Generation of Coherent Attosecond X-ray Pulses in the Southern Advanced Photon Source

Southern Advanced Photon Source (SAPS) is a fourth-generation storage ring light source that has been considered for construction in Guangdong province of China, adjacent to the China Spallation Neutron Source. As a low-emittance storage ring, the natural emittance of SAPS is below 100 pm. One of the benefits is that the brightness is about 2 orders high than 3rd generation light sources. However, like many other storage ring-based light sources, the time resolution is limited by the electron bunch length in the range of picoseconds. In this work, we propose a new scheme for the generation of coherent attoseconds X-ray pulses with a high repetition rate in SAPS. A numerical demonstration of the scheme is presented.