Coherent sub-femtosecond soft x-ray free-electron laser pulses with nonlinear compression

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Prat, Eduard [1 ]
Malyzhenkov, Alexander [2 ]
Arrell, Christopher [1 ]
Craievich, Paolo [1 ]
Reiche, Sven [1 ]
Schietinger, Thomas [1 ]
Wang, Guanglei [1 ]
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[1] Paul Scherrer Inst, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
[2] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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10.1063/5.0164666
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We demonstrate the generation of coherent soft x-ray free-electron laser (FEL) pulses with a duration below 1 fs using nonlinear compression with a low-charge electron beam (10 pC). The approach is simple, and it does not require any special hardware, so it can be readily implemented at any x-ray FEL facility. We present temporal and spectral diagnostics confirming the production of single-spike sub-femtosecond pulses for photon energies of 642 and 1111 eV. Our work will be important for ultrafast FEL applications requiring soft x-rays.
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