• Accepted Paper

Experimental demonstration of an L-shaped corrugated wakefield structure for beam shaping at a high-repetition-rate free-electron laser

Weilun Qin, Marc Guetg, Jiacheng Wu, Winfried Decking, Nina Golubeva, Naresh Kujala, Shan Liu, Lukas Müller, and Torsten Wohlenberg

Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams - Accepted 24 September, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/r4nx-blvw

Abstract

We demonstrate the first realization of electron beam and x-ray pulse shaping with a corrugated wakefield structure at a pulsed-mode megahertz repetition rate hard x-ray free-electron laser. This is achieved by an L-shape-designed corrugated structure with low beta optics and a collimator. Variable streaking direction and signature of quadrupole wakefield compensation are observed by controlling the position of the electron beam to the corrugated plates. Spectral analysis at 7 keV indicates a reduction of the reconstructed x-ray pulse duration by an approximate factor of four compared to the standard self-amplified spontaneous emission mode of the European X-ray Free-electron Laser. X-ray pulses with uniform properties along a train of 100 pulses at 1.125 MHz repetition rate are generated under 10 Hz pulse mode. These results are a step toward tailoring the temporal and spectral domain of x-ray pulses at megahertz repetition rate with high flexibility and compatibility.

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