Efficient table-top dual-wavelength beamline for ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy in the soft X-ray region

Barreau, Lou; Ross, Andrew D.; Garg, Samay; Kraus, Peter M.; Neumark, Daniel M.; Leone, Stephen R.

doi:10.1038/s41598-020-62461-6

Title: Efficient table-top dual-wavelength beamline for ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy in the soft X-ray region

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62461-6· OSTI ID:1619811

Barreau, Lou; Ross, Andrew D.; Garg, Samay; Kraus, Peter M.; Neumark, Daniel M.; Leone, Stephen R.

We present a table-top beamline providing a soft X-ray supercontinuum extending up to 370 eV from high-order harmonic generation with sub-13 fs 1300 nm driving pulses and simultaneous production of sub-5 fs pulses centered at 800 nm. Optimization of high harmonic generation in a long and dense gas medium yields a photon flux of ~ 1.4 × 10⁶ photons/s/1% bandwidth at 300 eV. The temporal resolution of X-ray transient absorption experiments with this beamline is measured to be 11 fs for 800 nm excitation. This dual-wavelength approach, combined with high flux and high spectral and temporal resolution soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy, is a new route to the study of ultrafast electronic dynamics in carbon-containing molecules and materials at the carbon K-edge.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); Keck Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; 042982; MRI 1624322

OSTI ID:: 1619811

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1616132

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Vol. 10 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2045-2322

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Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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