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Optical laser systems at the Linac Coherent Light Source

Ultrafast optical lasers play an essential role in exploiting the unique capabilities of recently commissioned X-ray free-electron laser facilities such as the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). Pump–probe experimental techniques reveal ultrafast dynamics in atomic and molecular processes and revea...

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Autores principales: Minitti, Michael P., Robinson, Joseph S., Coffee, Ryan N., Edstrom, Steve, Gilevich, Sasha, Glownia, James M., Granados, Eduardo, Hering, Philippe, Hoffmann, Matthias C., Miahnahri, Alan, Milathianaki, Despina, Polzin, Wayne, Ratner, Daniel, Tavella, Franz, Vetter, Sharon, Welch, Marc, White, William E., Fry, Alan R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Union of Crystallography 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4416671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25931064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600577515006244
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Sumario:Ultrafast optical lasers play an essential role in exploiting the unique capabilities of recently commissioned X-ray free-electron laser facilities such as the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). Pump–probe experimental techniques reveal ultrafast dynamics in atomic and molecular processes and reveal new insights in chemistry, biology, material science and high-energy-density physics. This manuscript describes the laser systems and experimental methods that enable cutting-edge optical laser/X-ray pump–probe experiments to be performed at LCLS.