Publications [#344683] of Ying Wu

Papers Published
  1. Yan, J; Mueller, JM; Ahmed, MW; Hao, H; Huang, S; Li, J; Litvinenko, VN; Liu, P; Mikhailov, SF; Popov, VG; Sikora, MH; Vinokurov, NA; Wu, YK, Precision control of gamma-ray polarization using a crossed helical undulator free-electron laser, Nature Photonics, vol. 13 no. 9 (September, 2019), pp. 629-635 [doi] .

    Abstract:
    Polarized gamma-ray beams are a precise and selective probe for studying fundamental questions about nuclear structure and hadron properties. Improvements to this probe require new experimental approaches that can produce high-flux gamma-ray beams with easily switchable pure polarization states. Here, we report an optics-free method to precisely control the polarization of a Compton gamma-ray beam. Using a free-electron laser (FEL) oscillator with two helical undulator magnets of opposite helicities, we have produced a linearly polarized FEL beam with a variable polarization direction and an unprecedented degree of linear polarization, PLin = 0.997. With this FEL as a photon drive, we are able to generate Compton gamma-ray beams having either left/right-circular polarization or rotatable linear polarization. The linearly polarized gamma-ray beam has been characterized and shows PLin = 0.97. This demonstrated polarization control technique is well suited for high-flux gamma-ray production with any level of FEL power.

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