Two-stage EEHG for coherent hard X-ray generation based on a superconducting linac

A two-stage echo-enabled harmonic generation(EEHG)scheme is proposed for a superconducting linacdriven FEL to produce coherent hard X-rays.Electron beams of quite different bunch lengths are separately used in each stage of EEHG,and a monochromator is designed to purify the radiation from the first stage for seeding the second stage.Theoretical analysis and 3D simulations indicate that the proposed scheme can generate high-repetition-rate coherent hard X-ray pulses directly from a conventional UV seed laser.

Two-beam based two-stage EEHG-FEL for coherent hard X-ray generation

The ability to generate stable and coherent short wavelength radiation is a great promise of the externally seeded free-electron laser. However, the fre- quency up-conversion efficiency is limited to a small number in a single stage setup. In this paper, we propose a new scheme to produce coherent hard X-ray FEL with two- beam based two-stage echo-enabled harmonic generation configuration. Electron beams with quite different proper- ties are separately used in each stage and a monochromator is adopted to purify the radiation from first stage for seeding the second stage. Three-dimensional start-to-end simulations have been performed with realistic parameters to show the feasibility of the proposed scheme.

Preliminary study of EEHG-based superradiant undulator radiation at the HLS-Ⅱ storage ring

We investigate storage ring-based Echo-Enabled Harmonic Generation（EEHG） superradiant undulator radiation as a possible scheme to obtain shorter wavelengths at the HLS-Ⅱ（Hefei Light Source-Ⅱ） storage ring. In this paper we give the designation of the storage ring based EEHG up to the 26 th harmonic, where 31 nm vacuum ultraviolet light is radiated from an 800 nm seeded laser. The novelty of our design is that both the two dispersion sections of EEHG are realized by the storage ring＇s own magnet structure. In particular, the whole ring is used as the first dispersion section, and two modulators of the traditional EEHG can be done with the same undulator. These two dispersion sections are realized by changing the superperiod of the present lattice structure, and more precisely by changing the focusing strengths of the present structure. Since no additional magnets and chicanes are used,the beam circulates around the storage ring repeatedly, and thus this storage ring-based EEHG can have a higher repetition rate than a linac-based EEHG.

A single stage EEHG at SXFEL for narrow-bandwidth soft X-ray generation

The echo-enabled harmonic generation （EEHG） scheme holds promising prospects for efficiently generat- ing intense coherent radiation at very high harmonics of the initial seed laser. In this paper, we study the feasibility of operating the Shanghai X-ray free-electron laser test facility with a single stage EEHG setup. With a combina- tion of existing numerical codes, start-to-end simulations considering various three-dimensional effects have been carried out to show the possible performance of the EEHG FEL. Simulation results demonstrate that a single stage EEHG can generate high power soft X-ray radiation pulses with narrow bandwidth directly from UV seed lasers. With the help of the harmonic lasing technique or upgraded linac, we also show the possibility of generating coherent soft X-ray radiation in the ＂water window＂ with a single stage EEHG.

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.