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Dear colleagues and friends of the HI-Jena,

we are glad to provide you with the March 2023 issue of the newsletter of the Helmholtz Institute Jena.
Below you find informations and news about recent activities of our institute.

Kind Regards,
Helmholtz Institute Jena

New Regimes of Nuclear Resonance Excitation: First Experiments at the European XFEL

Ralf Röhlsberger for the MCLS* collaboration and for the 45Sc collaboration

The nuclear resonances of Mössbauer isotopes provide extremely narrow energy references for high-resolution spectroscopy. This qualifies them for applications in condensed matter physics as well as for studies in fundamental physics and extreme metrology. Since the pioneering experiment by E. Gerdau et al. [1] at the storage ring DORIS (DESY, Hamburg), the technique of nuclear resonance scattering has found widespread applications at hard X-ray synchrotron radiation sources worldwide. Its implementation and use at hard X-ray laser sources started with one experiment performed at SACLA in Japan reported so far [2].

In 2022 we could perform the first experiments on nuclear resonance scattering at the European XFEL. One study was conducted at the 14.4 keV resonance of 57Fe aiming at applications in x-ray quantum optics in a collaboration with researchers from Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, the Max Planck Institute of Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, the University of Freiburg and DESY. The other experiment, initiated by researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and Texas A&M University in College Station, USA, succeeded to achieve the first photonic excitation of the ultranarrow 12.4 keV resonance of 45Sc for future applications in extreme metrology.

Employing the 14.4 keV nuclear resonance of 57Fe we aimed at the realization of multiphoton excitation in forward scattering from an ensemble of Mössbauer nuclei. Due to the radiative coupling between the nuclei in the ensemble, an enhanced decay rate (superradiance, SR) and collective energy shifts (collective Lamb shift, CLS) appear as characteristic signatures in the scattered light. So far, SR and CLS have been extensively studied in the single-photon excitation regime at synchrotrons. Here we were aiming to reveal the spectral properties of the nuclear exciton under multiphoton excitation conditions, especially with the goal to determine the CLS as function of the number of photons that resonantly excite the nuclear ensemble. So far, the spectral properties under multiphoton excitation conditions have neither been approached theoretically nor experimentally. Our experiment in 2022 was mainly devoted to reliably detect the nuclear forward scattering signal in the presence of the extremely intense radiation pulses of the European XFEL. To our great surprise, under these conditions a 8 mm thick 57Fe foil appeared to be only 1 mm thick, as illustrated in Fig.1. The microscopic mechanism for this unique behavior is still under investigation.

The 12.4 keV resonance of 45Sc is one of the narrowest nuclear resonances known with a half width of 1.4 femto-eV. In several aspects this isotope is superior to the 8.3 eV 229mTh isomer for extreme metrology applications. The scientific potential of the 45Sc resonance together with the possibility to resonantly excite it by photons from modern accelerator-based hard x-ray sources was identified more than 30 years ago [3]. However, it escaped detection until now, mostly due to the lack of hard x-ray sources with sufficient spectral flux. In this experiment the nuclear resonance of 45Sc was successfully observed by irradiation of a Sc metal foil with 12.4-keV x-ray pulses of sub-millisecond duration and detection of the 4 keV delayed K-fluorescence that followed internal nuclear conversion. The resonance energy, which was known before the experiment to an uncertainty of +/- 50 eV only was determined with sub-eV accuracy. Our results set the stage for further studies of this isotope with promising applications in fundamental physics and extreme metrology.

Both experiments greatly benefitted from the high pulse repetition rate in conjunction with hard x-ray self-seeding (HXRSS) at the respective nuclear resonance energies, providing the spectral flux for efficient nuclear resonance excitation. A unique pulse pattern will be extremely beneficial for future studies at the 45Sc resonance, in particular for the analysis of hyperfine interactions via nuclear forward scattering.

References

* Multiphoton Collective Lamb Shift
[1] E. Gerdau et al., Nuclear Bragg diffraction of synchrotron radiation in yttrium iron garnet, Phys. Rev. Lett. 54, 835 (1985).
[2] A. I. Chumakov et al., Superradiance of an ensemble of nuclei excited by a free electron laser, Nature Physics 14, 261 (2018).
[3] Yu. V. Shvyd’ko and G. V. Smirnov, On the direct measurement of nuclear resonance parameters of long-lived (>=1s) isomers. Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B 51, 452 (1990).

