Clocking femtosecond X-rays
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Summary, in English
Linear-accelerator-based sources will revolutionize ultrafast x-ray science due to their unprecedented brightness and short pulse duration. However, time-resolved studies at the resolution of the x-ray pulse duration are hampered by the inability to precisely synchronize an external laser to the accelerator. At the Sub-Picosecond Pulse Source at the Stanford Linear-Accelerator Center we solved this problem by measuring the arrival time of each high energy electron bunch with electro-optic sampling. This measurement indirectly determined the arrival time of each x-ray pulse relative to an external pump laser pulse with a time resolution of better than 60 fs rms.
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Publishing year
2005
Language
English
Publication/Series
Physical Review Letters
Volume
94
Issue
11
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
American Physical Society
Topic
- Physical Sciences
- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
- Natural Sciences
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1079-7114