First lasing and operation of an ångstrom-wavelength free-electron laser

P. Emma; R. Akre; J. Arthur; R. Bionta; C. Bostedt; J. Bozek; A. Brachmann; P. Bucksbaum; R. Coffee; F. J. Decker; Y. Ding; D. Dowell; S. Edstrom; A. Fisher; J. Frisch; S. Gilevich; J. Hastings; G. Hays; Ph Hering; Z. Huang; R. Iverson; H. Loos; M. Messerschmidt; A. Miahnahri; S. Moeller; H. D. Nuhn; G. Pile; D. Ratner; J. Rzepiela; D. Schultz; T. Smith; P. Stefan; H. Tompkins; J. Turner; J. Welch; W. White; J. Wu; G. Yocky; J. Galayda

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2010.176

First lasing and operation of an ångstrom-wavelength free-electron laser

P. Emma, R. Akre, J. Arthur, R. Bionta, C. Bostedt, J. Bozek, A. Brachmann, P. Bucksbaum, R. Coffee, F. J. Decker, Y. Ding, D. Dowell, S. Edstrom, A. Fisher, J. Frisch, S. Gilevich, J. Hastings, G. Hays, Ph Hering, Z. HuangR. Iverson, H. Loos, M. Messerschmidt, A. Miahnahri, S. Moeller, H. D. Nuhn, G. Pile, D. Ratner, J. Rzepiela, D. Schultz, T. Smith, P. Stefan, H. Tompkins, J. Turner, J. Welch, W. White, J. Wu, G. Yocky, J. Galayda

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The recently commissioned Linac Coherent Light Source is an X-ray free-electron laser at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. It produces coherent soft and hard X-rays with peak brightness nearly ten orders of magnitude beyond conventional synchrotron sources and a range of pulse durations from 500 to <10 fs (10^-15 s). With these beam characteristics this light source is capable of imaging the structure and dynamics of matter at atomic size and timescales. The facility is now operating at X-ray wavelengths from 22 to 1.2 Å and is presently delivering this high-brilliance beam to a growing array of scientific researchers. We describe the operation and performance of this new 'fourth-generation light source'.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	641-647
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nature Photonics
Volume	4
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.176
State	Published - Sep 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Emma, P., Akre, R., Arthur, J., Bionta, R., Bostedt, C., Bozek, J., Brachmann, A., Bucksbaum, P., Coffee, R., Decker, F. J., Ding, Y., Dowell, D., Edstrom, S., Fisher, A., Frisch, J., Gilevich, S., Hastings, J., Hays, G., Hering, P., ... Galayda, J. (2010). First lasing and operation of an ångstrom-wavelength free-electron laser. Nature Photonics, 4(9), 641-647. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.176

Emma, P, Akre, R, Arthur, J, Bionta, R, Bostedt, C, Bozek, J, Brachmann, A, Bucksbaum, P, Coffee, R, Decker, FJ, Ding, Y, Dowell, D, Edstrom, S, Fisher, A, Frisch, J, Gilevich, S, Hastings, J, Hays, G, Hering, P, Huang, Z, Iverson, R, Loos, H, Messerschmidt, M, Miahnahri, A, Moeller, S, Nuhn, HD, Pile, G, Ratner, D, Rzepiela, J, Schultz, D, Smith, T, Stefan, P, Tompkins, H, Turner, J, Welch, J, White, W, Wu, J, Yocky, G & Galayda, J 2010, 'First lasing and operation of an ångstrom-wavelength free-electron laser', Nature Photonics, vol. 4, no. 9, pp. 641-647. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.176

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