News and Announcements

Semiannual Meeting of the HI Jena

We kindly invite you to the Helmholtz Institute Jena semiannual palaver. The detailed agenda can be found here. Zoom link: 670 9407 9947
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Team of the Helmholtz Institute Jena one of the winners at the DIHP Elevator Pitch 2023

Five teams awarded at the Ideas Pitch 2023 at the "Digital Innovation Hub Photonics" (DIHP)  To support start-ups and fresh ideas in the field of optics and photonics:…
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Robert Klas is awarded Hugo Geiger Prize 2023

Dr. Robert Klas, from Helmholtz Institute Jena and Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF, has received this year’s “Hugo Geiger Award…
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10th Joint RS-APS & HGS-HIRe Lecture Week on APPA Research at FAIR

At the end of February 2023 the Research School of Advanced Photon Science (RS-APS) of the Helmholtz Institute Jena organized already its 10th edition of its “Joint…
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Upcoming events

Upcoming events

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Recently finished theses

Riedel, R.
Pulse Metrology Tool and Burst-Mode Laser Amplifier for the Free-Electron Laser in Hamburg
Universität Hamburg; Fakultät für Mathematik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaften
December 2013
File:https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/handle/ediss/5213
Ecker, B.
Entwicklung kohärenter Lichtquellen im XUV-Regime
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz; Fachbereich 08 Physik, Mathematik und Informatik
November 2013
File:http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-1781
Hahn, C.
Energie- und polarisationssensitiver Nachweis harter Röntgenstrahlung an Hochintensitätslasern
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät
October 2013
File:https://www.hi-jena.de//fileadmin/content/publications/chahn_msc.pdf
Geithner, R.
Optimierung eines kryogenen Stromkomparators für den Einsatz als Strahlmonitor
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät
October 2013
File:https://www.db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_mods_00023556
Rathje, T.
Photodissoziation des Wasserstoffmolekülions durch Einzelzyklenlaserpulse
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät
October 2013
File:https://www.hi-jena.de//fileadmin/content/publications/trathje_phd.pdf
Seegert, N.
Quantum Reflection at Strong Magnetic Fields
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät
September 2013
File:https://www.hi-jena.de//fileadmin/content/publications/nseegert_msc.pdf
Herdrich, M. O.
Ionisationsquerschnitte von Uranionen in Speicherringen
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät
September 2013
File:https://www.hi-jena.de//fileadmin/content/publications/mherdrich_bsc.pdf
Müller, R. A.
Angular and Polarisation Properties of Bremsstrahlung Radiation in the Short-Wavelength Limit
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät
August 2013
File:https://www.hi-jena.de//fileadmin/content/publications/rmueller_bsc.pdf
Blinne, A.
Paarproduktion in rotierenden elektrischen Feldern
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät
March 2013
File:https://www.hi-jena.de//fileadmin/content/publications/ablinne_msc.pdf
Kienel, M.
Passive Coherent Beam Combining of Temporally Cascaded Pulses
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät
January 2013
File:https://www.hi-jena.de//fileadmin/content/publications/mkienel_msc.pdf
Lötzsch, R.
Bent crystal X-ray optics for the diagnosis and applications of laser-produced plasmas
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät
November 2012
File:https://www.db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_mods_00022009
Aurand, B.
Untersuchungen zu Mechanismen der Laser-Teilchenbeschleunigung
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz; Fachbereich 08 Physik, Mathematik und Informatik
June 2012
File:http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-2060
Fuchs, S.
Optische Kohärenztomografie mit kurzen Wellenlängen
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät
April 2012
File:https://www.hi-jena.de//fileadmin/content/publications/sfuchs_dip.pdf
Märtin, R.
Röntgenpolarimetrie angewandt zur Untersuchung der Bremsstrahlung spinpolarisierter Elektronen
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität; Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie
September 2011
File:http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/12675/
Hahn, C.
Charakterisierung ortsauflösender Halbleiterdetektoren für harte Röntgenstrahlung
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät
September 2011
File:https://www.hi-jena.de//fileadmin/content/publications/chahn_bsc.pdf
Reuter, M.
Interferometric Probing of Laser Generated Plasmas for Electron Acceleration
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät
July 2011
File:https://www.hi-jena.de//fileadmin/content/publications/mreuter_dip.pdf

