Identification of the Amplification Mechanism in the First Free-Electron Laser as Net Stimulated Free-Electron Two-Quantum Stark Emission

We find that the electron phase with respect to the incident laser radiation must be random in the first freeelectron laser （FEL） and, hence, the incident laser radiation works as a relaxation force to keep a Maxwellian distribution. We formulate the threshold laser intensity for amplification which agrees with the measured value in the order of magnitude in the first FEL. The magnetic wiggler must produce an electric wiggler whose period is the same as that of the magnetic wiggler. We find that net stimulated free-electron two-quantum Stark （FETQS） emission driven by this electric wiggler is the mechanism responsible for the measured gain and the measured laser intensity at the plateau in the first FEL.     

Non-classicality of photon added coherent and thermal radiations

Production and analysis of non-Gaussian radiation fields has evinced a lot of attention recently. Simplest way of generating such non-Gaussians is through adding (subtracting) photons to Gaussian fields. Interestingly, when photons are added to classical Gaussian fields, the resulting states exhibit non-classicality. Two important classical Gaussian radiation fields are coherent and thermal states. Here, we study the non-classical features of such states when photons are added to them. Non-classicality of these states shows up in the negativity of the Wigner function. We also work out the entanglement potential, a recently proposed measure of non-classicality for these states. Our analysis reveals that photon added coherent states are non-classical for all seed beam intensities; their non-classicality increases with the addition of more number of photons. Thermal state exhibits non-classicality at all temperatures, when a photon is added; lower the temperature, higher is their non-classicality.     

Possible application of X-ray optical elements for reducing the spectral bandwidth of an X-ray SASE FEL

A new design for a single pass X-ray Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission (SASE) FEL is proposed. The scheme consists of two undulators and an X-ray monochromator located between them. The first stage of the FEL amplifier operates in the SASE linear regime. After the exit of the first undulator the electron bunch is guided through a non-isochronous bypass and the X-ray beam enters the monochromator. The main function of the bypass is to suppress the modulation of the electron beam induced in the first undulator. This is possible because of the finite value of the natural energy spread in the beam. At the entrance to the second undulator the radiation power from the monochromator dominates significantly over the shot noise and the residual electron bunching. As a result the second stage of the FEL amplifier operates in the steady-state regime when the input signal bandwidth is small with respect to that of the FEL amplifier. Integral losses of the radiation power in the monochromator are relatively small because grazing incidence optics can be used. The proposed scheme is illustrated for the example of the 6 nm option SASE FEL at the TESLA Test Facility under construction at DESY. As shown in this paper the spectral bandwidth of such a two-stage SASE FEL (Δλ/λ 5 × 10⁻⁵) is close to the limit defined by the finite duration of the radiation pulse. The average brilliance is equal to 7 × 10²⁴ photons/(s × mrad² × mm² × 0.1% bandw.) which is by two orders of magnitude higher than the value which could be reached by the conventional SASE FEL. The monochromatization of the radiation is performed at a low level of radiation power (about 500 times less than the saturation level) which allows one to use conventional X-ray optical elements (grazing incidence grating and mirrors) for the monochromator design.     

处理自由电子激光器强信号的一种简单方法

基于自由电子激光器的能量模型,在具有螺旋磁场自由电子激光器中,本文采用一种简单的方法处理了强信号条件下能量转换过程.讨论了饱和产生的过程和初始能量色散对饱和影响的机制.这种处理方法也适用于自由电子激光器的谐波辐射.     

Anomalously Strong Scattering of Spontaneously Produced Laser Radiation in the First Free-Electron Laser and Study of Free-Electron Two-Quantum Stark Lasing in an Electric Wiggler with Quantum-Wiggler Electrodynamics

We calculate the scattering cross section of an electron with respect to the spontaneously produced laser radiation in the first free-electron laser （FEL） with quantum-wiggler electrodynamics （QWD）. The cross section is 1016 times the Thomson cross section, confirming the result obtained by a previous analysis of the experimental data. A QWD calculation show that spontaneous emission in an FEL using only an electric wiggler can be very strong while amplification through net stimulated emission is practically negligible.     

