@article{SanderKocKwamenetal.2016,
  author    = {Sander, Mathias and Koc, A. and Kwamen, C. T. and Michaels, H. and von Reppert, Alexander and Pudell, Jan-Etienne and Zamponi, Flavio and Bargheer, Matias and Sellmann, J. and Schwarzkopf, J. and Gaal, P.},
  title     = {Characterization of an ultrafast Bragg-Switch for shortening hard x-ray pulses},
  series = {Journal of applied physics},
  volume    = {120},
  journal   = {Journal of applied physics},
  publisher = {American Institute of Physics},
  address   = {Melville},
  issn      = {0021-8979},
  doi       = {10.1063/1.4967835},
  pages     = {7},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {We present a nanostructured device that functions as photoacoustic hard x-ray switch. The device is triggered by femtosecond laser pulses and allows for temporal gating of hard x-rays on picosecond (ps) timescales. It may be used for pulse picking or even pulse shortening in 3rd generation synchrotron sources. Previous approaches mainly suffered from insufficient switching contrasts due to excitation-induced thermal distortions. We present a new approach where thermal distortions are spatially separated from the functional switching layers in the structure. Our measurements yield a switching contrast of 14, which is sufficient for efficient hard x-ray pulse shortening. The optimized structure also allows for utilizing the switch at high repetition rates of up to 208 kHz. Published by AIP Publishing.},
  language  = {en}
}