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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 2: QED
Q 2.7: Talk
Monday, March 11, 2024, 12:30–12:45, HS 1015
Quantum free-electron laser: single- and multiphoton transitions — •Peter Kling1 and Enno Giese2 — 1Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Institut für Quantentechnologien, Wilhelm-Runge-Straße 10, 89081 Ulm, Deutschland — 2Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachbereich Physik, Institut für Angewandte Physik, Schlossgartenstr. 7, 64289 Darmstadt, Deutschland
The quantum free-electron laser (``Quantum FEL") is a proposed x-ray source. In contrast to existing devices (``classical FEL"), where an electron in the undulator follows continuous trajectories and emits many photons, an electron in the Quantum FEL occupies only two resonant levels on a discrete momentum ladder and emits at most one photon. We investigate the influence of multiphoton corrections [1] on the dynamics of the electron and on the photon statistics of the emitted radiation. Moreover, we (i) try to identify the challenges for an experimental realization [2] and (ii) study the transition between classical and quantum regime in the FEL from a fundamental point of view [3].
[1] P. Kling, E. Giese, Phys. Rev. Research 5, 033057 (2023).
[2] A. Debus et al., Phys. Scr. 94, 074001 (2019).
[3] C. M. Carmesin et al., Phys. Rev. Research 2, 023027 (2020).
Keywords: Free-electron laser; Light-matter interaction; X-ray