X-ray-optical cross-correlator for gas-phase experiments at the Linac Coherent Light Source free-electron laser

Journal Article · Mon Mar 19 04:00:00 EDT 2012 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3695163· OSTI ID:22025473

Schorb, S; Cryan, J P; Glownia, J M; Bionta, M R; Coffee, R N; Swiggers, M; Carron, S; Castagna, J -C; Bozek, J D; Messerschmidt, M; Schlotter, W F; Bostedt, C ^[1]; Gorkhover, T ^[2]; Erk, B; Boll, R; Schmidt, C; Rudenko, A ^[3]; Rolles, D ^[3]; Rouzee, A ^[4]

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1. Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 20450, Stanford, California 94309 (United States)
2. Institut fuer Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin (Germany)
3. Max-Planck Advanced-Study-Group at CFEL, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg (Germany)
4. Max-Born-Institut, Max-Born-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin (Germany)

X-ray-optical pump-probe experiments at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have so far been limited to a time resolution of 280 fs fwhm due to timing jitter between the accelerator-based free-electron laser (FEL) and optical lasers. We have implemented a single-shot cross-correlator for femtosecond x-ray and infrared pulses. A reference experiment relying only on the pulse arrival time information from the cross-correlator shows a time resolution better than 50 fs fwhm (22 fs rms) and also yields a direct measurement of the maximal x-ray pulse length. The improved time resolution enables ultrafast pump-probe experiments with x-ray pulses from LCLS and other FEL sources.

• OSTI ID: 22025473
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 100; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PHOTON BEAMS
PROBES
PULSES
TIME RESOLUTION
VISIBLE RADIATION
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