TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sander, Mathias
A1  - Koc, A.
A1  - Kwamen, C. T.
A1  - Michaels, H.
A1  - von Reppert, Alexander
A1  - Pudell, Jan-Etienne
A1  - Zamponi, Flavio
A1  - Bargheer, Matias
A1  - Sellmann, J.
A1  - Schwarzkopf, J.
A1  - Gaal, P.
T1  - Characterization of an ultrafast Bragg-Switch for shortening hard x-ray pulses
JF  - Journal of applied physics
N2  - 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.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4967835
SN  - 0021-8979
SN  - 1089-7550
VL  - 120
PB  - American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville
ER  -