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André JM, Jonnard P. Ultra-short and ultra-intense X-ray free-electron laser single pulse in one-dimensional photonic crystals. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2017; 24:376-385. [PMID: 28244430 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577517000820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
The propagation within a one-dimensional photonic crystal of a single ultra-short and ultra-intense pulse delivered by an X-ray free-electron laser is analysed with the framework of the time-dependent coupled-wave theory in non-linear media. It is shown that the reflection and the transmission of an ultra-short pulse present a transient period conditioned by the extinction length and also the thickness of the structure for transmission. For ultra-intense pulses, non-linear effects are expected: they could give rise to numerous phenomena, bi-stability, self-induced transparency, gap solitons, switching, etc., which have been previously shown in the optical domain.
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- Jean Michel André
- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Boîte courrier 1140, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Boîte courrier 1140, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Principi E, Giangrisostomi E, Cucini R, Bencivenga F, Battistoni A, Gessini A, Mincigrucci R, Saito M, Di Fonzo S, D'Amico F, Di Cicco A, Gunnella R, Filipponi A, Giglia A, Nannarone S, Masciovecchio C. Free electron laser-driven ultrafast rearrangement of the electronic structure in Ti. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2016; 3:023604. [PMID: 26798835 PMCID: PMC4720112 DOI: 10.1063/1.4935687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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High-energy density extreme ultraviolet radiation delivered by the FERMI seeded free-electron laser has been used to create an exotic nonequilibrium state of matter in a titanium sample characterized by a highly excited electron subsystem at temperatures in excess of 10 eV and a cold solid-density ion lattice. The obtained transient state has been investigated through ultrafast absorption spectroscopy across the Ti M2,3-edge revealing a drastic rearrangement of the sample electronic structure around the Fermi level occurring on a time scale of about 100 fs.
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- E Principi
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza (TS), Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza (TS), Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza (TS), Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza (TS), Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza (TS), Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza (TS), Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza (TS), Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza (TS), Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza (TS), Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza (TS), Italy
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- CNISM, Dip. di Fisica, Università di Camerino , Via Mad. delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy
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- CNISM, Dip. di Fisica, Università di Camerino , Via Mad. delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy
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- Dip. di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Università dell'Aquila , Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- IOM-CNR , S.S. 14, km. 163.5, 34149 Basovizza (TS), Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza (TS), Italy
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Mincigrucci R, Bencivenga F, Capotondi F, Principi E, Giangrisostomi E, Battistoni A, Caputo M, Casolari F, Gessini A, Manfredda M, Pedersoli E, Masciovecchio C. Role of the ionization potential in nonequilibrium metals driven to absorption saturation. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2015; 92:011101. [PMID: 26274117 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.92.011101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A composite metallic foil (Al/Mg/Al) has been exposed to intense sub-100 fs free electron laser (FEL) pulses and driven to ultrafast massive photoionization. The resulting nonequilibrium state of matter has been monitored through absorption spectroscopy across the L(2,3) edge of Mg as a function of the FEL fluence. The raw spectroscopic data indicate that at about 100J/cm(2) the main absorption channels of the sample, i.e., Mg (2p→free) and oxidized Al (valence→free), are almost saturated. The spectral behavior of the induced transparency has been interpreted with an analytical approach based on an effective ionization potential of the generated solid-density plasma.
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- R Mincigrucci
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, SS 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via A. Pascoli, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, SS 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, SS 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, SS 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, SS 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, via A. Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, SS 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, via A. Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, SS 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, SS 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, SS 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, SS 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, SS 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, SS 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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Masciovecchio C, Battistoni A, Giangrisostomi E, Bencivenga F, Principi E, Mincigrucci R, Cucini R, Gessini A, D'Amico F, Borghes R, Prica M, Chenda V, Scarcia M, Gaio G, Kurdi G, Demidovich A, Danailov MB, Di Cicco A, Filipponi A, Gunnella R, Hatada K, Mahne N, Raimondi L, Svetina C, Godnig R, Abrami A, Zangrando M. EIS: the scattering beamline at FERMI. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2015; 22:553-564. [PMID: 25931068 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577515003380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The Elastic and Inelastic Scattering (EIS) beamline at the free-electron laser FERMI is presented. It consists of two separate end-stations: EIS-TIMEX, dedicated to ultrafast time-resolved studies of matter under extreme and metastable conditions, and EIS-TIMER, dedicated to time-resolved spectroscopy of mesoscopic dynamics in condensed matter. The scientific objectives are discussed and the instrument layout illustrated, together with the results from first exemplifying experiments.
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- Claudio Masciovecchio
- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Physics Division, School of Science and Technology, Università di Camerino, via Madonna delle Carceri 9, I-62032 Camerino (MC), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physics Division, School of Science and Technology, Università di Camerino, via Madonna delle Carceri 9, I-62032 Camerino (MC), Italy
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- Physics Division, School of Science and Technology, Università di Camerino, via Madonna delle Carceri 9, I-62032 Camerino (MC), Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34012 Basovizza, Italy
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Bencivenga F, Capotondi F, Casolari F, Dallari F, Danailov MB, De Ninno G, Fausti D, Kiskinova M, Manfredda M, Masciovecchio C, Pedersoli E. Multi-colour pulses from seeded free-electron-lasers: towards the development of non-linear core-level coherent spectroscopies. Faraday Discuss 2014; 171:487-503. [DOI: 10.1039/c4fd00100a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report on new opportunities for ultrafast science thanks to the use of two-colour extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulses at the FERMI free electron laser (FEL) facility. The two pulses have been employed to carry out a pioneering FEL-pump/FEL-probe diffraction experiment using a Ti target and tuning the FEL pulses to the M2/3-edge in order to explore the dependence of the dielectric constant on the excitation fluence. The future impact that the use of such a two-colour FEL emission will have on the development of ultrafast wave-mixing methods in the XUV/soft X-ray range is addressed and discussed.
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A
- Basovizza, Italy
- Laboratory of Quantum Optics
- Nova Gorica, SI-5000, Slovenia
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