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Chinese Optics Letters
Vol. 22, Issue 10, 103401 (2024)

Characterization of single-pulse photon energy and photon energy jitter at the Shanghai soft X-ray Free-Electron Laser

Zichen Gao¹, Yajun Tong², Yueran Wang¹, Xinyuan Wang¹..., Pingping Wen¹, Donghao Lu¹, Xinye Yuan¹, Difei Zhang¹, Jingcheng Xiao¹, Xiaokai Li², Zhihao Guan², Jiacheng Gu², Yonggan Nie², Zhi Guo³, Zhen Wang³, Chao Feng³, Jiadong Fan^2,* and Huaidong Jiang^1,2,**|Show fewer author(s)

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¹School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China

²Center for Transformative Science, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China

³Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China

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Zichen Gao, Yajun Tong, Yueran Wang, Xinyuan Wang, Pingping Wen, Donghao Lu, Xinye Yuan, Difei Zhang, Jingcheng Xiao, Xiaokai Li, Zhihao Guan, Jiacheng Gu, Yonggan Nie, Zhi Guo, Zhen Wang, Chao Feng, Jiadong Fan, Huaidong Jiang, "Characterization of single-pulse photon energy and photon energy jitter at the Shanghai soft X-ray Free-Electron Laser," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 103401 (2024) Copy Citation Text

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Zichen Gao, Yajun Tong, Yueran Wang, Xinyuan Wang, Pingping Wen, Donghao Lu, Xinye Yuan, Difei Zhang, Jingcheng Xiao, Xiaokai Li, Zhihao Guan, Jiacheng Gu, Yonggan Nie, Zhi Guo, Zhen Wang, Chao Feng, Jiadong Fan, Huaidong Jiang, "Characterization of single-pulse photon energy and photon energy jitter at the Shanghai soft X-ray Free-Electron Laser," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 103401 (2024)

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