Time-resolved ionization measurements with intense ultrashort XUV and X-ray free-electron laser pulses

Tkachenko, Victor; Büscher, Martin; Höppner, Hauke; Medvedev, Nikita; Lipp, Vladimir; Rossi, Giulio Maria; Capotondi, Flavio; Finetti, Paola; Pedersoli, Emanuele; Nikolov, Ivaylo; Danailov, Mitcho; Giannessi, Luca; Prandolini, Mark J.; Toleikis, Sven; Mecseki, Katalin; Windeler, Matthew; Ziaja, Beata; Tavella, Franz; Teubner, Ulrich

doi:10.1017/s0263034619000326

Time-resolved ionization measurements with intense ultrashort XUV and X-ray free-electron laser pulses

Journal Article · Mon Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Laser and Particle Beams

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263034619000326· OSTI ID:1547231

Tkachenko, Victor ^[1]; Büscher, Martin ^[2]; Höppner, Hauke ^[3]; Medvedev, Nikita ^[4]; Lipp, Vladimir ^[5]; Rossi, Giulio Maria ^[5]; Capotondi, Flavio ^[6]; Finetti, Paola ^[6]; Pedersoli, Emanuele ^[6]; Nikolov, Ivaylo ^[6]; Danailov, Mitcho ^[6]; Giannessi, Luca ^[6]; Prandolini, Mark J. ^[7]; Toleikis, Sven ^[5]; Mecseki, Katalin ^[8]; Windeler, Matthew ^[8]; Ziaja, Beata ^[9]; Tavella, Franz ^[8]; Teubner, Ulrich ^[10]

Hochschule Emden/Leer Univ. of Applied Sciences (Germany); Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
Hochschule Emden/Leer Univ. of Applied Sciences (Germany)
Hochschule Emden/Leer Univ. of Applied Sciences (Germany); Inst. of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany)
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague (Czech Republic)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste (Italy)
Univ. of Hamburg (Germany)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany); Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Krakow (Poland)
Hochschule Emden/Leer Univ. of Applied Sciences (Germany); Carl von Ossietzky Univ. (Germany)

Abstract

Modern free-electron lasers (FEL) operating in XUV (extreme ultraviolet) or X-ray range allow an access to novel research areas. One instance is the ultrafast ionization of a solid by an intense femtosecond FEL pulse in XUV which consequently leads to a change of the complex index of refraction on an ultrashort timescale. The photoionization and subsequent impact ionization resulting in electronic and atomic dynamics are modeled with our hybrid code XTANT(X-ray thermal and non-thermal transitions) and a Monte Carlo code XCASCADE(X-ray-induced electron cascades). The simulations predict the temporal kinetics of FEL-induced electron cascades and thus yield temporally and spatially resolved information on the induced changes of the optical properties. In a series of experiments at FERMI and LCLS, single shot measurements with spatio-temporal encoding of the ionization process have been performed by a correlation of the FEL pump pulse with an optical femtosecond probe pulse. An excellent agreement between the experiment and the simulation has been found. Furthermore, we demonstrate that such kind of experiments forms the basis for pulse duration and arrival time jitter monitoring as currently under development for XUV-FELs.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: German Ministry of Education and Research; USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1547231

Journal Information:: Laser and Particle Beams, Journal Name: Laser and Particle Beams Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 37; ISSN 0263-0346

Publisher:: Cambridge University PressCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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