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Title: Generation of intense phase-stable femtosecond hard X-ray pulse pairs

Journal Article · · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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  1. Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025
  2. Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025
  3. Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund 224 84, Sweden
  4. Institute for Laser Science, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu,Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
  5. Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025
  6. Linac &, FEL Division, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025
  7. Accelerator Research Division, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025
  8. Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg 22607, Germany
  9. RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
  10. RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
  11. Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
  12. Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
  13. Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg 22607, Germany, Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg 20355, Germany
  14. Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706

Significance The generation of phase-stable femtosecond X-ray pulse pairs will advance nonlinear spectroscopies and imaging, providing direct insight into the coupled motions of electrons and nuclei with resolution on the electronic length scale and timescale. This paper presents the generation of such pulse pairs in the X-ray domain. The approach uses X-ray free-electron laser pulses to induce highly directional, intense, phase-stable pairs of superfluorescence and seeded stimulated emission at the 5.9 keV manganese Kα 1 line. The finding is evidenced by strong interference fringes in the superfluorescence and stimulated emission signals.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); 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; JPSJ KAKENHI; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
Grant/Contract Number:
76SF00515; AC02-76SF00515; 19K20604; P41GM103393; AC02-05CH11231; GM055302; GM110501; GM126289; F32GM116423
OSTI ID:
1854975
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1872417; OSTI ID: 1894073
Journal Information:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Vol. 119 Journal Issue: 12; ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher:
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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