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Frequency and spatially chirped free-electron laser pulses

S. Reiche1,*, C. Bacellar2, P. Bougiatioti2, C. Cirelli2, P. Dijkstal1,†, E. Ferrari1,†, P. Juranić1, G. Knopp2, A. Malyzhenkov1,‡ et al.

C. Milne2,§, K. Nass2, E. Prat1, J. Vila-Comamala2, and C. David2

  • 1GFA, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
  • 2PSD, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland

  • *sven.reiche@psi.ch
  • †Present Address: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany.
  • ‡Present Address: CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
  • §Present Address: European XFEL, D-22869 Schenefeld, Germany.
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Phys. Rev. Research 5, L022009 – Published 10 April, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L022009

Abstract

We have produced hard x-ray free-electron laser (FEL) pulses, which are chirped both in photon energy and in spatial position. The experiments have been carried out at the hard x-ray beamline Aramis at SwissFEL, located at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. The FEL beamline was operated without any external focusing and with a tilted, energy-chirped electron bunch, whose properties are then transferred to the photon beam. The resulting FEL pulses were used for a single-shot absorption x-ray spectroscopy experiment at the Alvra endstation. But, as will be outlined, applications of this type of tailored FEL pulse go beyond such experiments, allowing for x-ray pulse compression and control of the transverse coherence within the pulse.

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Phys. Rev. Research 5, L022009– Published 10 April, 2023
  • Received 13 May 2022
  • Accepted 22 February 2023
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