Performance of a hard X-ray split-and-delay optical system with a wavefront division

The performance of a hard X-ray split-and-delay optical (SDO) system with a wavefront division scheme was investigated at the hard X-ray free-electron laser facility SACLA. For the wavefront division, beam splitters made of edge-polished perfect Si(220) crystals were employed. We characterized the b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of synchrotron radiation. - 1994. - 25(2018), Pt 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 20-25
1. Verfasser: Hirano, Takashi (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Osaka, Taito, Morioka, Yuki, Sano, Yasuhisa, Inubushi, Yuichi, Togashi, Tadashi, Inoue, Ichiro, Matsuyama, Satoshi, Tono, Kensuke, Robert, Aymeric, Hastings, Jerome B, Yamauchi, Kazuto, Yabashi, Makina
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of synchrotron radiation
Schlagworte:Journal Article X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy hard X-ray free-electron laser multi-crystal optics split-and-delay optics
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Zusammenfassung:The performance of a hard X-ray split-and-delay optical (SDO) system with a wavefront division scheme was investigated at the hard X-ray free-electron laser facility SACLA. For the wavefront division, beam splitters made of edge-polished perfect Si(220) crystals were employed. We characterized the beam properties of the SDO system, and investigated its capabilities for beam manipulation and diagnostics. First, it was confirmed that shot-to-shot non-invasive diagnostics of pulse energies for both branches in the SDO system was feasible. Second, nearly ideal and identical focal profiles for both branches were obtained with a spot size of ∼1.5 µm in full width at half-maximum. Third, a spatial overlap of the two focused beams with a sub-µm accuracy was achieved by fine tuning of the SDO system. Finally, a reliable tunability of the delay time between two pulses was confirmed. The time interval was measured with an X-ray streak camera by changing the path length of the variable-delay branch. Errors from the fitted line were evaluated to be as small as ±0.4 ps over a time range of 60 ps
Beschreibung:Date Revised 20.11.2019
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1600-5775
DOI:10.1107/S1600577517014023