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Ma Q, Liu J, Pan Z, Wu X, Lu H, Wang Z, Xia Y, Chen Y, Miller KG, Xu X, Yan X. Generation of attosecond gigawatt soft x-ray pulses through coherent Thomson backscattering. Phys Rev E 2024; 109:065205. [PMID: 39020960 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.109.065205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
Abstract
Collision between relativistic electron sheets and counterpropagating laser pulses is recognized as a promising way to produce intense attosecond x rays through coherent Thomson backscattering (TBS). In a double-layer scheme, the electrons in an ultrathin solid foil are first pushed out by an intense laser driver and then interact with the laser reflected off a second foil to form a high-density relativistic electron sheet with vanishing transverse momentum. However, the repulsion between these concentrated electrons can increase the thickness of the layer, reducing both its density and subsequently the coherent TBS. Here, we present a systematic study on the evolution of the flying electron layer and find that its resulting thickness is determined by the interplay between the intrinsic space-charge expansion and the velocity compression induced by the drive laser. How the laser driver, the target areal density, the reflector, and the collision laser intensity affect the properties of the produced x rays is explored. Multidimensional particle-in-cell simulations indicate that employing this scheme in the nonlinear regime has the potential to stably produce soft x rays with several gigawatt peak power in hundreds of terawatt ultrafast laser facilities. The pulse duration can be tuned to tens of attoseconds. This compact and intense attosecond x-ray source may have broad applications in attosecond science.
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Affiliation(s)
- Qianyi Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Laser Acceleration Innovation Center, Huairou, Beijing, 101400, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Laser Acceleration Innovation Center, Huairou, Beijing, 101400, China
- CICEO, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
- Institute of Guangdong Laser Plasma Technology, Baiyun, Guangzhou, 510540, China
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Larsen KA, Borne K, Obaid R, Kamalov A, Liu Y, Cheng X, James J, Driver T, Li K, Liu Y, Sakdinawat A, David C, Wolf TJA, Cryan JP, Walter P, Lin MF. Compact single-shot soft X-ray photon spectrometer for free-electron laser diagnostics. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:35822-35834. [PMID: 38017746 DOI: 10.1364/oe.502105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
Abstract
The photon spectrum from free-electron laser (FEL) light sources offers valuable information in time-resolved experiments and machine optimization in the spectral and temporal domains. We have developed a compact single-shot photon spectrometer to diagnose soft X-ray spectra. The spectrometer consists of an array of off-axis Fresnel zone plates (FZP) that act as transmission-imaging gratings, a Ce:YAG scintillator, and a microscope objective to image the scintillation target onto a two-dimensional imaging detector. This spectrometer operates in segmented energy ranges which covers tens of electronvolts for each absorption edge associated with several atomic constituents: carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and neon. The spectrometer's performance is demonstrated at a repetition rate of 120 Hz, but our detection scheme can be easily extended to 200 kHz spectral collection by employing a fast complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) line-scan camera to detect the light from the scintillator. This compact photon spectrometer provides an opportunity for monitoring the spectrum downstream of an endstation in a limited space environment with sub-electronvolt energy resolution.
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Gabalski I, Allum F, Seidu I, Britton M, Brenner G, Bromberger H, Brouard M, Bucksbaum PH, Burt M, Cryan JP, Driver T, Ekanayake N, Erk B, Garg D, Gougoula E, Heathcote D, Hockett P, Holland DMP, Howard AJ, Kumar S, Lee JWL, Li S, McManus J, Mikosch J, Milesevic D, Minns RS, Neville S, Atia-Tul-Noor, Papadopoulou CC, Passow C, Razmus WO, Röder A, Rouzée A, Simao A, Unwin J, Vallance C, Walmsley T, Wang J, Rolles D, Stolow A, Schuurman MS, Forbes R. Time-Resolved X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Ultrafast Dynamics in CS 2 Probed at the S 2p Edge. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:7126-7133. [PMID: 37534743 PMCID: PMC10431593 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Recent developments in X-ray free-electron lasers have enabled a novel site-selective probe of coupled nuclear and electronic dynamics in photoexcited molecules, time-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (TRXPS). We present results from a joint experimental and theoretical TRXPS study of the well-characterized ultraviolet photodissociation of CS2, a prototypical system for understanding non-adiabatic dynamics. These results demonstrate that the sulfur 2p binding energy is sensitive to changes in the nuclear structure following photoexcitation, which ultimately leads to dissociation into CS and S photoproducts. We are able to assign the main X-ray spectroscopic features to the CS and S products via comparison to a first-principles determination of the TRXPS based on ab initio multiple-spawning simulations. Our results demonstrate the use of TRXPS as a local probe of complex ultrafast photodissociation dynamics involving multimodal vibrational coupling, nonradiative transitions between electronic states, and multiple final product channels.
