Inline spectrometer for shot-by-shot determination of pulse energies of a two-color X-ray free-electron laser

J Synchrotron Radiat. 2016 Jan;23(1):331-3. doi: 10.1107/S1600577515020196. Epub 2016 Jan 1.

Abstract

An inline spectrometer has been developed to monitor shot-by-shot pulse energies of a two-color X-ray beam. A thin film of diamond allows inline operation with minimum absorption. The absolute pulse energy for each color is determined by the inline spectrometer combined with a total pulse-energy monitor. A negative correlation is found between the two-color pulse energies.

Keywords: XFEL; pump and probe; spectrometer; two color.