Temporal and coherence properties of hard x-ray FEL radiation following Bragg diffraction by crystals

At XFEL sources, coherent and time-resolved experiments will strongly depend on the properties of the incoming radiation passed through beamline optical elements to experimental stations. We investigate analytically and make numerical modeling of SASE pulse propagation through optical transport systems of hard X-ray FEL beamlines. The results on evolution of SASE XFEL pulses and its statistical properties during propagation through a double crystal monochromator in Bragg and Laue diffraction geometry are presented.

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