Spatio - Temporal coherence of free electron laser pulses in the soft x-ray regime

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 19909-19919

  Mitzner, R ^a   Siemer, B ^a   Neeb, M ^b   Noll, T ^b   Siewert, F ^b   Roling, S ^a   Rutkowski, M ^a   Sorokin, A A ^c   Richter, M ^c   Juranic, P ^d   Tiedtke, K ^d   Feldhaus, J ^d   Eberhardt, W ^b   Zacharias, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LASER PULSES; TIME DELAY; VISIBILITY; WAVEFRONTS;

AUTOCORRELATORS; BEAM SPLITTING; COHERENCE TIME; MONOTONIC DECAY; MULTIPLE PULSE; SOFT-X-RAY FREE-ELECTRON-LASER; SPATIO TEMPORAL; TEMPORAL COHERENCE;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 57149129672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019909     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. H. Wabnitz, L. Bittner, A. R. B. de Castro, R. Döhrmann, P. Gürtler, T. Laarmann, W. Laasch, J. Schulz, A. Swiderski, K. von Haeften, T. Möller, B. Faatz, A. Fateev, J. Feldhaus, C. Gerth, U. Hahn, E. Saldin, E. Schneidmiller, K. Sytchev, K. Tiedtke, R. Treusch, and M. Yurkovk, "Multiple ionization of atom clusters by intense soft x-rays from a free-electron laser," Nature 420, 482-485 (2002).
2. C. Bostedt, H. Thomas, M. Hoener, E. Eremina T. Fennel, K.-H. Meiwes-Broer H. Wabnitz, M. Kuhlmann, E. Plönjes, K. Tiedtke, R. Treusch, J. Feldhaus, A. R. B. de Castro, and T. Möller, "Multistep ionization of argon clusters in intense femtosecond extreme ultraviolet pulses," Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 133401 (2008).
3. H. N. Chapman, A. Barty, M. J. Bogan, S. Boutet, M. Frank, S. P. Hau-Riege, S. Marchesini, B. W. Woods, S. Bajt, W. H. Benner, R. A. London, E. Plonjes, M. Kuhlmann, R. Treusch, S. Düsterer, T. Tschentscher, J. R. Schneider, E. Spiller, T. Möller, C. Bostedt, M. Hoener, D. A. Shapiro, K. O. Hodgson, D. van der Spoel, F. Burmeister, M. Bergh, C. Caleman, G. Huldt, M. M. Seibert, F. R.N.C. Maia, R. W. Lee, A. Szoke, N. Timneanu, and J. Hajdu, "Femtosecond diffractive imaging with a soft-X-ray free-electron laser," Nat. Phys. 2, 839 - 843 (2006).
4. H. N. Chapman, S. P. Hau-Riege, M. J. Bogan, S. Bajt, A. Barty, S. Boutet, S. Marchesini, M. Frank, B. W. Woods, W. H. Benner, R. A. London, U. Rohner, A. Szöke, E. Spiller, T. Möller, C. Bostedt, D. A. Shapiro, M. Kuhlmann, R. Treusch, E. Plönjes, F. Burmeister, M. Bergh, C. Caleman, G. Huldt, M. M. Seibert, and J. Hajdu, "Femtosecond time-delay X-ray holography," Nature 448, 676-680 (2007)
5. W. Ackermann, G. Asova, V. Ayvazyan, A. Azima, N. Baboi, J. Bähr, V. Balandin, B. Beutner, A. Brandt, A. Bolzmann, R. Brinkmann, O. I. Brovko, M. Castellano, P. Castro, L. Catani, E. Chiadroni, S. Choroba, A. Cianchi, J. T. Costello, D. Cubaynes, J. Dardis, W. Decking, H. Delsim-Hashemi, A. Delserieys, G. Di Pirro, M. Dohlus, S. Düsterer, A. Eckhardt, H. T. Edwards, B. Faatz, J. Feldhaus, K. Flöttmann, J. Frisch, L. Fröhlich, T. Garvey, U. Gensch, Ch. Gerth, M. Görler, N. Golubeva, H.