The Advanced Sources and Detectors (ASD) Scorpius project is a collaboration between Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and the Nevada National Security Sites to develop and build a multi-pulse kiloampere-class 22 MeV electron accelerator for dynamic x-radiography for national security. The project has begun fabrication and...
Cavity-based X-ray free-electron lasers present a promising path toward fully coherent, high-brightness X-ray sources with enhanced stability and spectral purity. By using Bragg-reflecting crystal cavities to recirculate and amplify an X-ray seed pulse over multiple passes, CBXFELs offer the potential for orders-of-magnitude improvements in coherence and brightness compared to single-pass...
Laser plasma accelerators (LPAs) have emerged as a viable alternative to traditional accelerators for various applications, thanks to their capability to generate high-brightness beams and much higher accelerating gradients. This enables more compact designs for future light sources, such as free electron lasers (FELs). FEL technology leveraging LPA sources is progressing swiftly, with several...
