Speaker
Dr
Alan Mak
(Science and Technology Facilities Council)
Description
The free-electron laser (FEL), powered by an accelerator and equipped with an undulator, produces intense coherent radiation at ever-shorter wavelengths. Whilst the hard x-ray regime represents the current state of the art, the gamma-ray regime remains the next objective. Gamma-ray lasers, deemed one of the most profound and intriguing challenges in physics by the 2003 Nobel Laureate, hold the key to unlocking the largely unexplored nuclear domain. This article introduces a novel scheme that harnesses FEL harmonics, offering a pathway for existing x-ray FELs to operate as gamma-ray lasers.
| Region represented | Europe |
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| Paper preparation format | LaTeX |
Author
Dr
Alan Mak
(Science and Technology Facilities Council)
Co-author
Neil Thompson
(Cockcroft Institute)
