FAB10: a user-oriented bandwidth-tunable extreme ultraviolet lightsource for investigations of femtosecond to attosecond dynamics in gas and condensed phases

D. Bresteau (1, 2) , C. Spezzani (3) , O. Tcherbakoff (4, 2) , J.-F. Hergott (4, 2) , F. Lepetit (4, 2) , P. D’oliveira (4, 2) , P. Salières (1, 2) , R. Géneaux (5, 2) , M. Luttmann (1, 2) , I. Vadillo-Torre (1) , J. Lenfant (1) , S. Weber (6) , M. Dehlinger (7) , Evgueni Meltchakov (7) , Franck Delmotte (7) , Charles Bourassin-Bouchet (7) , J. Im (7) , O. Heckmann (8, 2) , Z. Chen (9) , J. Caillaux (9) , J. Zhang (9) , M. Marsi (9) , L. Barreau (10) , L. Poisson (10) , D. Dowek (10) , M. Fanciulli (8, 2) , M. Richter (8, 2) , K. Hricovini (8, 2) , M. Sebdaoui (11) , D. Dennetiere (11) , F. Polack (11) , T. Ruchon (1, 2)

1 ATTO - Attophysique
2 LIDYL - Laboratoire Interactions, Dynamiques et Lasers (ex SPAM)
3 Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste
4 SLIC - Serveurs Laser
5 DICO - Dynamique et Interactions en phase Condensée
6 CEMES - Centre d'élaboration de matériaux et d'études structurales
7 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Optique XUV
8 LPMS - Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux et des Surfaces
9 LPS - Laboratoire de Physique des Solides
10 ISMO - Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay
11 SSOLEIL - Synchrotron SOLEIL

We present the commissioning of the FAB10 beamline (Femtosecond to Attosecond Beamline at 10 kHz repetition rate) that has been developped and operated in the last few years at the ATTOLab facility of Paris-Saclay University. Based on the high harmonic generation process, the beamline is dedicated to investigations of ultrafast dynamics in a broad variety of systems ranging from gas phase to condensed matter in pump-probe arrangements. Its design and operation has been strongly influenced by both the laser and the large scale instruments communities, which makes it unique in several aspects. In particular, it is possible to tune the extreme ultraviolet (XUV, 10–100 eV) bandwidth from 0.2 to 20 eV – with corresponding pulse duration from 30 to 0.3 femtoseconds (fs) – thanks to an original and fully automated XUV spectral filter with three operation modes. After a general overview of the beamline features, each of those operation modes is described, characterized and illustrated with commissioning experiments.

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Chimie-Physique [physics.chem-ph]; Optique [physics.optics]

D. Bresteau, C. Spezzani, O. Tcherbakoff, J.-F. Hergott, F. Lepetit, et al.. FAB10: a user-oriented bandwidth-tunable extreme ultraviolet lightsource for investigations of femtosecond to attosecond dynamics in gas and condensed phases. The European Physical Journal. Special Topics, 2023, 232, pp.2011-2029. ⟨10.1140/epjs/s11734-022-00752-x⟩. ⟨cea-03924151⟩