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Opportunities and challenges using short-pulse X-ray sources.

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Author

  • Jörgen Larsson
  • Ola Synnergren
  • TN Hansen
  • K Sokolowski-Tinten
  • Sverker Werin
  • C Caleman
  • J Hajdu
  • J Shepherd
  • JS Wark
  • AM Lindenberg
  • KJ Gaffney
  • JB Hastings
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Summary, in English

Free-electron lasers will change the way we carry out time-resolved X-ray experiments. At present date, we use laser-produced plasma sources or synchrotron radiation. Laser-produced plasma sources have short pulses, but unfortunately large pulse-to-pulse fluctuations and large divergence. Synchrotron radiation from third generation source provide collimated and stable beams, but unfortunately long pulses. This means that either the time-resolution is limited to 100 ps or rather complex set-ups involving slicing or streak cameras are needed. Hard X-ray free-electron lasers will combine the best properties of present-day sources and increase the number of photons by many orders of magnitude. Already today, a precursor to the free-electron lasers has been built at Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre (SLAC). The Sub-Picosecond Photon Source (SPPS) has already shown the opportunities and challenges of using short-pulse X-ray sources.

Publishing year

2005

Language

English

Pages

87-94

Publication/Series

Second International Conference on Photo-Induced Phase Transitions: Cooperative, Nonlinear and Functional Properties

Volume

21

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Topic

  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Conference name

2nd International Conference on Photo-Induced Phase Transitions

Conference date

2005-05-24 - 2005-05-28

Conference place

Rennes, France

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1742-6588
  • ISSN: 1742-6596