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Attosecond coherent control of electronic wave packets in two-colour photoionization using a novel timing tool for seeded free-electron laser
In ultrafast spectroscopy, the temporal resolution of time-resolved experiments depends on the duration of the pump and probe pulses, and on the control and characterization of their relative synchronization. ...
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Generation and measurement of intense few-femtosecond superradiant extreme-ultraviolet free-electron laser pulses
Free-electron lasers producing ultrashort pulses with high peak power promise to extend ultrafast non-linear spectroscopic techniques into the extreme-ultraviolet–X-ray regime. Key aspects are the synchronizat...
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Photoelectric effect with a twist
Photons have fixed spin and unbounded orbital angular momentum (OAM). While the former is manifested in the polarization of light, the latter corresponds to the spatial phase distribution of its wavefront1. The d...
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Open AccessTracking attosecond electronic coherences using phase-manipulated extreme ultraviolet pulses
The recent development of ultrafast extreme ultraviolet (XUV) coherent light sources bears great potential for a better understanding of the structure and dynamics of matter. Promising routes are advanced cohe...
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Coherent soft X-ray pulses from an echo-enabled harmonic generation free-electron laser
X-ray free-electron lasers (FELs), which amplify light emitted by a relativistic electron beam, are extending nonlinear optical techniques to shorter wavelengths, adding element specificity by exciting and pro...
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Open AccessChirped pulse amplification in an extreme-ultraviolet free-electron laser
Chirped pulse amplification in optical lasers is a revolutionary technique, which allows the generation of extremely powerful femtosecond pulses in the infrared and visible spectral ranges. Such pulses are now...
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Open AccessWidely tunable two-colour seeded free-electron laser source for resonant-pump resonant-probe magnetic scattering
The advent of free-electron laser (FEL) sources delivering two synchronized pulses of different wavelengths (or colours) has made available a whole range of novel pump–probe experiments. This communication des...
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Open AccessSingle-shot spectro-temporal characterization of XUV pulses from a seeded free-electron laser
Intense ultrashort X-ray pulses produced by modern free-electron lasers (FELs) allow one to probe biological systems, inorganic materials and molecular reaction dynamics with nanoscale spatial and femtoscale t...