Hartmann wavefront sensors and their application at FLASH
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- 1 January 2016
- journal article
- photondiag2015 workshop
- Published by International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) in Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
- Vol. 23 (1) , 43-49
Abstract
Different types of Hartmann wavefront sensors are presented which are usable for a variety of applications in the soft X-ray spectral region at FLASH, the free-electron laser (FEL) in Hamburg. As a typical application, online measurements of photon beam parameters during mirror alignment are reported on. A compact Hartmann sensor, operating in the wavelength range from 4 to 38 nm, was used to determine the wavefront quality as well as aberrations of individual FEL pulses during the alignment procedure. Beam characterization and alignment of the focusing optics of the FLASH beamline BL3 were performed with λ13.5 nm/116 accuracy for wavefront r.m.s. (wrms) repeatability, resulting in a reduction ofwrmsby 33% during alignment.Keywords
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