Time-delay-compensated grating monochromator for FEL beamlines

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9210, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Frassetto, Fabio ^a   Ploenjes, Elke ^b   Kuhlmann, Marion ^b   Poletto, Luca ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Free electron laser; Time delay compensated monochromator; Variable line spaced grating

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; MONOCHROMATORS; TIME DELAY;

EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; FOCUSING PROPERTIES; GRATING MONOCHROMATOR; GRAZING ANGLES; MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS; PULSE-FRONT TILT; TEMPORAL BROADENING; VARIABLE-LINE-SPACED GRATING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 84923106773     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2065257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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