Search Results - "L. Giannessi"
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Two-stage seeded soft-X-ray free-electron laser
Published in Nature photonics (01-11-2013)“…We report the first generation of coherent, tunable, variable-polarization, soft X-ray femtosecond pulses, generated by a seeded free-electron laser (FEL)…”
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Prospects for free-electron lasers powered by plasma-wakefield-accelerated beams
Published in Nature photonics (02-08-2024)“…Plasma-wakefield-based acceleration technology has the potential to revolutionize the field of particle accelerators. By providing acceleration gradients…”
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Experimental demonstration of enhanced self-amplified spontaneous emission by an optical klystron
Published in Physical review letters (09-01-2015)“…We report the first experimental evidence of enhancement of self-amplified spontaneous emission, due to the use of an optical klystron. In this free-electron…”
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Coherent control with a short-wavelength free-electron laser
Published in Nature photonics (01-03-2016)“…Researchers demonstrate correlation of two colours (63.0 and 31.5 nm wavelengths) in a free-electron laser and control photoelectron angular distribution by…”
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Multicolor High-Gain Free-Electron Laser Driven by Seeded Microbunching Instability
Published in Physical review letters (20-11-2015)“…Laser-heater systems are essential tools to control and optimize high-gain free-electron lasers (FELs) working in the x-ray wavelength range. Indeed, these…”
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Experimental evidence of intrabeam scattering in a free-electron laser driver
Published in New journal of physics (01-08-2020)“…The effect of multiple small-angle Coulomb scattering, or intrabeam scattering (IBS) is routinely observed in electron storage rings over the typical damping…”
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Free-electron lasing with compact beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator
Published in Nature (London) (26-05-2022)“…The possibility to accelerate electron beams to ultra-relativistic velocities over short distances by using plasma-based technology holds the potential for a…”
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Observation and Control of Laser-Enabled Auger Decay
Published in Physical review letters (14-08-2017)“…Single-photon laser-enabled Auger decay (spLEAD) is predicted theoretically [B. Cooper and V. Averbukh, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 083004…”
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Diffraction imaging of light induced dynamics in xenon-doped helium nanodroplets
Published in New journal of physics (01-11-2022)“…Abstract We explore the light induced dynamics in superfluid helium nanodroplets with wide-angle scattering in a pump–probe measurement scheme. The droplets…”
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Two-colour pump–probe experiments with a twin-pulse-seed extreme ultraviolet free-electron laser
Published in Nature communications (18-09-2013)“…Exploring the dynamics of matter driven to extreme non-equilibrium states by an intense ultrashort X-ray pulse is becoming reality, thanks to the advent of…”
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Addendum: Experimental evidence of intrabeam scattering in a free-electron laser driver (2020 New J. Phys. 22 083053)
Published in New journal of physics (01-03-2022)“…Abstract A conceptual inaccuracy in the calculation of energy spread induced by intrabeam scattering in the presence of linear acceleration is put in evidence…”
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Single Shot Polarization Characterization of XUV FEL Pulses from Crossed Polarized Undulators
Published in Scientific reports (28-08-2015)“…Polarization control is a key feature of light generated by short-wavelength free-electron lasers. In this work, we report the first experimental…”
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Beyond the limits of 1D coherent synchrotron radiation
Published in New journal of physics (19-07-2018)“…An understanding of collective effects is of fundamental importance for the design and optimisation of the performance of modern accelerators. In particular,…”
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Observation of time-domain modulation of free-electron-laser pulses by multipeaked electron-energy spectrum
Published in Physical review letters (13-09-2013)“…We present the experimental demonstration of a new scheme for the generation of ultrashort pulse trains based on free-electron-laser (FEL) emission from a…”
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Enhanced seeded free electron laser performance with a “cold” electron beam
Published in Physical review. Accelerators and beams (01-12-2020)“…FERMI is a seeded free electron laser (FEL) based on the high gain harmonic generation (HGHG) scheme and has been generating intense and fully coherent extreme…”
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Experimental demonstration of electron longitudinal-phase-space linearization by shaping the photoinjector laser pulse
Published in Physical review letters (31-01-2014)“…Control of the electron-beam longitudinal-phase-space distribution is of crucial importance in a number of accelerator applications, such as linac-driven…”
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Passive Linearization of the Magnetic Bunch Compression Using Self-Induced Fields
Published in Physical review letters (01-11-2017)“…In linac-driven free-electron lasers, colliders, and energy recovery linacs, a common way to compress the electron bunch to kiloampere level is based upon the…”
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Laser heater commissioning at an externally seeded free-electron laser
Published in Physical review special topics. PRST-AB. Accelerators and beams (01-12-2014)“…FERMI is the first user facility based upon an externally seeded free-electron laser (FEL) and was designed to deliver high quality, transversely and…”
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Impact of non-Gaussian electron energy heating upon the performance of a seeded free-electron laser
Published in Physical review letters (21-03-2014)“…Laser-heater systems have been demonstrated to be an important component for the accelerators that drive high gain free electron laser (FEL) facilities. These…”
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Controlling Fragmentation of the Acetylene Cation in the Vacuum Ultraviolet via Transient Molecular Alignment
Published in The journal of physical chemistry letters (12-01-2023)“…An open-loop control scheme of molecular fragmentation based on transient molecular alignment combined with single-photon ionization induced by a…”
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