激光电子散射中的最大可能增益

借鉴自由电子激光(FEL)发展之初Madey对自由电子激光器中受激辐射引起的增益的讨论,通过在激光场中的量子电动力学(QED)的模型中引入激光电子系统初态态密度以及由不确定的系统初态到确定光子末态的跃迁速率,推导了激光电子正碰过程中受激辐射至单一电磁模式产生的最大可能增益。采用成功得到X射线或γ射线光子的三个激光电子Compton背散射实验的实验参数计算了激光电子散射过程中的最大可能增益,与第一台X射线自由电子激光(XFEL)中的最大可能增益作比较,进而对激光电子散射作为激光光源的可行性进行评估。计算结果表明,现有的能够得到X射线光子或γ射线光子的激光电子散射实验中的最大可能增益远低于第一台XFEL中的。本工作未能找到合适的激光电子参数以获得比第一台XFEL中更高的最大可能增益,但是在入射电磁波位于射频波段范围内找到了能够实现较高增益的参数组合。     

斜辐照激光等离子体辐射X光子特性

 在神光Ⅱ高功率激光装置上,实验研究了激光斜辐照形成的激光等离子体辐射X射线光子的特性及真空喷射热等离子体流的方向。采用针孔X射线相机测量了钕玻璃激光（基频1.053 μm）辐照铝靶形成的激光铝等离子体辐射的X射线光子的空间分布,并针对正入射和入射激光斜辐照情况下测得的X射线光子量及特性进行了分析和比较。结果发现：入射激光斜辐照固体平面靶产生的向真空喷射热等离子体流的方向是垂直靶面（即法线方向）;正入射和斜入射激光叠加驱动靶时,一定程度上能改善激光辐照的均匀性,但等离子体源辐射的X射线光子数并未发现显著地增加;当激光斜辐照与靶相互作用时,激光能量被等离子体吸收下降。     

基于离散小波包变换的规整化波前解卷积

 直接波前解卷积可以有效地克服大气湍流对天文观测的影响,但解卷积问题具有病态特性,必须进行规整化。基于奇异值分解的规整化方法在处理图像边缘等高频部分不够理想;而WVD方法仅适用某些解卷积问题。在提出一种基于小波包变换的新规整化方法的基础上,将此方法应用于室内模拟点源实验中,并与基于奇异值分解规整化的维纳逆滤波进行了对比,实验结果表明：该规整化方法可以有效地解决解卷积问题的病态特性,应用该规整化方法所恢复的图像质量明显提高。     

Monte carlo analysis of a free electron laser in a storage ring

This paper contains studies of the operation of a one-dimensional storage ring free-electron laser (FEL) using a Monte Carlo technique to generate the electron energy fluctuations produced by the FEL. The energy and phase equations of motion have been numerically integrated to calculate equilibrium values of: a) electron energy spread, b) electron phase spread (e.g. electron bunch length), and c) efficiency of conversion of electron energy into laser radiation. The operation of the storage ring free-electron laser was studied for five different FEL magnet designs. It is found that a “one-dimensional” storage ring free-electron laser can operate on a steady-state basis only with reduced overall efficiency due to the inability of the system to damp effectively the electron energy fluctuations produced by the FEL. Results of operation of a SRFEL in a pulsed mode are also presented. Work supported by U.S. Army BMD-ATC, under contract number DASG 60-77-C-0083.     

A new powerful source for coherent VUV radiation: Demonstration of exponential growth and saturation at the TTF free-electron laser

We present experimental evidence that the free-electron laser at the TESLA Test Facility has reached the maximum power gain of 10⁷ in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) region at wavelengths between 80 and 120 nm. At saturation the FEL emits short pulses with GW peak power and a high degree of transverse coherence. The radiation pulse length can be adjusted between 30 fs and 100 fs. Radiation spectra and fluctuation properties agree with the theory of high gain, single-pass free-electron lasers starting from shot noise. Received 26 April 2002 Published online 28 June 2002     

Minimum entropy production closure of the photo-hydrodynamic equations for radiative heat transfer

In the framework of a two-moment photo-hydrodynamic modelling of radiation transport, we introduce a concept for the determination of effective radiation transport coefficients based on the minimization of the local entropy production rate of radiation and (generally nongrey) matter. The method provides the nonequilibrium photon distribution from which the effective (variable) absorption coefficients and the variable Eddington factor (VEF) can be calculated. For a single band model, the photon distribution depends explicitly on the frequency dependence of the absorption coefficient. Without introducing artificial fit parameters, multi-group or multi-band concepts, our approach reproduces the exact results in both limits of optically thick (Rosseland mean) and optically thin (Planck mean) media, in contrast to the maximum entropy method. Also the results for general nonequilibrium radiation between the limits of diffusive and ballistic photons are reasonable. We conjecture that the reason for the success of our approach lies in the linearity of the underlying Boltzmann equation of the photon gas. The method is illustrated and discussed for grey matter and for a simple example of nongrey matter with a two-band absorption spectrum. The method is also briefly compared with the maximum entropy concept.     

