Efficient table-top dual-wavelength beamline for ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy in the soft X-ray region

Autor: Barreau, Lou, Ross, Andrew D., Garg, Samay, Kraus, Peter M., Neumark, Daniel M., Leone, Stephen R.
Rok vydání: 2019
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62461-6
Popis: We present a table-top beamline providing a soft X-ray supercontinuum extending up to 350 eV from high-order harmonic generation with sub-13 fs 1300 nm driving pulses and simultaneous production of sub-5 fs pulses centered at 800 nm. Optimization of the high harmonic generation in a long and dense gas medium yields a photon flux of ~2 x 10^7 photons/s/1% bandwidth at 300 eV. The temporal resolution of X-ray transient absorption experiments with this beamline is measured to be 11 fs for 800 nm excitation. This dual-wavelength approach, combined with high flux and high spectral and temporal resolution soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy, is a new route to the study of ultrafast electronic dynamics in carbon-containing molecules and materials at the carbon K-edge.
Databáze: arXiv