Single Shot Polarization Characterization of XUV FEL Pulses from Crossed Polarized Undulators

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作者
Ferrari, E. [1 ,2 ]
Allaria, E. [1 ]
Buck, J. [3 ]
De Ninno, G. [1 ,4 ]
Diviacco, B. [1 ]
Gauthier, D. [1 ,4 ]
Giannessi, L. [1 ,5 ]
Glaser, L. [6 ]
Huang, Z. [7 ]
Ilchen, M. [3 ,8 ]
Lambert, G. [9 ]
Lutman, A. A. [7 ]
Mahieu, B. [9 ]
Penco, G. [1 ]
Spezzani, C. [1 ]
Viefhaus, J. [6 ]
机构
[1] Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
[2] Univ Trieste, Dipartimento Fis, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[3] European XFEL, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
[4] Univ Nova Gor, Lab Quantum Opt, Nova Gorica 5000, Slovenia
[5] ENEA, I-00044 Rome, Italy
[6] DESY, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
[7] SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA 94025 USA
[8] Stanford PULSE Inst, Menlo Pk, CA USA
[9] Ecole Polytech, Lab Opt Appl, ENSTA ParisTech, CNRS,UMR 7639, F-91761 Palaiseau, France
关键词
FREE-ELECTRON LASER; SYNCHROTRON-RADIATION; EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET; OPERATION;
D O I
10.1038/srep13531
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Polarization control is a key feature of light generated by short-wavelength free-electron lasers. In this work, we report the first experimental characterization of the polarization properties of an extreme ultraviolet high gain free-electron laser operated with crossed polarized undulators. We investigate the average degree of polarization and the shot-to-shot stability and we analyze aspects such as existing possibilities for controlling and switching the polarization state of the emitted light. The results are in agreement with predictions based on Gaussian beams propagation.
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