间内取得了迅速的发展，在物理、化学、生命科学、材料科学等领域都发挥了重要的作用。本文将简要介绍X射线自由电子激光的基本原理、发展现状、及其在各学科领域中的应用。     

强场X射线激光物理

相干X光,特别是X射线自由电子激光技术的发展提供了一种新的产生超强光场的途径.由于其较高的光子能量、高峰值功率密度与超短的脉冲长度,有望将强场激光物理从可见光波段推进到X光波段.目前,基于X射线的非线性原子分子物理已取得了初步进展,随着X射线光强的提升,相互作用将进入相对论物理、强场量子电动力学(quantum electrodynamics,QED)物理等领域,为激光驱动加速与辐射、QED真空、暗物质的产生与探测等带来新的科学发现机会.本文对强场X射线激光在固体中的尾场加速、真空极化、轴子的产生与探测等方面进行介绍,旨在阐明X射线波段强场物理在若干基础前沿与关键应用方面的独特优势,并对未来的发展方向进行展望.     

Echo-enabled谐波放大自由电子激光参数

通过数值模拟,结合解析计算分析,研究了Echo-enabled谐波放大自由电子激光对装置参数和主要束流参数变化的独立敏感性,给出了谐波聚束因子和饱和功率随参数变化的数值模拟结果;对色散段由相干同步辐射效应引起的能散和发射度增长进行了估算和数值模拟。结果表明:相干同步辐射效应引起的切片能散和切片发射度增长在5%以内,对最后辐射影响不大。     

A proposed method to characterize high harmonic microbunching in EEHG operation of SDUV-FEL

The echo-enabled harmonic generation(EEHG)scheme offers remarkable efficiency for generatinghigh harmonic microbunching with a relatively small energy modulation.A proof of principle experiment of the EEHG scheme has been proposed at the Shanghai deep ultraviolet(SDUV)free electron laser(FEL)facility,where the 4th harmonic of the seed laser is amplified in the 9 m long radiator.To explore the advantages of the EEHG scheme,in this paper,a method of measuring the coherent high harmonic radiation of the radiator is proposed to investigate the electron beam microbunching corresponding to the 10th-20th harmonics of the seed laser.The principle of the proposed method,comparisons with existing methods and the simulation results are presented and discussed.     

Fully coherent hard X-ray generation by two-stage phase-merging enhanced harmonic generation

Cascading stages of seeded free electron lasers (FELs) is a promising way to produce fully coherent X-ray radiation. We study a new approach to produce coherent hard X-rays by cascading the recently proposed phase-merging enhanced harmonic generation (PEHG) The scheme consists of one dogleg and two PEHG configurations, and may be one of the leading candidates for the extracted undulator branch in future X-ray FEL facilities. FEL physics studies show that such a scheme is feasible within the present technology and can provide high brightness X-ray radiation pulses with narrow bandwidth and full coherence The radiated peak power at 1 Å wavelength converted from an initial 200 nm seed laser is over 2 GW.     

相干谐波储存环自由电子激光

相干谐波自由电子激光不用光学谐振腔及反射镜,可望工作在紫外和真空紫外光波段,是第四代同步辐射光源的可能途径之一。由于对束流品质要求很高,相干谐波自由电子激光首先是以储存环作为驱动器而发展起来的。由于光阴极微波电子枪的发展和直线加速器技术的进步,目前,已开始有直线加速器驱动的高增益相干谐波自由电子激光的建议。文章介绍了相干谐波储存环自由电子激光的原理、现状及展望。     

Generating optical orbital angular momentum in a high-gain free-electron laser at the first harmonic

A scheme to generate intense coherent light that carries orbital angular momentum (OAM) at the fundamental wavelength of an x-ray free-electron laser (FEL) is described. The OAM light is emitted as the dominant mode of the system until saturation provided that the helical microbunching imposed on the electron beam is larger than the shot-noise bunching that leads to self-amplified emission. Operating at the fundamental, this scheme is more efficient than alternate schemes that rely on harmonic emission, and can be applied to x-ray FELs without using external optical mode conversion elements.     

