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  • Nonlinear optics and X-ray science

Background:

  • Nonlinear optical effects like filamentation and Rabi cycling are well-established.
  • X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) enable X-ray techniques with high spatial resolution and elemental specificity.
  • XFEL-driven Kα₁ X-ray lasing has been used for nonlinear spectroscopy and developing new X-ray sources.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the occurrence of optical-like nonlinear effects in XFEL-driven Kα₁ X-ray lasing.
  • To explore the characteristics of X-ray pulses generated under high-intensity conditions.
  • To understand the mechanisms behind spatial inhomogeneities and spectral features in X-ray lasing.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental observation of XFEL-driven Kα₁ lasing in copper and manganese at high intensities (>10¹⁹ W cm⁻²).
  • Analysis of X-ray pulse properties, including spatial inhomogeneities and spectral splitting/broadening.
  • Three-dimensional Maxwell-Bloch calculations to simulate and interpret the observed phenomena.

Main Results:

  • Demonstration of strong lasing effects analogous to optical regimes at 1.5-2.1 Å wavelengths.
  • Observation of significant spatial inhomogeneities and spectral splitting/broadening in the generated X-ray pulses.
  • Simulation results attributing spatial inhomogeneities to X-ray filamentation and spectral features to sub-femtosecond Rabi cycling.

Conclusions:

  • High-intensity XFEL-driven Kα₁ lasing can exhibit complex nonlinear phenomena previously seen only in the optical regime.
  • The generated X-ray pulses can possess attosecond pulse durations (<100 attoseconds) and unique coherence properties.
  • These findings present opportunities for novel applications in quantum X-ray optics.