Abstract
Free-electron laser sources provide ultrashort pulses in the extreme ultraviolet and x-ray spectral regime with unprecedented brilliance and coherence properties. For experiments with these sources, photon diagnostics of individual pulses concerning pulse energy, spectral content, coherence properties, and pulse duration is mandatory. Among these pulse properties, the characterization of the pulse duration and in particular the temporal shape of the photon pulse coming from the FEL’s are very challenging. We will discuss different experimental approaches to obtain information on the temporal properties of FEL pulses.
Abbreviations
- CCD:
-
charge-coupled device
- CTR:
-
coherent transition radiation
- DESY:
-
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- ELETTRA:
-
Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste
- FEL:
-
free-electron laser
- FERMI:
-
free-electron laser at Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste
- FLASH:
-
free-electron LASer Hamburg
- HGHG:
-
high-gain harmonic generation
- IR:
-
infrared
- LCLS:
-
Linac Coherent Light Source
- RF:
-
radio frequency
- RMS:
-
root mean square
- SACLA:
-
SPring-8 Angstrom Compact Free Electron Laser
- SASE:
-
self-amplified spontaneous emission
- SLAC:
-
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
- TCAV:
-
transverse deflecting cavity
- TDS:
-
transverse deflecting structure
- THz:
-
terahertz
- XUV:
-
extreme ultraviolet
- Ce-YAG:
-
cerium doped yttrium aluminum garnet
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Wurth, W. (2015). Characterization of the Time Structure of FEL Radiation. In: Jaeschke, E., Khan, S., Schneider, J., Hastings, J. (eds) Synchrotron Light Sources and Free-Electron Lasers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04507-8_49-1
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