Seeded free-electron laser driven by a compact laser plasma accelerator
Marie Labat
(1)
,
Jurjen Couperus Cadabag
(2)
,
Amin Ghaith
(1)
,
Arie Irman
,
Anthony Berlioux
,
Philippe Berteaud
(1)
,
Frédéric Blache
,
Stefan Bock
,
François Bouvet
(1)
,
Fabien Briquez
(1)
,
Yen-Yu Chang
,
Sébastien Corde
(3)
,
Alexander Debus
(4)
,
Carlos de Oliveira
,
Jean-Pierre Duval
(1)
,
Yannick Dietrich
(1)
,
Moussa El Ajjouri
,
Christoph Eisenmann
,
Julien Gautier
(3)
,
René Gebhardt
,
Simon Grams
,
Uwe Helbig
,
Christian Herbeaux
,
Nicolas Hubert
,
Charles Kitegi
,
Olena Kononenko
(3)
,
Michael Kuntzsch
,
Maxwell Laberge
,
Stéphane Lé
,
Bruno Leluan
,
Alexandre Loulergue
,
Victor Malka
(5)
,
Fabrice Marteau
,
Manh Huy N Guyen
,
Driss Oumbarek-Espinos
,
Richard Pausch
,
Damien Pereira
,
Thomas Püschel
,
Jean-Paul Ricaud
,
Patrick Rommeluere
,
Eléonore Roussel
(6, 7)
,
Pascal Rousseau
(3)
,
Susanne Schöbel
,
Mourad Sebdaoui
,
Klaus Steiniger
,
Keihan Tavakoli
,
Cedric Thaury
(3)
,
Patrick Ufer
,
Mathieu Valléau
,
Marc Vandenberghe
,
José Vétéran
,
Ulrich Schramm
,
Marie Couprie
(1)
1
SSOLEIL -
Synchrotron SOLEIL
2 HZDR - Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
3 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée
4 Institute of Radiation Physics [Dresden]
5 Weizmann Institute of Science [Rehovot, Israël]
6 DYSCO - DYnamique des Systèmes COmplexes
7 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523
2 HZDR - Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
3 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée
4 Institute of Radiation Physics [Dresden]
5 Weizmann Institute of Science [Rehovot, Israël]
6 DYSCO - DYnamique des Systèmes COmplexes
7 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523
Jurjen Couperus Cadabag
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Arie Irman
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Anthony Berlioux
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Frédéric Blache
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Stefan Bock
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Yen-Yu Chang
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Carlos de Oliveira
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Moussa El Ajjouri
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Christoph Eisenmann
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Julien Gautier
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René Gebhardt
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Simon Grams
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Uwe Helbig
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Christian Herbeaux
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Nicolas Hubert
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Charles Kitegi
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Michael Kuntzsch
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Maxwell Laberge
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Stéphane Lé
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Bruno Leluan
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Alexandre Loulergue
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Victor Malka
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Fabrice Marteau
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Manh Huy N Guyen
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Driss Oumbarek-Espinos
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Richard Pausch
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Damien Pereira
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Thomas Püschel
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Jean-Paul Ricaud
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Patrick Rommeluere
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Eléonore Roussel
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Susanne Schöbel
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Mourad Sebdaoui
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Klaus Steiniger
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Keihan Tavakoli
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Cedric Thaury
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Patrick Ufer
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Mathieu Valléau
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Marc Vandenberghe
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José Vétéran
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Ulrich Schramm
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Abstract
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.