Femtosecond laser technologies for linear collider designs

Abstract A highly stabilized high-energy femtosecond laser system was developed for Compton X-ray experiments. The laser system is based on the chirped pulse amplification, and each component is actively or passively stabilized. A master oscillator with less than 100fs timing jitter, two independent oscillators with 300fs relative timing lag, a new measurement technique of timing fluctuation of low-repetition amplified pulse, and a special designed regenerative amplifier with high quality beam were developed. New technical options for linear collider are proposed based on these expertises. The options are temporally square pulse for low emittance electron generation, a timing stabilized seeder for CO 2 amplifier, and multi-pulse high-energy lasers for γ–γ collision and for multi-bunch electron generation.