Interferometric characterization of the relative phase between two X-ray free-electron laser pulses using long-lived Mössbauer resonances

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01796v1
• Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:13:02 GMT
• Title: Interferometric characterization of the relative phase between two X-ray free-electron laser pulses using long-lived Mössbauer resonances
• Abstract summary: We introduce a method to measure the relative phase $varphi$ between subsequent transform-limited pulses from high-repetition-rate x-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs)<n>It is based on a Ramsey-type interference measurement, enabled by introducing long-lived Mssbauer resonances into the XFEL beam path up- or downstream a primary experiment.
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• Abstract: Coherence-based spectroscopy methods are powerful tools to explore structure and dynamics of matter. However, towards higher photon energies, the generation of sequences of pulses with well-characterized relative delays and phases remains a challenge. Here, we introduce a method to measure the relative phase $\varphi$ between subsequent transform-limited pulses from high-repetition-rate x-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs). It is based on a Ramsey-type interference measurement, enabled by introducing long-lived Mössbauer resonances into the XFEL beam path up- or downstream a primary experiment, which allow one to bridge the temporal gap between the XFEL pulses. The measured phase can be used as additional input for the analysis of the primary experiment.

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