Phase‐merging enhanced harmonic generation free‐electron laser with a normal modulator

A phase‐merging enhanced harmonic generation free‐electron laser (FEL) was proposed to increase the harmonic conversion efficiency of seeded FELs and promote the radiation wavelength towards the X‐ray spectral region. However, this requires a specially designed transverse gradient undulator (TGU) as the modulator to couple the transverse and longitudinal phase space of the electron beam. In this paper, the generation of the phase‐merging effect is explored using the natural field gradient of a normal planar undulator. In this method, a vertical dispersion on the electron beam is introduced and then the dispersed beam travels through a normal modulator in a vertical off‐axis orbit where the vertical field gradient is selected properly in terms of the vertical dispersion strength and modulation amplitude. The phase‐merging effect will be generated after passing through the dispersive chicane. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations for a seeded soft X‐ray FEL based on parameters of the Shanghai Soft X‐ray FEL project are presented. Compared with a TGU modulator, using the natural gradient of a normal planar modulator has the distinct advantage that the gradient can be conveniently tuned in quite a large range by adjusting the beam orbit offset.     

Experimental characterization of nonlinear harmonic generation in planar and helical undulators

We present an experimental characterization of the process of coherent harmonic generation in single-pass free electron lasers. The harmonic radiation is obtained by seeding the electron beam stored in the Elettra storage ring with a Ti:sapphire laser. Different methods for generating harmonics are compared between them, and a detailed characterization of the emitted light is performed for different polarizations. Our results also contribute to the debate about the possible presence of a coherent on-axis signal in helical undulators. In this respect, we provide an experimental confirmation of recent theoretical studies that predict no coherent on-axis signal.     

Coherent and transient states studied with extreme ultraviolet and X-ray free electron lasers: present and future prospects

The most recent light sources, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray free electron lasers (FELs), have extended tabletop laser experiments to shorter wavelengths, adding element and chemical state specificity by exciting and probing electronic transitions from core levels. Through their unique properties, combining femtosecond X-ray pulses with coherence and enormous peak brightness, the FELs have enabled studies of a broad class of dynamic phenomena in matter that crosses many scientific disciplines and have led to major breakthroughs in the last few years. In this article, we review how the advances in the performance of the FELs, with respect to coherence, polarization and multi-color pulse production, have pushed the development of original experimental strategies to study non-equilibrium behavior of matter at the femtosecond–nanometer time–length scales. In this review, the emphasis is placed on the contribution of the EUV and soft X-ray FELs on three important subjects: (i) the new regime of X-ray matter interactions with ultrashort very intense X-ray pulses, (ii) the new potential of coherent imaging and scattering for answering questions about nano dynamics in complex materials and (iii) the unique possibility to stimulate and probe nonlinear phenomena that are at the heart of conversion of light into other forms of energy, relevant to photovoltaics, femtosecond magnetism and phase transitions in correlated materials.     

Operating the SDUV-FEL with the echo-enabled harmonic generation scheme

Using the recently proposed echo-enabled harmonic generation (EEHG) free-electron laser (FEL) scheme, it is shown that operating the Shanghai deep ultraviolet FEL (SDUV-FEL) with single-stage to higher harmonics is very promising, with higher frequency up-conversion efficiency, higher harmonic selectivity and lower power requirement of the seed laser. The considerations on a proof-of-principle experiment and expected performance in SDUV-FEL are given.     

Operating the SDUV-FEL with the echo-enabled harmonic generation scheme

Using the recently proposed echo-enabled harmonic generation （EEHG） free-electron laser （FEL） scheme, it is shown that operating the Shanghai deep ultraviolet FEL （SDUV-FEL） with single-stage to higher harmonics is very promising, with higher frequency up-conversion effciency, higher harmonic selectivity and lower power requirement of the seed laser. The considerations on a proof-of-principle experiment and expected performance in SDUV-FEL are given.