Molecular chirality and its monitoring by ultrafast x-ray pulses

JR Rouxel, S Mukamel - Chemical Reviews, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Major advances in X-ray sources including the development of circularly polarized and
orbital angular momentum pulses make it possible to probe matter chirality at …

A compact and cost-effective hard X-ray free-electron laser driven by a high-brightness and low-energy electron beam

E Prat, R Abela, M Aiba, A Alarcon, J Alex, Y Arbelo… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
We present the first lasing results of SwissFEL, a hard X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) that
recently came into operation at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. SwissFEL is a very …

Brighter, faster, stronger: ultrafast scattering of free molecules

A Odate, A Kirrander, PM Weber… - Advances in Physics …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Advances in FEL technologies have contributed remarkably to various scientific fields over
the past decade, and ultrafast molecular dynamics is no exception. The ability to probe …

An X-ray free-electron laser with a highly configurable undulator and integrated chicanes for tailored pulse properties

E Prat, A Al Haddad, C Arrell, S Augustin, M Boll… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
X-ray free-electron lasers (FELs) are state-of-the-art scientific tools capable to study matter
on the scale of atomic processes. Since the initial operation of X-ray FELs more than a …

Beam-based commissioning of a novel -band transverse deflection structure with variable polarization

P González Caminal, F Christie, R D'Arcy… - … Review Accelerators and …, 2024‏ - APS
Longitudinal electron-beam diagnostics play a critical role in the operation and control of x-
ray free-electron lasers, which rely on parameters such as the current profile, the …

Compact and robust supercontinuum generation and post-compression using multiple thin plates

X **e, Y Deng, SL Johnson - High Power Laser Science and …, 2021‏ - cambridge.org
We report on compact and robust supercontinuum generation and post-compression using
transmission of light through multiple thin solid plates at the SwissFEL X-ray free-electron …

Novel -band transverse deflection structure with variable polarization

P Craievich, M Bopp, HH Braun, A Citterio… - … review accelerators and …, 2020‏ - APS
A collaboration between DESY, PSI and CERN has developed and built an advanced
modular X-band transverse deflection structure (TDS) system with the new feature of …

Single-and two-color attosecond hard x-ray free-electron laser pulses with nonlinear compression

A Malyzhenkov, YP Arbelo, P Craievich, P Dijkstal… - Physical Review …, 2020‏ - APS
We report on the generation of one-and two-color attosecond hard x-ray pulses at SwissFEL
by appropriately tailoring the nonlinear compression of the electron beam. For achieving …

The role of transient resonances for ultra-fast imaging of single sucrose nanoclusters

PJ Ho, BJ Daurer, MF Hantke, J Bielecki… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Intense x-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) pulses hold great promise for imaging function in
nanoscale and biological systems with atomic resolution. So far, however, the spatial …

Development of LGAD sensors with a thin entrance window for soft X-ray detection

J Zhang, R Barten, F Baruffaldi… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We show the developments carried out to improve the silicon sensor technology for the
detection of soft X-rays with hybrid X-ray detectors. An optimization of the entrance window …