Time-Domain Ghost Imaging for Improved Laser/X-ray Pump-Probe Temporal Resolution

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Abstract

We demonstrate the application of time-domain ghost imaging to improve temporal resolution in laser/x-ray pump-probe experiments conducted at free-electron lasers (FELs). In the case where a 'slow' detector, is used to record the data, the time-resolution of traditional pump-probe measurements is limited by laser/x-ray timing jitter in the detector integration window. In this context, ‘slow’ refers to detectors that are unable to readout at the full repetition rate of the FEL, and thus average over multiple FEL pulses, such is the case for large area detectors at next generation FEL facilities. We demonstrate that by correlating single-shot measurements of the laser/x-ray timing (e.g. using an x-ray/laser cross-correlator) with averaged detector values, we can reconstruct the time-dependent signal from optical-pump -- XFEL-probe measurements with temporal resolution that is no longer limited by the laser/x-ray timing jitter. Our method is especially relevant for the next generation of high repetition rate FELS. An exemplary case for time-resolved near-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy is shown, and further applications are discussed.

*Use of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515.D. Rolles is supported by Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division (CSGB)

Presenters

  • Kurtis D Borne

    • J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
    • Kansas State University

Authors

  • Kurtis D Borne

    • J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
    • Kansas State University

  • Felix Allum

    • Stanford University
    • Stanford PULSE Institute
    • Stanford PULSE Institute, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Xinxin Cheng

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    • LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Ruaridh Forbes

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    • LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • James M Glownia

    • SLAC - Natl Accelerator Lab
    • LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Martin Graßl

    • Stanford PULSE Institute, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Alice Green

    • Stanford PULSE Institute
    • Stanford PULSE Institute, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Andrei Kamalov

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    • LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
    • SLAC

  • Xiang Li

    • LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
    • SLAC - Natl Accelerator Lab
    • SLAC

  • Ming-Fu Lin

    • SLAC - Natl Accelerator Lab
    • LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
    • SLAC

  • Yusong Liu

    • SLAC National Laboratory
    • LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Razib Obaid

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    • LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
    • SLAC

  • Adam M Summers

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    • LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
    • SLAC
    • Stanford University

  • Jun Wang

    • Stanford University
    • Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Daniel Rolles

    • J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University
    • J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
    • Kansas State
    • Kansas State University

  • Thomas Wolf

    • Stanford PULSE Institute, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • James P Cryan

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    • Stanford PULSE Institute, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Taran Driver

    • SLAC
    • Stanford PULSE Institute, Menlo Park, CA, USA
    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory