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

Abstract

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 Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); Keck Foundation
OSTI Identifier:
1619811
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1616132
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; 042982; MRI 1624322
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; chemical physics; high-harmonic generation; lasers, LEDs and light sources

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Barreau, Lou, Ross, Andrew D., Garg, Samay, Kraus, Peter M., Neumark, Daniel M., and Leone, Stephen R. Efficient table-top dual-wavelength beamline for ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy in the soft X-ray region. United Kingdom: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-62461-6.
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Barreau, Lou, Ross, Andrew D., Garg, Samay, Kraus, Peter M., Neumark, Daniel M., & Leone, Stephen R. Efficient table-top dual-wavelength beamline for ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy in the soft X-ray region. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62461-6
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Barreau, Lou, Ross, Andrew D., Garg, Samay, Kraus, Peter M., Neumark, Daniel M., and Leone, Stephen R. Wed . "Efficient table-top dual-wavelength beamline for ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy in the soft X-ray region". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62461-6.
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@article{osti_1619811,
title = {Efficient table-top dual-wavelength beamline for ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy in the soft X-ray region},
author = {Barreau, Lou and Ross, Andrew D. and Garg, Samay and Kraus, Peter M. and Neumark, Daniel M. and Leone, Stephen R.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-020-62461-6},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {2020},
month = {4}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: Summary of the beamline. Soft X-ray pulses are produced from high-order harmonic generation with few-cycle SWIR pulses in helium. Few-cycle pulses centered at 800 nm are simultaneously produced and are used as a pump in ultrafast transient absorption experiments. The different steps are detailed in the text. Amore » typical X-ray camera image is shown at the bottom right. The drop in signal after ~280 eV is due to carbon contamination of the X-ray optics, causing absorption at the carbon K-edge.« less
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