Sub-fs precision measurement of relative x-ray arrival time for FELs

We present a spectrogram-based timing technique for x-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) that reports x-ray/optical delay below 1 fs RMS error to correct for timing jitter.

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Published in2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) - Laser Science to Photonic Applications pp. 1 - 2
Main Authors Hartmann, N., Helml, W., Bionta, M. R., Galler, A., Grunert, J., Molodtsov, S., Ferguson, K. R., Schorb, S., Swiggers, M. L., Carron, S., Bostedt, C., Castagna, J.-C., Bozek, J., Glownia, J. M., Kane, D. J., Fry, A. R., White, W. E., Hauri, C. P., Feurer, T., Coffee, R. N.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published The Optical Society 01.06.2014
Subjects
Adaptive optics
Biomedical optical imaging
Electron optics
Free electron lasers
Optical pulses
Spectrogram
X-ray lasers
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Summary:We present a spectrogram-based timing technique for x-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) that reports x-ray/optical delay below 1 fs RMS error to correct for timing jitter.
ISSN:2160-8989
2160-9004
DOI:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2014.STu3F.6