Harmonic Generation and Soft-X-Ray Laser with LASERIX: Source Development, Applications and Advanced Diagnosis

Author(s):  
Olivier Guilbaud ◽  
Sophie Kazamias ◽  
Kevin Cassou ◽  
Moana Pittman ◽  
Sameh Daboussi ◽  
...  
Atoms ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Ryoichi Hajima

Generation of few-cycle optical pulses in free-electron laser (FEL) oscillators has been experimentally demonstrated in FEL facilities based on normal-conducting and superconducting linear accelerators. Analytical and numerical studies have revealed that the few-cycle FEL lasing can be explained in the frame of superradiance, cooperative emission from self-bunched systems. In the present paper, we review historical remarks of superradiance FEL experiments in short-pulse FEL oscillators with emphasis on the few-cycle pulse generation and discuss the application of the few-cycle FEL pulses to the scheme of FEL-HHG, utilization of infrared FEL pulses to drive high-harmonic generation (HHG) from gas and solid targets. The FEL-HHG enables one to explore ultrafast science with attosecond ultraviolet and X-ray pulses with a MHz repetition rate, which is difficult with HHG driven by solid-state lasers. A research program has been launched to develop technologies for the FEL-HHG and to conduct a proof-of-concept experiment of FEL-HHG.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (21) ◽  
pp. eabe2265
Author(s):  
Tobias Helk ◽  
Emma Berger ◽  
Sasawat Jamnuch ◽  
Lars Hoffmann ◽  
Adeline Kabacinski ◽  
...  

The lack of available table-top extreme ultraviolet (XUV) sources with high enough fluxes and coherence properties has limited the availability of nonlinear XUV and x-ray spectroscopies to free-electron lasers (FELs). Here, we demonstrate second harmonic generation (SHG) on a table-top XUV source by observing SHG near the Ti M2,3 edge with a high-harmonic seeded soft x-ray laser. Furthermore, this experiment represents the first SHG experiment in the XUV. First-principles electronic structure calculations suggest the surface specificity and separate the observed signal into its resonant and nonresonant contributions. The realization of XUV-SHG on a table-top source opens up more accessible opportunities for the study of element-specific dynamics in multicomponent systems where surface, interfacial, and bulk-phase asymmetries play a driving role.


Author(s):  
Romain Geneaux ◽  
Hugo J. B. Marroux ◽  
Alexander Guggenmos ◽  
Daniel M. Neumark ◽  
Stephen R. Leone

Attosecond science opened the door to observing nuclear and electronic dynamics in real time and has begun to expand beyond its traditional grounds. Among several spectroscopic techniques, X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy has become key in understanding matter on ultrafast time scales. In this review, we illustrate the capabilities of this unique tool through a number of iconic experiments. We outline how coherent broadband X-ray radiation, emitted in high-harmonic generation, can be used to follow dynamics in increasingly complex systems. Experiments performed in both molecules and solids are discussed at length, on time scales ranging from attoseconds to picoseconds, and in perturbative or strong-field excitation regimes. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Measurement of ultrafast electronic and structural dynamics with X-rays’.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Kalitenko

A numerical study of the effect of betatron oscillations on the second harmonic generation in free-electron lasers (FELs) is presented. Analytical expressions for the effective coupling strength factors are derived that clearly distinguish all contributions in subharmonics and each polarization of the radiation. A three-dimensional time-dependent numerical FEL code that takes into account the main FEL effects and the individual contribution of each electron to the second harmonic generation is presented. Also, the X- and Y-polarizations of the second harmonic are analyzed. The second harmonic was detected in experiments at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) Low Energy Undulator Test Line (LEUTL) and Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) in the soft X-ray regime. The approach presented in the article can be useful for a comprehensive study and diagnostics of XFELs. In the paper, the LCLS and Pohang Accelerator Laboratory X-ray Free-Electron Laser (PAL-XFEL) experiments are modeled. The simulation results are in a good agreement with the experimental data.


Soft Matter ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 196-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Folcia ◽  
J. Ortega ◽  
J. Etxebarria ◽  
S. Rodríguez-Conde ◽  
G. Sanz-Enguita ◽  
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1994 ◽  
Vol 361 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.L. Kaiser ◽  
M.D. Vaudin ◽  
L.D. Rotter ◽  
Z.L. Wang ◽  
J.P. Cline ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTMetalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) was used to deposit epitaxial BaTiO3 thin films on (100) MgO substrates at 600°C. The metalorganic precursors employed in the deposition experiments were hydrated Ba(thd)2 (thd = C11H19O2) and titanium isopropoxide. The films were analyzed by means of transmittance spectroscopy, wavelength dispersive x-ray spectrometry, secondary ion mass spectrometry depth profiling, x-ray diffraction, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, selected area electron diffraction, nanoscale energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry and second harmonic generation measurements. There was no evidence for interdiffusion between the film and substrate. The x-ray and electron diffraction studies showed that the films were oriented with the a-axis normal to the substrate surface, whereas second harmonic generation measurements showed that the films had some c-axis character.


2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. M. Gordienko ◽  
I. A. Zhvaniya ◽  
I. A. Makarov

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