17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

Coherent Twin-Pulse Generation at XFELs: Dual-Injector-Laser Production of SASE and HXRSS Pairs

THP2075
21 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC2.A06: Free Electron Lasers (FELs) Poster session

Speaker

Marc Guetg (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)

Description

The controlled generation of temporally structured X-ray pulse pairs is a central requirement for ultrafast experiments and advanced coherence-based techniques such as X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS). We present an experimental demonstration of twin pulses at EuXFEL in the nanosecond delay regime using a dual–injector-laser scheme with electron pulses in seperate RF buckets. By selectively shaping the electron-beam phase space at the injector with two temporally separated drive-laser pulses, we generate two distinct electron bunches that produce reproducible twin SASE pulses with tunable temporal separation. Additionally, we demonstrate the successful formation of twin hard X-ray self-seeding (HXRSS) pulses, offering improved spectral purity and stability critical for high-sensitivity XPCS measurements.

These results open a path toward flexible multicolor and multi-pulse XFEL operation modes. We also discuss ongoing efforts to further increase stability of those pulses and a possible way towards phase locked twin-pulses with fs level time separation.

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Authors

Gianluca Geloni (European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser) Marc Guetg (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Shan Liu (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)

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