Operation of a seeded XUV free-electron laser at DESY with high-gain harmonic generation

Joern Boedewadt,Christoph Lechner,Ralph Assmann,Armin Azima,Markus Drescher,Nagitha Ekanayake,Bart Faatz,Kirsten Hacker,Mehdi Mohammad Kazemi,Ingmar Hartl,Shaukat Khan,Tim Laarmann,Theophilos Maltezopoulos,Tim Plath,Joerg Rossbach

Operation of a seeded XUV free-electron laser at DESY with high-gain harmonic generation

2017

Joern Boedewadt
Christoph Lechner
Ralph Assmann
Armin Azima
Markus Drescher
Nagitha Ekanayake
Bart Faatz
Kirsten Hacker
Mehdi Mohammad Kazemi
Ingmar Hartl
Shaukat Khan
Tim Laarmann
Theophilos Maltezopoulos
Tim Plath
Joerg Rossbach

The XUV free electron laserFLASH, has been recently operated in the high-gain harmonic generation (HGHG) mode. We characterized the laser-induced energy modulation, as well as the temporal profile of the seeded FEL pulses. FEL saturation was reached for the 7th harmonic of the 266 nm seed laser.

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Optics
DESY
Optoelectronics
Extreme ultraviolet
Physics
Laser
High harmonic generation
Free-electron laser
Harmonic seventh
High-gain antenna
Saturation (chemistry)
Seeding

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