Highly coherent and stable pulses from the FERMI seeded free-electron laser in the extreme ultraviolet

E. Allaria; Roberto Appio; L. Badano; W. A. Barletta; S. Bassanese; S. G. Biedron; A. Borga; E. Busetto; D. Castronovo; P. Cinquegrana; S. Cleva; D. Cocco; M. Cornacchia; P. Craievich; I. Cudin; G. D'Auria; M. Dal Forno; M. B. Danailov; R. De Monte; G. De Ninno; P. Delgiusto; A. Demidovich; S. Di Mitri; B. Diviacco; A. Fabris; R. Fabris; W. Fawley; M. Ferianis; E. Ferrari; S. Ferry; L. Froehlich; P. Furlan; G. Gaio; F. Gelmetti; L. Giannessi; M. Giannini; R. Gobessi; R. Ivanov; E. Karantzoulis; M. Lonza; A. Lutman; B. Mahieu; M. Milloch; S. V. Milton; M. Musardo; I. Nikolov; S. Noe; F. Parmigiani; G. Penco; M. Petronio; L. Pivetta; M. Predonzani; F. Rossi; L. Rumiz; A. Salom; C. Scafuri; C. Serpico; P. Sigalotti; S. Spampinati; C. Spezzani; M. Svandrlik; C. Svetina; S. Tazzari; M. Trovo; R. Umer; A. Vascotto; M. Veronese; R. Visintini; M. Zaccaria; D. Zangrando; M. Zangrando

doi:10.1038/NPHOTON.2012.233

Highly coherent and stable pulses from the FERMI seeded free-electron laser in the extreme ultraviolet

E. Allaria, Roberto Appio, L. Badano, W. A. Barletta, S. Bassanese, S. G. Biedron, A. Borga, E. Busetto, D. Castronovo, P. Cinquegrana, S. Cleva, D. Cocco, M. Cornacchia, P. Craievich, I. Cudin, G. D'Auria, M. Dal Forno, M. B. Danailov, R. De Monte, G. De NinnoP. Delgiusto, A. Demidovich, S. Di Mitri, B. Diviacco, A. Fabris, R. Fabris, W. Fawley, M. Ferianis, E. Ferrari, S. Ferry, L. Froehlich, P. Furlan, G. Gaio, F. Gelmetti, L. Giannessi, M. Giannini, R. Gobessi, R. Ivanov, E. Karantzoulis, M. Lonza, A. Lutman, B. Mahieu, M. Milloch, S. V. Milton, M. Musardo, I. Nikolov, S. Noe, F. Parmigiani, G. Penco, M. Petronio, L. Pivetta, M. Predonzani, F. Rossi, L. Rumiz, A. Salom, C. Scafuri, C. Serpico, P. Sigalotti, S. Spampinati, C. Spezzani, M. Svandrlik, C. Svetina, S. Tazzari, M. Trovo, R. Umer, A. Vascotto, M. Veronese, R. Visintini, M. Zaccaria, D. Zangrando, M. Zangrando

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Free-electron lasers (FELs) are promising devices for generating light with laser-like properties in the extreme ultraviolet and X-ray spectral regions. Recently, FELs based on the self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) mechanism have allowed major breakthroughs in diffraction and spectroscopy applications, despite the relatively large shot-to-shot intensity and photon-energy fluctuations and the limited longitudinal coherence inherent in the SASE mechanism. Here, we report results on the initial performance of the FERMI seeded FEL, based on the high-gain harmonic generation configuration, in which an external laser is used to initiate the emission process. Emission from the FERMI FEL-1 source occurs in the form of pulses carrying energy of several tens of microjoules per pulse and tunable throughout the 65 to 20 nm wavelength range, with unprecedented shot-to-shot wavelength stability, low-intensity fluctuations, close to transform-limited bandwidth, transverse and longitudinal coherence and full control of polarization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	699-704
Journal	Nature Photonics
Volume	6
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/NPHOTON.2012.233
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Allaria, E., Appio, R., Badano, L., Barletta, W. A., Bassanese, S., Biedron, S. G., Borga, A., Busetto, E., Castronovo, D., Cinquegrana, P., Cleva, S., Cocco, D., Cornacchia, M., Craievich, P., Cudin, I., D'Auria, G., Dal Forno, M., Danailov, M. B., De Monte, R., ... Zangrando, M. (2012). Highly coherent and stable pulses from the FERMI seeded free-electron laser in the extreme ultraviolet. Nature Photonics, 6(10), 699-704. https://doi.org/10.1038/NPHOTON.2012.233

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Highly coherent and stable pulses from the FERMI seeded free-electron laser in the extreme ultraviolet

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