Demonstration of Direct-amplification Enabled Harmonic Generation in an Ultraviolet Free-Electron Laser

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Main Authors: Sun, Hao, Sun, Jitao, Zeng, Li, Liang, Yifan, Tu, Lingjun, Yi, Huaiqian, Li, Qinming, Wang, Xiaofan, Yu, Yong, Yang, Jiayue, He, Zhigang, Tian, Yuhuan, Wang, Likai, Wang, Zequn, Wu, Guorong, Zhang, Weiqing, Yang, Xueming
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author Sun, Hao
Sun, Jitao
Zeng, Li
Liang, Yifan
Tu, Lingjun
Yi, Huaiqian
Li, Qinming
Wang, Xiaofan
Yu, Yong
Yang, Jiayue
He, Zhigang
Tian, Yuhuan
Wang, Likai
Wang, Zequn
Wu, Guorong
Zhang, Weiqing
Yang, Xueming
author_facet Sun, Hao
Sun, Jitao
Zeng, Li
Liang, Yifan
Tu, Lingjun
Yi, Huaiqian
Li, Qinming
Wang, Xiaofan
Yu, Yong
Yang, Jiayue
He, Zhigang
Tian, Yuhuan
Wang, Likai
Wang, Zequn
Wu, Guorong
Zhang, Weiqing
Yang, Xueming
contents We report the experimental demonstration of direct-amplification enabled harmonic generation in an ultraviolet free-electron laser (FEL) driven by a low-intensity seed laser. By employing a versatile undulator configuration that enables seed amplification and harmonic generation within a unified setup, we achieved over 100-fold energy gain of the seed and observed exponential growth at the second harmonic. The results demonstrate that a sufficiently long modulator can not only amplify a weak seed but also induce strong energy modulation of the electron beam, enabling efficient harmonic bunching. This method markedly relaxes the power requirements on external seed lasers and presents a viable route toward high-repetition-rate, fully coherent FELs
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spellingShingle Demonstration of Direct-amplification Enabled Harmonic Generation in an Ultraviolet Free-Electron Laser
Sun, Hao
Sun, Jitao
Zeng, Li
Liang, Yifan
Tu, Lingjun
Yi, Huaiqian
Li, Qinming
Wang, Xiaofan
Yu, Yong
Yang, Jiayue
He, Zhigang
Tian, Yuhuan
Wang, Likai
Wang, Zequn
Wu, Guorong
Zhang, Weiqing
Yang, Xueming
Accelerator Physics
We report the experimental demonstration of direct-amplification enabled harmonic generation in an ultraviolet free-electron laser (FEL) driven by a low-intensity seed laser. By employing a versatile undulator configuration that enables seed amplification and harmonic generation within a unified setup, we achieved over 100-fold energy gain of the seed and observed exponential growth at the second harmonic. The results demonstrate that a sufficiently long modulator can not only amplify a weak seed but also induce strong energy modulation of the electron beam, enabling efficient harmonic bunching. This method markedly relaxes the power requirements on external seed lasers and presents a viable route toward high-repetition-rate, fully coherent FELs
title Demonstration of Direct-amplification Enabled Harmonic Generation in an Ultraviolet Free-Electron Laser
topic Accelerator Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05954