Table 1 Typical experimental parameters for e-beams and γ-ray beams.

From: Ultrahigh brilliance quasi-monochromatic MeV γ-rays based on self-synchronized all-optical Compton scattering

Electron beam

 Tunable peak energy

160–420 MeV

 Energy spread

0.8–1.5% (rms)

 Total charge

30–120 pC

 Bunch diameter (sim.)

3 μm

 Duration (sim.)

6 fs

 Divergence

0.2–0.5 mrad (rms)

Ray source

 Tunable peak energy

0.3–2 MeV

 Bandwidth

33–60% (FWHM)

 Photons/shot

~5 × 107

 Source size (sim.)

4 μm

 Divergence

4 mrad (FWHM)

 Peak brilliance†

~3 × 1022

  1. †In units of photons s−1 mm−2 mrad−2 per 0.1% bandwidth.
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