-J. Grabosch, M. Grecki, O. Grimm, K. Hacker, U. Hahn, J. H. Han, K. Honkavaara, T. Hott, M. Hüning, Y. Ivanisenko, E. Jaeschke, W. Jalmuzna, T. Jezynski, R. Kammering, V. Katalev, K. Kavanagh, E. T. Kennedy, S. Khodyachykh, K. Klose, V. Kocharyan, M. Körfer, M. Kollewe, W. Koprek, S. Korepanov, D. Kostin, M. Krassilnikov, G. Kube, M. Kuhlmann, C. L. S. Lewis, L. Lilje, T. Limberg, D. Lipka, F. Löhl, H. Luna, M. Luong, M. Martins, M. Meyer, P. Michelato, V. Miltchev, W. D. Möller, L. Monaco, W. F. O. Müller, O. Napieralski, O. Napoly, P. Nicolosi, D. Nölle, T. Nuñez, A. Oppelt, C. Pagani, R. Paparella, N. Pchalek, J. Pedregosa-Gutierrez, B. Petersen, B. Petrosyan, G. Petrosyan, L. Petrosyan, J. Pflüger, E. Plönjes, L. Poletto, K. Pozniak, E. Prat, D. Proch, P. Pucyk, P. Radcliffe, H. Redlin, K. Rehlich, M. Richter, M. Roehrs, J. Roensch, R. Romaniuk, M. Ross, J. Rossbach, V. Rybnikov, M. Sachwitz, E. L. Saldin, W. Sandner, H. Schlarb, B. Schmidt, M. Schmitz, P. Schmüser, J. R. Schneider, E. A. Schneidmiller, S. Schnepp, S. Schreiber, M. Seidel, D. Sertore, A. V. Shabunov, C. Simon, S. Simrock, E. Sombrowski, A. A. Sorokin, P. Spanknebel, R. Spesyvtsev, L. Staykov, B. Steffen, F. Stephan, F. Stulle, H. Thom, K. Tiedtke, M. Tischer, S. Toleikis, R. Treusch, D. Trines, I. Tsakov, E. Vogel, T. Weiland, H. Weise, M. Wellhöfer, M. Wendt, I. Will, A. Winter, K. Wittenburg, W. Wurth, P. Yeates, M. V. Yurkov, I. Zagorodnov, and K. Zapfe, "Operation of a free-electron laser from the extreme ultraviolet to the water window," Nature Photon. 1, 336-342 (2007).
6. A. A. Sorokin, S. V. Bobashev, T. Feigl, K. Tiedtke, H. Wabnitz, and M. Richter, "Photoelectric effect at ultrahigh intensities," Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 213002 (2007).
7. S. Eisebitt, J. Lüning, W.F. Schlotter, M. Lörgen, O. Hellwig, W. Eberhardt, and J. Stöhr, "Lensless imaging of magnetic nanostructures by x-ray spectro-holography," Nature 432, 885-888 (2004).
8. Y. Li, S. Krinsky, J. W. Lewellen, K.-J. Kim, V Sajaev, and S. V. Milton, "Characterization of a chaotic optical field using a high-gain self-amplified free-electron laser," Phys. Rev. Lett 91, 243602 (2003).
9. R. Trebino, K. W. DeLong, D. N. Fittinghoff, J. N. Sweetser, M. A. Krumbügel, and B. A. Richman, "Measuring ultrashort laser pulses in the time-frequency domain using frequency-resolved optical gating," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 68, 3277 (1997).
10. R. Ischebeck, J. Feldhaus, Ch. Gerth, E. Saldin, P. Schmüser, E. Schneidmiller, B. Steeg, K. Tiedtke, M. Tonutti, R. Treusch, and M. Yurkov, "Study of the transverse coherence at the TTF free electron laser," Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 507, 175-180 (2003).
11. V. Sajaev, Z. Zuang, S. G. Biedron, P.K. Den Hartog, E. Gluskin, K.-J. Kim, J.W. Lewellen, Y. Li, O. Makarov, S. V. Milton, and E. R. Moog, "Z-dependent spectral measurements of SASE FEL radiation at APS," Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 506, 304-315 (2003).
12. S. Düsterer, P. Radcliffe, G. Geloni, U. Jastrow, M. Kuhlmann, E. Plönjes, K. Tiedtke, R. Treusch, J. Feldhaus, P. Nicolosi, L. Poletto, P. Yeates, H. Luna, J. T. Costello, P. Orr, D. Cubaynes, and M. Meyer, "Spectroscopic characterization of vacuum ultraviolet free electron laser pulses," Opt. Lett. 31, 1750-1752 (2006).
