Spectrotemporal control of soft x-ray laser pulses

Mirian, Najmeh S.; Allaria, Enrico; Bruchon, Niky; Cinquegrana, Paolo; Danailov, Miltcho Boyanov; De Ninno, Giovanni; Di Mitri, Simone; Ferrari, Eugenio; Giannessi, Luca; Hemsing, Erik; Penco, Giuseppe; Roussel, Eléonore; Spampinati, Simone; Spezzani, Carlo; Trovó, Mauro; Veronese, Marco; Rebernik Ribič, Primož

doi:10.1103/physrevaccelbeams.23.060701

Title: Spectrotemporal control of soft x-ray laser pulses

Journal Article · 11 June 2020 · Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevaccelbeams.23.060701 · OSTI ID:1633009

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Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste (Italy)
Univ. degli Studi di Trieste (Italy)
Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste (Italy); Univ. of Nova Gorica (Slovenia)
Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste (Italy); National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Rome (Italy)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Univ. Lille (France)

We exploit echo-enabled harmonic generation (EEHG) to produce fully coherent free-electron laser (FEL) pulses at soft-x-ray wavelengths and shape their spectrotemporal content. In an EEHG FEL, the longitudinal phase space of the relativistic electron beam that amplifies light is precisely tailored using two external seed lasers and two magnetic chicanes. We show that the spectrotemporal properties of the emitted radiation can be controlled by tuning the bandwidth, linear frequency chirp, and intensity of one of the seed lasers. The experimental data are supported by analytical and numerical models. Our results open a pathway toward coherent control of quantum processes at short wavelengths in the fields of applied physics, chemistry and biology, where manipulating the radiation spectrum is essential. The ability to precisely control the spectrotemporal content of intense, short-wavelength FEL pulses and the low sensitivity of the radiation to electron-beam imperfections make the technique an ideal candidate for use in chirped-pulse amplification schemes.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; 2017-SLAC-100382

OSTI ID:: 1633009

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1637703

Journal Information:: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, Vol. 23, Issue 6; ISSN 2469-9888

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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