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Attosecond Beamline

Powered by our ultrashort infrared intense laser pulses the attosecond beamline will genrate XUV pulses with durations on the order of ~100as. This device has the capability of performing high precision, time resolved pump probe measurements with both IR and XUV pulses.

The attosecond XUV pulses are generated by focusing the intense IR pulses into a high density gas jet (see top beam in first chamber). In the gas jet, High Harmonic generation converts the light into attosecond bursts. The fundamental IR light is removed via an aluminum filter. A torroidal mirror (in the second chamber) focuses the Attosecond pulses into the experiment. Before XUV generation a small amount of the IR pulse is split to provide a femtosecond pulse that can be precisely timed with respect to the Attosecond pulse.

The beamline is designed for the installation of various experiment endstations such as optical or TOF spectrometers and reaction microscopes. The Beamline will provide the tools for multi-disciplinary research collaborations in the new frontiers of x-ray and ultrafast science.

Agostini - DiMauro
Atomic Physics Research Group