13. V. Ayvazyan, N. Baboi, J. Bähr, V. Balandin, B. Beutner, A. Brandt, I. Bohnet, A. Bolzmann, R. Brinkmann, O.I. Brovko, J.P. Carneiro, S. Casalbuoni, M. Castellano, P. Castro, L. Catani, E. Chiadroni, S. Choroba, A. Cianchi, H. Delsim-Hashemi, G. Di Pirro, M. Dohlus, S. Düsterer, H.T. Edwards, B. Faatz, A.A. Fateev, J. Feldhaus, K. Flöttmann, J. Frisch, L. Fröhlich, T. Garvey, U. Gensch, N. Golubeva, H.-J. Grabosch, B. Grigoryan, O. Grimm, U. Hahn, J.H. Han, M.V. Hartrott, K. Honkavaara, M. Hüning, R. Ischebeck, E. Jaeschke, M. Jablonka, R. Kammering, V. Katalev, B. Keitel, S. Khodyachykh, Y. Kim, V. Kocharyan, M. Körfer, M. Kollewe, D. Kostin, D. Krämer, M. Krassilnikov, G. Kube, L. Lilje, T. Limberg, D. Lipka, F. Löhl, M. Luong, C. Magne, J. Menzel, P. Michelato, V. Miltchev, M. Minty, W.D. Möller, L. Monaco, W. Müller, M. Nagl, O. Napoly, P. Nicolosi, D. Nölle, T. Nũnez, A. Oppelt, C. Pagani, R. Paparellal, B. Petersen, B. Petrosyan, J. Pflüger, P. Piot, E. Plönjes, L. Poletto, D. Proch, D. Pugachov, K. Rehlich, D. Richter, S. Riemann, M. Ross, J. Rossbach, M. Sachwitz, E.L. Saldin, W. Sandner, H. Schlarb, B. Schmidt, M. Schmitz, P. Schmüser, J.R. Schneider, E.A. Schneidmiller, H.-J. Schreiber, S. Schreiber, A.V. Shabunov, D. Sertore, S. Setzer, S. Simrock, E. Sombrowski, L. Staykov, B. Steffen, F. Stephan, F. Stulle, K.P. Sytchev, H. Thom, K. Tiedtke, M. Tischer, R. Treusch, D. Trines, I. Tsakov, A. Vardanyan, R. Wanzenberg, T. Weiland, H. Weise, M. Wendt, I. Will, A. Winter, K. Wittenburg, M.V. Yurkov, I. Zagorodnov, P. Zambolin, and K. Zapfe, "First operation of a free-electron laser generating GW power radiation at 32 nm wavelength," Eur. Phys. J. D 37, 297-303 (2006).
14. E. L. Saldin, E. A. Schneidmiller, and M. V. Yurkov, The physics of free electron lasers (Springer, Berlin, 1999).
15. E. L. Saldin, E. A. Schneidmiller, and M. V. Yurkov, "Coherence properties of the radiation from X-ray free electron laser," Opt. Commun. 281, 1179-1188 (2008).
16. S. Krinsky and Y. Li, "Statistical analysis of the chaotic optical field from a self-amplified spontaneousemission free-electron laser," Phys. Rev. E 73, 066501 (2006).
17. R. Mitzner, M. Neeb, T. Noll, N. Pontius, and W. Eberhardt, "An x-ray autocorrelator and delay line for the VUV-FEL at TTF/DESY," Proc. of SPIE 59200D (2005).
18. E. L. Saldin, E. A. Schneidmiller, and M. V. Yurkov, "Expected properties of radiation from VUV-FEL at DESY (femtosecond mode of operation)," Proc. 2004 FEL Conf. 212-215 (2004).
19. J. W. Goodman, Statistical Optics (Wiley, New York, 2000).
20. E. L. Saldin, E. A. Schneidmiller, and M. V. Yurkov, "Statistical properties of the radiation from VUV FEL at DESY operating at 30nm wavelength in the femtosecond regime," Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 562, 472 (2006).
21. G. Lambert, T. Hara, D. Garzella, T. Tanikawa, M. Labat, B. Carre, H. Kitamura, T. Shintake, M. Bougeard, S. Inoue, Y. Tanaka, P. Salieres, H. Merdji, O. Chubar, O. Gobert, K. Tahara, and M.-E. Couprie, "Injection of harmonics generated in gas in a free-electron laser providing intense and coherent extreme-ultraviolet light," Nat. Phys. 4, 296 - 300 (2008).