Light source system and method of operation
AssigneexLight Inc.
InventorsGeorge Randall Neil, Gennady Stupakov, William Alexander Schumaker
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Abstract
A radiator system, preferably including one or more undulator regions, beam separators, and/or sets of optics. The radiator system is preferably integrated into a light source system, which can include one or more accelerator modules and/or radiator systems. The light source system preferably defines a free-electron laser operable to generate one or more optical outputs. A method of operation, preferably including receiving a high-energy electron beam, operating one or more beam modulators, and/or providing an optical output.
Claims20
A method for providing optical outputs, the method comprising:
- directing a series of electron bunches substantially along an input trajectory to a beam modulator, the electron bunches of the series temporally separated from each other;
- at the beam modulator, directing each electron bunch of the series onto a different electron trajectory through a cavity of an undulator;
- at the undulator, generating a plurality of optical outputs via free-electron lasing, comprising imposing a spatially-periodic electromagnetic field within the cavity such that:
- each electron bunch of the series undergoes betatron oscillation within the cavity;
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- each electron bunch of the series generates a respective optical output of the plurality via free-electron lasing, wherein each optical output is generated having a different optical trajectory.
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