4 papers
High-Efficiency Plasma-Based Compressor for Ultrafast Soft X-ray Free-Electron Lasers
Mingchang Wang, Li Zeng, Bingbing Zhang +5
The generation of intense, femtosecond-scale X-ray pulses is crucial for probing matter under extreme temporal and field conditions. Current chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) techn…
Demonstration of Direct-amplification Enabled Harmonic Generation in an Ultraviolet Free-Electron Laser
Hao Sun, Jitao Sun, Li Zeng +14
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 em…
Stability Enhancement of a Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission Free-electron Laser with Bunching Containment
Huaiqian Yi, Xiaofan Wang, Li Zeng +2
The self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) mechanism, the fundamental operating principle of numerous free-electron laser (FEL) facilities, is driven by electron beam shot nois…
The Performance of Seeded Free-Electron Lasers Through Dispersion Strength Tuning
Li Zeng, Chao Feng, Xiaofan Wang +2
Over the last decade, external seeded free electron lasers (FELs) have achieved significant advancements across various disciplines, progressively establishing themselves as indisp…