Recent publications

Andreev, S. N.; Beigman, I. L.; Tolstikhina, I. Y.; Shevelko, V. P.; Baur, G.; Stöhlker, T.
Ionization of Heavy Ions in Collisions with Neutral Atoms at Relativistic Energies
Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute, 35 :89
March 2008
DOI:10.3103/S1068335608030056
Schmidt, O.; Rothhardt, J.; Eidam, T.; Röser, F.; Limpert, J.; Tünnermann, A.; Hansen, K. P.; Jakobsen, C.; Broeng, J.
Single-polarization ultra-large-mode-area Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber
Optics Express, 16 :3918
March 2008
DOI:10.1364/OE.16.003918
Rothhardt, J.; Hädrich, S.; Schimpf, D.; Limpert, J.; Tünnermann, A.
High repetition rate fiber amplifier pumped sub-20 fs optical parametric amplifier
Optics Express, 15 :16729
December 2007
DOI:10.1364/OE.15.016729
Röser, F.; Eidam, T.; Rothhardt, J.; Schmidt, O.; Schimpf, D.; Limpert, J.; Tünnermann, A.
Millijoule pulse energy high repetition rate femtosecond fiber chirped-pulse amplification system
Optics Letters, 32 :3495
December 2007
DOI:10.1364/OL.32.003495
Schimpf, D. N.; Rothhardt, J.; Limpert, J.; Tünnermann, A.; Hanna, D. C.
Theoretical analysis of the gain bandwidth for noncollinear parametric amplification of ultrafast pulses
Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 24 :2837
November 2007
DOI:10.1364/JOSAB.24.002837
DuBois, R.; Lucio, O. d.; Thomason, M.; Weber, G.; Stöhlker, T.; Beckert, K.; Beller, P.; Bosch, F.; Brandau, C.; Gumberidze, A.; Hagmann, S.; Kozhuharov, C.; Nolden, F.; Reuschl, R.; Rzadkjewicz, J.; Spiller, P.; Spillmann, U.; Steck, M.; Trotsenko, S.
Beam lifetimes for low-charge-state heavy ions in the GSI storage rings
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 261 :230
August 2007
DOI:10.1016/j.nimb.2007.03.044
Schmidt, O.; Rothhardt, J.; Röser, F.; Linke, S.; Schreiber, T.; Rademaker, K.; Limpert, J.; Ermeneux, S.; Yvernault, P.; Salin, F.; Tünnermann, A.
Millijoule pulse energy Q-switched short-length fiber laser
Optics Letters, 32 :1551
June 2007
DOI:10.1364/OL.32.001551
Aguergaray, C.; Andersen, T.; Schimpf, D.; Schmidt, O.; Rothhardt, J.; Schreiber, T.; Limpert, J.; Cormier, E.; Tünnermann, A.
Parametric amplification and compression to ultrashort pulse duration of resonant linear waves
Optics Express, 15 :5699
April 2007
DOI:10.1364/OE.15.005699
Trotsenko, S.; Stöhlker, T.; Banaś, D.; Dong, C. Z.; Fritzsche, S.; Gumberidze, A.; Hagmann, S.; Hess, S.; Indelicato, P.; Kozhuharov, C.; Nofal, M.; Reuschl, R.; Rzadkiewicz, J.; Spillmann, U.; Surzhykov, A.; Trassinelli, M.; Weber, G.
Investigation of the Decay Properties of the 1s(2s) 2 State in Li-Like Uranium
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 58 :141
January 2007
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/58/1/026
Weber, G.; Stöhlker, T.; Banaś, D.; Fritzsche, S.; Gumberidze, A.; Hagmann, S.; Hess, S.; Kozhuharov, C.; Nofal, M.; Popp, U.; Reuschl, R.; Spillmann, U.; Surzhykov, A.; Trotsenko, S.
Radiative processes studied for bare uranium ions in collisions with H_2
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 58 :243
January 2007
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/58/1/052
Reuschl, R.; Banaś, D.; Beyer, H. F.; Chatterjee, S.; Gumberidze, A.; Hess, S.; Krings, T.; Liesen, D.; Protić, D.; Spillmann, U.; Stöhlker, T.; Trassinelli, M.; Trotsenko, S.; Weber, G.
Recent experimental developments for the Lamb shift investigation in heavy ions
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 58 :407
January 2007
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/58/1/093
Limpert, J.; Schmidt, O.; Rothhardt, J.; Röser, F.; Schreiber, T.; Tünnermann, A.; Ermeneux, S.; Yvernault, P.; Salin, F.
Extended single-mode photonic crystal fiber lasers
Optics Express, 14 :2715
April 2006
DOI:10.1364/OE.14.002715
Röser, F.; Rothhardt, J.; Ortac, B.; Liem, A.; Schmidt, O.; Schreiber, T.; Limpert, J.; Tünnermann, A.
