Journal Article

PUBDB-2015-01441

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Femtosecond all-optical synchronization of an X-ray free-electron laser

Schulz, S.DESY* ; Grguraš, I.>Extern* ; Behrens, C.DESY* ; Bromberger, H.>Extern* ; Costello, J. T. ; Czwalinna, M. K.DESY* ; Felber, M.DESY* ; Hoffmann, M. C. ; Ilchen, M.>Extern*XFEL* ; Liu, H.>Extern* ; Mazza, T.>Extern*XFEL* ; Meyer, M.XFEL* ; Pfeiffer, S.DESY* ; Prędki, P.>Extern* ; Schefer, S.DESY* ; Schmidt, C.DESY* ; Wegner, U.XFEL*DESY* ; Schlarb, H.DESY* ; Cavalieri, A. (Corresponding Author)>Extern*

2015
Nature Publishing Group London

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Abstract: Many advanced applications of X-ray free-electron lasers require pulse durations and time resolutions of only a few femtoseconds. To generate these pulses and to apply them in time-resolved experiments, synchronization techniques that can simultaneously lock all independent components, including all accelerator modules and all external optical lasers, to better than the delivered free-electron laser pulse duration, are needed. Here we achieve all-optical synchronization at the soft X-ray free-electron laser FLASH and demonstrate facility-wide timing to better than 30 fs r.m.s. for 90 fs X-ray photon pulses. Crucially, our analysis indicates that the performance of this optical synchronization is limited primarily by the free-electron laser pulse duration, and should naturally scale to the sub-10 femtosecond level with shorter X-ray pulses.

Note: OA

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Forschung Linear Accelerator (FLA)
2. Beschleunigerphysik (MPY)
3. Strahlkontrollen (MSK)

Research Program(s):

1. 631 - Accelerator R & D (POF3-631) (POF3-631)

Experiment(s):

1. Facility (machine) FLASH

Appears in the scientific report 2015

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