The soft x-ray free-electron laser FLASH at DESY: beamlines, diagnostics and end-stations

Autor: U. Jastrow, E.L. Saldin, Pavle Juranić, Armin Azima, Michael Gensch, U. Hahn, T. Hans, Franz Tavella, Svea Kapitzki, L. Bittner, Nikola Stojanovic, H. Weigelt, N. von Bargen, J. Schneider, Marion Kuhlmann, N. Guerassimova, M. Hesse, Siegfried Schreiber, Ch. Gerth, Elke Plönjes, Harald Redlin, Ulrike Frühling, Bart Faatz, T Kracht, S. Düsterer, Mikhail Yurkov, K Honkavaar, Michael Martins, Rolf Treusch, S Bonfigt, Sven Toleikis, H. Wabnitz, M. Wellhöfer, Barbara Keitel, Evgeny Schneidmiller, T. Nunez, Kai Tiedtke, W B Li, Josef Feldhaus
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: New journal of physics 11, 023029 (2009). doi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/2/023029
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/2/023029
Popis: FLASH, the Free-electron LASer in Hamburg, is a worldwide unique source for extremely bright ultra-short laser-like pulses tunable in a wide spectral range in the extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray region (Ackermann et?al 2007 Nat. Photonics 1 336?42). To fully exploit the features of this new generation of light sources, a user facility with efficient radiation transport to the experimental area and novel online photon diagnostics capable of characterizing the unique parameters of the FLASH radiation has been built. It serves a broad user community active in many scientific fields ranging from atomic and molecular physics to plasma and solid state physics as well as chemistry and biology. A special focus is placed on the exploitation of the ultra-short FLASH pulses using pump?probe techniques. Thus, the facility is equipped with optical and THz sources synchronized to FLASH. This paper gives a detailed overview of the FLASH user facility.
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