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@ARTICLE{Zakharova:627944,
author = {Zakharova, Margarita and Wong, Jia Chyi and Dresselhaus, J.
Lukas and Prasciolu, Mauro and Fleckenstein, Holger and Li,
Chufeng and De Gennaro Aquino, Ivan and Egorov, Dmitry and
Zhang, Wenhui and Morgan, Andrew J. and Ayyer, Kartik and
Sikorski, Marcin and Letrun, Romain and de Wijn, Raphael and
Kharitonov, Konstantin and Melo, Diogo and Round, Adam and
Bean, Richard J. and Chapman, Henry N. and Bajt, Saša},
title = {{F}ocusing of {X}-ray free-electron laser pulses using
multilayer {L}aue lenses},
journal = {Optics express},
volume = {33},
number = {15},
issn = {1094-4087},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Optica},
reportid = {PUBDB-2025-01692},
pages = {31884 - 31895},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Achieving the highest possible intensities of pulses at
X-ray free-electron
laser(XFEL)facilitiesentailsfocusingtheX-raybeamtothesmallestpossibledimensions.
MultilayerLauelensesarevolumediffractiveopticsthatholdpromisetoachievehighintensitiesduetotheirhighnumericalapertureathardX-raywavelengths.
Theselensesaremadebylayerdepositionandhence have a small
aperture that is usually less than 100µm. Consequently,
they must withstandhigh intensities and heat loads if used
to focus pulses of high energies. Here, we demonstrate
thefocusingofXFELpulsesusinglensesmadefromlayersofMo2CandSiC,whichwerechosenfortheirhighefficiencyandlowbeamheating.
WeshowthatlensalignmentandcharacterisationcanbecarriedoutusingattenuatedXFELpulsesusingthemethodofptychographicX-rayspeckletracking,
which also provides an approach for high-resolution
projection imaging with XFELpulses. The approach also gives
quantitative information about the distribution of
intensityin the focal plane, which is analysed here using
plots of the encircled energy describing
theproportionofthebeamenergyconcentratedintoacertaindiameter,showingthepossibilitytoreach
1.8×1020 Wcm−2 at a photon energy of 16.9keV. No
measurable change in the
wavefrontaberrationsofthelensescouldbedetectedaftertheiruseinanexperimentformanydayswithunattenuated
XFEL pulses, showing that the materials and mounting scheme
presented heremake theselenses suitablefor sustained use at
XFEL facilities.},
cin = {FS-ML / CFEL-I / XFEL-User},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)FS-ML-20120731 / I:(DE-H253)CFEL-I-20161114 /
I:(DE-H253)XFEL-User-20170713},
pnm = {632 - Materials – Quantum, Complex and Functional
Materials (POF4-632) / 6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3) /
FS-Proposal: I-20231166 (I-20231166)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3 /
G:(DE-H253)I-20231166},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P11-20150101 /
EXP:(DE-H253)XFEL-Exp-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1364/OE.568357},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/627944},
}