Real World Issues for the New Soft-X-Ray Synchrotron Sources

A new generation of synchrotron radiation light sources covering the VUV, soft x-ray and hard x-ray spectral regions is under construction in several countries. They are designed specifically to use periodic magnetic undulators and low-emittance electron or positron beams to produce high-brightness...

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Main Author: Kincaid, Brian M
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
COHERENT OPTICAL RADIATION
Component Reports
DIFFRACTION
HARMONICS
LIGHT
Nuclear Physics & Elementary Particle Physics
Optics
SOFT X RAYS
SYMPOSIA
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
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Summary:A new generation of synchrotron radiation light sources covering the VUV, soft x-ray and hard x-ray spectral regions is under construction in several countries. They are designed specifically to use periodic magnetic undulators and low-emittance electron or positron beams to produce high-brightness near-diffraction-limited synchrotron radiation beams. An introduction to the properties of undulator radiation is followed by a discussion of some of the challenges to be faced at the new facilities. Examples of predicted undulator output from the Advanced Light Source, a third generation 1-2 GeV storage ring optimized for undulator use, are used to highlight differences from present synchrotron radiation sources, including high beam power, partial coherence, harmonics, and other unusual spectral and angular properties of undulator radiation. This article is from 'Osa Proceedings of the Topical Meeting (5th) on Short-Wave Length Coherent Radiation: Generation and Applications Held in Monterey, California on 8-10 April 1991. Volume 11,' AD-A252 973, p146-151.