Title:
GENERATION OF SHORT-WAVE ULTRASHORT LIGHT PULSES AND USE THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/141024
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to an arrangement for generating extremely ultrashort and short-wave light pulses with the aid of the traveling-wave Thomson scattering process, wherein dispersive elements are arranged between an electron, particle, or radiation source, which is synchronized with a laser system, and an optical element that focuses in a direction, and to the use of said arrangement to superpose a pulse-front tilted light pulse of high power with an ultrashort pulse of relativistic electrons in a laser-line focus. By varying the laser pulse-front tilt, narrow-band radiation pulses in a wide wavelength range from EUV to X-ray wavelengths and having a high number of protons are obtained, and the bandwidth and coherence properties can also be modified. Said arrangement can be used, among other things, in EUV lithography, in the planning and optimal design of laser systems and electron sources, in material analysis by means of phase contrast imaging, and in superconductor research. The proposed arrangement can be produced to be smaller and cheaper than current comparable arrangements.
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Inventors:
DEBUS ALEXANDER (DE)
BUSSMANN MICHAEL (DE)
BUSSMANN MICHAEL (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/DE2011/075111
Publication Date:
April 19, 2012
Filing Date:
May 16, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM DRESDEN (DE)
DEBUS ALEXANDER (DE)
BUSSMANN MICHAEL (DE)
DEBUS ALEXANDER (DE)
BUSSMANN MICHAEL (DE)
International Classes:
H01S3/09; H01S4/00; H05G2/00; H01S3/094; H01S3/102
Foreign References:
| US5016250A | 1991-05-14 | |||
| US5077621A | 1991-12-31 |
Other References:
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A. DEBUS ET AL: "Linear and non-linear Thomson-scattering x-ray sources driven by conventionally and laser plasma accelerated electrons", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, 1 January 2009 (2009-01-01), pages 735908 - 735908-12, XP055019357, DOI: 10.1117/12.820741
RICHARD A. SNAVELY: "Traveling wave-pumping of ultra-short-pulse x-ray lasers", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, vol. 3156, 1 January 1997 (1997-01-01), pages 109 - 113, XP055019624, ISSN: 0277-786X, DOI: 10.1117/12.293374
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE CHANTELOUP ET AL: "Pulse-front control of 15-TW pulses with a tilted compressor, and application to the subpicosecond traveling-wave pumping of a soft-x-ray laser", JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B, vol. 17, no. 1, 1 January 2000 (2000-01-01), pages 151, XP055019619, ISSN: 0740-3224, DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000151
SANDOR SZATMARI ET AL: "PULSE COMPRESSION AND TRAVELING WAVE EXCITATION SCHEME USING A SINGLE DISPERSIVE ELEMENT", APPLIED OPTICS, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC; US, vol. 29, no. 36, 20 December 1990 (1990-12-20), pages 5372 - 5379, XP000171339, ISSN: 0003-6935
HETTRICK M C: "Varied line-space gratings: past, present and future", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, SPIE, US, vol. 560, 1 January 1986 (1986-01-01), pages 96 - 108, XP009156510, ISSN: 0277-786X
A. DEBUS ET AL: "Linear and non-linear Thomson-scattering x-ray sources driven by conventionally and laser plasma accelerated electrons", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, 1 January 2009 (2009-01-01), pages 735908 - 735908-12, XP055019357, DOI: 10.1117/12.820741
RICHARD A. SNAVELY: "Traveling wave-pumping of ultra-short-pulse x-ray lasers", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, vol. 3156, 1 January 1997 (1997-01-01), pages 109 - 113, XP055019624, ISSN: 0277-786X, DOI: 10.1117/12.293374
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE CHANTELOUP ET AL: "Pulse-front control of 15-TW pulses with a tilted compressor, and application to the subpicosecond traveling-wave pumping of a soft-x-ray laser", JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B, vol. 17, no. 1, 1 January 2000 (2000-01-01), pages 151, XP055019619, ISSN: 0740-3224, DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000151
SANDOR SZATMARI ET AL: "PULSE COMPRESSION AND TRAVELING WAVE EXCITATION SCHEME USING A SINGLE DISPERSIVE ELEMENT", APPLIED OPTICS, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC; US, vol. 29, no. 36, 20 December 1990 (1990-12-20), pages 5372 - 5379, XP000171339, ISSN: 0003-6935
HETTRICK M C: "Varied line-space gratings: past, present and future", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, SPIE, US, vol. 560, 1 January 1986 (1986-01-01), pages 96 - 108, XP009156510, ISSN: 0277-786X
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