Short-wavelength free-electron laser sources and science: a review

EA Seddon, JA Clarke, DJ Dunning… - Reports on Progress …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This review is focused on free-electron lasers (FELs) in the hard to soft x-ray regime. The
aim is to provide newcomers to the area with insights into: the basic physics of FELs, the …

Active q-switched x-ray regenerative amplifier free-electron laser

J Tang, Z Zhang, J Morgan, E Hemsing, Z Huang - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Despite tremendous progress in x-ray free-electron laser (FEL) science over the last decade,
future applications still demand fully coherent, stable x rays that have not been …

[HTML][HTML] A beam branching method for timing and spectral characterization of hard X-ray free-electron lasers

T Katayama, S Owada, T Togashi, K Ogawa… - Structural …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We report a method for achieving advanced photon diagnostics of x-ray free-electron lasers
(XFELs) under a quasi-noninvasive condition by using a beam-splitting scheme. Here, we …

Hard x-ray single-shot spectrometer at the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser

N Kujala, W Freund, J Liu, A Koch, T Falk… - Review of Scientific …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility in Germany delivers x-ray pulses with
femtosecond pulse duration at a repetition rate of up to 4.5 MHz. The free-electron laser …

Perspective: Opportunities for ultrafast science at SwissFEL

R Abela, P Beaud, JA Van Bokhoven, M Chergui… - Structural …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We present the main specifications of the newly constructed Swiss Free Electron Laser,
SwissFEL, and explore its potential impact on ultrafast science. In light of recent …

[PDF][PDF] SwissFEL Aramis beamline photon diagnostics

P Juranić, J Rehanek, CA Arrell… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.iucr.org
The SwissFEL Aramis beamline, covering the photon energies between 1.77 keV and 12.7
keV, features a suite of online photon diagnostics tools to help both users and FEL operators …

Diamond x-ray optics: Transparent, resilient, high-resolution, and wavefront preserving

Y Shvyd'ko, V Blank, S Terentyev - MRS Bulletin, 2017 - cambridge.org
Diamond features a unique combination of outstanding physical properties perfect for
numerous x-ray optics applications, where traditional materials such as silicon fail to …

[HTML][HTML] A versatile wide energy range spectrometer for soft X-ray FELs

E Principi, C Svetina, D De Angelis, C Fava… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The design and main characteristics of the Wide Energy range Spectrometer at TIMEX
(WEST) operating at the FERMI Free Electron Laser are described. WEST covers the entire …

Fabrication of diamond diffraction gratings for experiments with intense hard x-rays

M Makita, P Karvinen, VA Guzenko, N Kujala… - Microelectronic …, 2017 - Elsevier
The demands on optical components to tolerate high radiation dose and manipulate hard x-
ray beams that can fit the experiment requirements, are constantly increasing due to the …

Compact single-shot soft X-ray photon spectrometer for free-electron laser diagnostics

KA Larsen, K Borne, R Obaid, A Kamalov, Y Liu… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
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 …