Femtosecond-precision synchronization of the pump-probe optical laser for user experiments at FLASH

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8778, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Schulz, S ^a   Czwalinna, M K ^a   Felber, M ^a   Predki, P ^b   Schefer, S ^c   Schlarb, H ^a   Wegner, U ^a  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free electron laser; Fs timing distribution; Optical laser synchronization; Pump probe experiment

Indexed keywords

FS-TIMING DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL LASERS; PRECISE SYNCHRONIZATIONS; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; PUMP-PROBE EXPERIMENTS; REFERENCE PULSE; TI:SAPPHIRE OSCILLATORS; USER EXPERIMENTS;

EXPERIMENTS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARTICLE BEAM BUNCHING; PROBES; SAPPHIRE; SYNCHRONIZATION; TIMING JITTER;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 84880762210     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2021572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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