Spatial coherence determination from the Fourier analysis of a resonant soft X-ray magnetic speckle pattern

Opt Express. 2016 Oct 3;24(20):23162-23176. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.023162.

Abstract

We present a method to determine the two-dimensional spatial coherence of synchrotron radiation in the soft X-ray regime by analyzing the Fourier transform of the magnetic speckle pattern from a ferromagnetic film in a multidomain state. To corroborate the results, a Young's double-pinhole experiment has been performed. The transverse coherence lengths in vertical and horizontal direction of both approaches are in a good agreement. The method presented here is simple and gives a direct access to the coherence properties of synchrotron radiation without nanostructured test objects.