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McNeil, B. W.J.

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MOPC035 PULSE - A High-Repetition-Rate Linac Driver for X-ray FELs 148
 
  • P. H. Williams, B. L. Militsyn, H. L. Owen, M. W. Poole, N. Thompson
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire
  • B. W.J. McNeil
    USTRAT/SUPA, Glasgow
 
  We describe a staged concept for a linac-based free-electron laser providing coherent tunable VUV and soft X-ray output with pulse lengths less than 10 fs. Use of recent developments in high brightness injectors and 1.3 GHz cryomodules gives stable, reliable output with very good electron beam quality and flexible pulse pattern. Options for achieving repetition rates up to 1 MHz are examined. We also consider the development and demonstration of novel FEL concepts that access photon pulses in the attosecond regime. The combination of these parameters would open up new areas in femtosecond and attosecond science.