Spectrotemporal Shaping of Attosecond X-Ray Pulses with a Fresh-Slice Free-Electron Laser

Robles, River R.; Larsen, Kirk A.; Cesar, David; Driver, Taran; Duris, Joseph; Franz, Paris; Garratt, Douglas; Guo, Veronica; Just, Gabriel; Lemons, Randy; Lin, Ming-Fu; Obaid, Razib; Sudar, Nicholas; Wang, Jun; Zhang, Zhen; Cryan, James; Marinelli, Agostino

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.134.115001

Spectrotemporal Shaping of Attosecond X-Ray Pulses with a Fresh-Slice Free-Electron Laser

Journal Article · Fri Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2025 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.134.115001· OSTI ID:2575471

^[1]; ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[2]; Duris, Joseph ^[2]; Franz, Paris ^[1]; ^[2]; Guo, Veronica ^[1]; Just, Gabriel ^[2]; Lemons, Randy ^[2]; Lin, Ming-Fu ^[2]; Obaid, Razib ^[2]; Sudar, Nicholas ^[2]; Wang, Jun ^[1]; ^[2]; Cryan, James ^[2]; Marinelli, Agostino ^[2]

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

We propose a scheme allowing coherent shaping, i.e., controlling both the amplitude and phase, of attosecond x-ray pulses at free-electron lasers. Here, we show that by seeding an FEL with a short coherent seed that overfills the amplification bandwidth, one can shape the Wigner function of the pulse by controlling the undulator taper profile. The examples of controllable pulse pairs and trains, as well as isolated spectrotemporally shaped pulses with very broad bandwidths are examined in detail. Existing attosecond XFELs can achieve these experimental conditions in a two-stage cascade, in which the seed is generated by a short current spike in an electron bunch and shaped in an unspoiled region within the same bunch. We experimentally demonstrate the production and control of phase-stable pulse trains using this method at the Linac Coherent Light Source II.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 2575471

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 134; ISSN 1079-7114; ISSN 0031-9007

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Country of Publication:: United States

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