Attosecond time-resolved measurements of electron and photon beams with a variable polarization X-band radiofrequency deflector at an X-ray free-electron laser

Eduard Prat; Zheqiao Geng; Christoph Kittel; Alexander Malyzhenkov; Fabio Marcellini; Sven Reiche; Thomas Schietinger; Paolo Craievich

doi:10.1117/1.AP.7.2.026002

Advanced Photonics, Volume. 7, Issue 2, 026002(2025)

Attosecond time-resolved measurements of electron and photon beams with a variable polarization X-band radiofrequency deflector at an X-ray free-electron laser

Eduard Prat^1、*, Zheqiao Geng¹, Christoph Kittel^1,2, Alexander Malyzhenkov^3,4, Fabio Marcellini¹, Sven Reiche¹, Thomas Schietinger¹, and Paolo Craievich^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Paul Scherrer Institut, Center for Accelerator Science and Engineering, Villigen, Switzerland

²University of Malta, Msida, Malta

³CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

⁴Swiss International Institute Lausanne, Prilly, Switzerland

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