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- Ian Gabalski
- Stanford
PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
- Department
of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Stanford
PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
- Linac
Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- National
Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Stanford
PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Stanford
PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
- Department
of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Department
of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Stanford
PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
- Linac
Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
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- Stanford
PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
- Linac
Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- National
Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Stanford
PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
- Department
of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Linac
Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Institut
für Physik, Universität Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Straße 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- National
Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- Max-Born-Institute, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institute, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Stanford
PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
- Department
of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- J.
R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- National
Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department
of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
- Department
of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
- NRC-uOttawa Joint Centre
for Extreme Photonics, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- National
Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department
of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Linac
Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, Menlo
Park, California 94025, United States
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Straub M, Ding T, Rebholz M, Borisova GD, Magunia A, Lindenblatt H, Meister S, Trost F, Wang Y, Palutke S, Braune M, Düsterer S, Treusch R, Greene CH, Moshammer R, Pfeifer T, Ott C. Differential Measurement of Electron Ejection after Two-Photon Two-Electron Excitation of Helium. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:183204. [PMID: 36374686 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.183204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
We report the measurement of the photoelectron angular distribution of two-photon single-ionization near the 2p^{2} ^{1}D^{e} double-excitation resonance in helium, benchmarking the fundamental nonlinear interaction of two photons with two correlated electrons. This observation is enabled by the unique combination of intense extreme ultraviolet pulses, delivered at the high-repetition-rate free-electron laser in Hamburg (FLASH), ionizing a jet of cryogenically cooled helium atoms in a reaction microscope. The spectral structure of the intense self-amplified spontaneous emission free-electron laser pulses has been resolved on a single-shot level to allow for post selection of pulses, leading to an enhanced spectral resolution, and introducing a new experimental method. The measured angular distribution is directly compared to state-of-the-art theory based on multichannel quantum defect theory and the streamlined R-matrix method. These results and experimental methodology open a promising route for exploring fundamental interactions of few photons with few electrons in general.
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- Michael Straub
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchroton DESY, Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchroton DESY, Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchroton DESY, Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchroton DESY, Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Walter P, Kamalov A, Gatton A, Driver T, Bhogadi D, Castagna JC, Cheng X, Shi H, Obaid R, Cryan J, Helml W, Ilchen M, Coffee RN. Multi-resolution electron spectrometer array for future free-electron laser experiments. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2021; 28:1364-1376. [PMID: 34475285 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577521007700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
The design of an angular array of electron time-of-flight (eToF) spectrometers is reported, intended for non-invasive spectral, temporal, and polarization characterization of single shots of high-repetition rate, quasi-continuous, short-wavelength free-electron lasers (FELs) such as the LCLS II at SLAC. This array also enables angle-resolved, high-resolution eToF spectroscopy to address a variety of scientific questions on ultrafast and nonlinear light-matter interactions at FELs. The presented device is specifically designed for the time-resolved atomic, molecular and optical science endstation (TMO) at LCLS II. In its final version, the spectrometer comprises up to 20 eToF spectrometers aligned to collect electrons from the interaction point, which is defined by the intersection of the incoming FEL radiation and a gaseous target. The full composition involves 16 spectrometers forming a circular equiangular array in the plane normal to the X-ray propagation and four spectrometers at 54.7° angle relative to the principle linear X-ray polarization axis with orientations in the forward and backward direction of the light propagation. The spectrometers are capable of independent and minimally chromatic electrostatic lensing and retardation, in order to enable simultaneous angle-resolved photo- and Auger-Meitner electron spectroscopy with high energy resolution. They are designed to ensure an energy resolution of 0.25 eV across an energy window of up to 75 eV, which can be individually centered via the adjustable retardation to cover the full range of electron kinetic energies relevant to soft X-ray methods, 0-2 keV. The full spectrometer array will enable non-invasive and online spectral-polarimetry measurements, polarization-sensitive attoclock spectroscopy for characterizing the full time-energy structure of SASE or seeded LCLS II pulses, and support emerging trends in molecular-frame spectroscopy measurements.
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- Peter Walter
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- The Stanford PULSE Institute, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Technische Universität Dortmund, Maria-Goeppert-Mayer-Strasse 2, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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