Modeling of clusters by a molecular dynamics model using a fast tree method

The dynamics of clusters irradiated by a high-intensity ultrashort pulse laser has been studied using a fully relativistic three-dimensional Molecular Dynamics Model. A fast three-dimensional tree algorithm for computing the electrostatic force has been developed and compared with the conventional particle-particle method. The particle-particle method requires computation time, which scales as O(N_p ²), and it is faster for small number of particles N_p <10³. In the opposite case of relatively large ensemble of particles N_p >10³, the preferred method is the tree algorithm whose computation time scales as O(N_p log N_p). The tree algorithm has been benchmarked against the particle-particle method for clusters composed of xenon and deuterium atoms and its accuracy and computation time have been analyzed. The optimum free parameter of the tree method has been determined to be θ≈0.5. We addressed the effects of boundary conditions by studying the contribution of adjacent clusters to the total electromagnetic force exerted on individual particles. We found that the adjacent clusters play a minor role in the overall cluster dynamics.     

Nature of ultraviolet and Gamma ray induced damage in crystalline Uracil

Abstract

A study has been made of the damage producedin situ in dry polycrystalline uracil by irradiation with high energy 60Co photons and by low energy ultraviolet (UV) photons. The techniques of electron spin resonance, thin layer chromatography, infrared spectrometry, neutron diffraction and spectrophotometry have all been utilized to investigate effects produced by the irradiations. If was found that little lattice damage and no cis-syn cyclobutane dimers are producedin situ by irradiation of dry uracil with 60Co photons. However, following dissolution of the irradiated powder in water, radiation products are detected, and several of their characteristics have been elucidated. In contrast, following irradiation by 60Co photons of uracil in an aqueous environment, massive damage was found in the dried sample. Irradiation of dry uracil with UV photons is found to cause general lattice damage, but again negligible concentrations of cis-syn dimers are producedin situ. There is evidence for the formation of a planar, dimer-like molecular configuration.     

Study of defect annealing by supercurrent proton beam irradiation and of radiation defect profiles in GaAs by the positron annihilation method

The annealing of radiation defects in GaAs by a supercurrent proton beam with currents up to 200 A cm^?2 and 4.8 MeV energy was studied. The positron annihilation method (measurement of angular distribution of annihilation photons) has been used to study the depth profiles of radiation defects in solids. Profiles of vacancy-type defects in GaAs irradiated by a supercurrent proton beam have been measured.     

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。     

Triggered single photons and entangled photons from a quantum dot microcavity

Current quantum cryptography systems are limited by the attenuated coherent pulses they use as light sources: a security loophole is opened up by the possibility of multiple-photon pulses. By replacing the source with a single-photon emitter, transmission rates of secure information can be improved. We have investigated the use of single self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots as such single-photon sources, and have seen a tenfold reduction in the multi-photon probability as compared to Poissonian pulses. An extension of our experiment should also allow for the generation of triggered, polarization-entangled photon pairs. The utility of these light sources is currently limited by the low efficiency with which photons are collected. However, by fabricating an optical microcavity containing a single quantum dot, the spontaneous emission rate into a single mode can be enhanced. Using this method, we have seen 78% coupling of single-dot radiation into a single cavity resonance. The enhanced spontaneous decay should also allow for higher photon pulse rates, up to about 3 GHz. Received 8 July 2001 and Received in final form 25 August 2001     

Investigation of mechanism of free electron laser through spontaneous radiation spectrum

In this paper, the mechanism of free electron laser with a guide magnetic field is investigated by analyzing spontaneous radiation spectrum of electrons. The physical relation between spontaneous radiation and stimulated radiation in FEL with a guide magnetic field is studied. It is found that this relation in FEL is similar to that in quantum lasers. The spontaneous radiation spectrum is discrete. The frequency of stimulated radiation in FEL is oneselected and amplified in the radiation spectrum.     

Fully coherent x-ray pulses from a regenerative-amplifier free-electron laser

We propose and analyze a regenerative-amplifier free-electron laser (FEL) to produce fully coherent, hard x-ray pulses. The method makes use of narrow-bandwidth Bragg crystals to form an x-ray feedback loop around a relatively short undulator. Self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) from the leading electron bunch in a bunch train is spectrally filtered by the Bragg reflectors and is brought back to the beginning of the undulator to interact repeatedly with subsequent bunches in the bunch train. The FEL interaction with these short bunches regeneratively amplifies the radiation intensity and broadens its spectrum, allowing for effective transmission of the x rays outside the crystal bandwidth. The spectral brightness of these x-ray pulses is about 2 to 3 orders of magnitude higher than that from a single-pass SASE FEL.