Ultraviolet high-gain harmonic-generation free-electron laser at BNL

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 528; no. 1; pp. 436 - 442
• Main Authors: Yu, L.H, Doyuran, A, DiMauro, L, Graves, W.S, Johnson, E.D, Heese, R, Krinsky, S, Loos, H, Murphy, J.B, Rakowsky, G, Rose, J, Shaftan, T, Sheehy, B, Skaritka, J, Wang, X.J, Wu, Z
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.08.2004
• Subjects: Free-electron laser; High-gain harmonic-generation; Free-electron laser; 41.60.Cr; High-gain harmonic-generation
• ISSN: 0168-9002; 1872-9576
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.04.127

We report the first experimental results on a high-gain harmonic-generation (HGHG) free-electron laser (FEL) operating in the ultraviolet. An 800 nm seed from a Ti-Sapphire laser has been used to produce saturated amplified output at the 266 nm third-harmonic. The results confirm the advantages of the HGHG FEL: stable central wavelength, narrow bandwidth and small pulse energy fluctuation. The harmonic output at 88 nm, which accompanies the 266 nm radiation, has been used in an ion pair imaging experiment in chemistry.