Open AccessNanosecond timing and synchronization scheme for holographic pump–probe studies at the MID instrument at European XFEL
Author(s) -
Osterhoff Markus,
Vassholz Malte,
Hoeppe Hannes Paul,
Rosselló Juan Manuel,
Mettin Robert,
Hagemann Johannes,
Möller Johannes,
Hallmann Jörg,
Scholz Markus,
Schaffer Robert,
Boesenberg Ulrike,
Kim Chan,
Zozulya Alexey,
Lu Wei,
Shayduk Roman,
Madsen Anders,
Salditt Tim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s1600577521003052
Subject(s) - synchronization (alternating current) , nanosecond , optics , laser , stroboscope , physics , holography , wavefront , pulse (music) , computer science , telecommunications , detector , channel (broadcasting)
Single‐pulse holographic imaging at XFEL sources with 10 12 photons delivered in pulses shorter than 100 fs reveal new quantitative insights into fast phenomena. Here, a timing and synchronization scheme for stroboscopic imaging and quantitative analysis of fast phenomena on time scales (sub‐ns) and length‐scales (≲100 nm) inaccessible by visible light is reported. A fully electronic delay‐and‐trigger system has been implemented at the MID station at the European XFEL, and applied to the study of emerging laser‐driven cavitation bubbles in water. Synchronization and timing precision have been characterized to be better than 1 ns.