131 W 220 fs fiber laser system
Optics Letters, 30 :2754
October 2005
DOI:10.1364/OL.30.002754
Scheidenberger, C.; Geissel, H.; Mikkelsen, H. H.; Nickel, F.; Czajkowski, S.; Folger, H.; Irnich, H.; Münzenberg, G.; Schwab, W.; Stöhlker, T.; Voss, B.
Energy-loss-straggling experiments with relativistic heavy ions in solids
Physical Review Letters, 77 :3987
November 1996
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3987
Beiersdorfer, P.; Elliott, S. R.; Osterheld, A.; Stöhlker, T.; Autrey, J.; Brown, G. V.; Smith, A. J.; Widmann, K.
Search for 1s2s S-3(1)-1s2p P-3(2) decay in U90+
Physical Review A, 53 :4000
June 1996
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.53.4000
Ruzicka, J.; Saro, S.; Zrelov, V. P.; Zrelov, P. V.; Lapchik, E. D.; Geissel, H.; Irnich, H.; Kozhuharov, C.; Magel, A.; Münzenberg, G.; Nickel, F.; Scheidenberger, C.; Schott, H. J.; Schwab, W.; Stöhlker, T.; Voss, B.
Investigation of possible applications of Cherenkov technique to measure average energy of beams of relativistic Au-197(79) nuclei in energy range 0.64-0.99 GeV/u
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, 369 :23
January 1996
DOI:10.1016/0168-9002(95)00596-X
Mokler, P. H.; Stöhlker, T.
The physics of highly charged heavy ions revealed by storage/cooler rings
Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 37 :297
1996
DOI:10.1016/S1049-250X(08)60103-2
Marrs, R. E.; Elliott, S. R.; Stöhlker, T.
Measurement of 2-Electron Contributions to the Ground-State Energy of Helium-Like Ions
Physical Review A, 52 :3577
November 1995
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.52.3577
Mokler, P. H.; Stöhlker, T.; Dunford, R. W.; Gallus, A.; Kandler, T.; Menzel, G.; Prinz, H. T.; Rymuza, P.; Stachura, Z.; Swiat, P.; Warczak, A.
The X-Ray-Spectrum of H-Like Uranium
Zeitschrift Für Physik D - Atoms Molecules and Clusters, 35 :77
August 1995
DOI:10.1007/BF01437691
Kandler, T.; Mokler, P. H.; Stöhlker, T.; Geissel, H.; Irnich, H.; Kozhuharov, C.; Kriessbach, A.; Kucharski, M.; Münzenberg, G.; Nickel, F.; Rymuza, P.; Scheidenberger, C.; Stachura, Z.; Suzuki, T.; Warczak, A.; Dauvergne, D.; Dunford, R. W.
Transition Selective Investigation of the Resonant Transfer and Excitation in U90+-]C Collisions
Physics Letters A, 204 :274
August 1995
DOI:10.1016/0375-9601(95)00477-K
Beyer, H. F.; Menzel, G.; Liesen, D.; Gallus, A.; Bosch, F.; Deslattes, R.; Indelicato, P.; Stöhlker, T.; Klepper, O.; Moshammer, R.; Nolden, F.; Eickhoff, H.; Franzke, B.; Steck, M.
Measurement of the Ground-State Lambshift of Hydrogenlike Uranium at the Electron Cooler of the ESR
Zeitschrift Für Physik D - Atoms Molecules and Clusters, 35 :169
July 1995
DOI:10.1007/BF01437066
Kandler, T.; Stöhlker, T.; Mokler, P. H.; Kozhuharov, C.; Geissel, H.; Scheidenberger, C.; Rymuza, P.; Stachura, Z.; Warczak, A.; Dunford, R. W.; Eichler, J.; Ichihara, A.; Shirai, T.
Photon Angular-Distribution of Radiative Electron-Capture into the M-Shell of He-Like Uranium Ions at 110-140 MeV/u
Zeitschrift Für Physik D - Atoms Molecules and Clusters, 35 :15
July 1995
DOI:10.1007/BF01439978
Warczak, A.; Kucharski, M.; Stachura, Z.; Geissel, H.; Irnich, H.; Kandler, T.; Kozhuharov, C.; Mokler, P. H.; Münzenberg, G.; Nickel, F.; Scheidenberger, C.; Stöhlker, T.; Suzuki, T.; Rymuza, P.
Radiative Double-Electron Capture in Heavy-Ion Atom Collisions
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 98 :303
May 1995
DOI:10.1016/0168-583x(95)00132-8
Stöhlker, T.; Bosch, F.; Geissel, H.; Kandler, T.; Kozhuharov, C.; Mokler, P. H.; Moshammer, R.; Rymuza, P.; Scheidenberger, C.; Stachura, Z.; Warczak, A.; Eichler, J.; Ichihara, A.; Shirai, T.
Radiative Electron-Capture in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Atom Collisions
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 98 :235
May 1995
DOI:10.1016/0168-583x(95)80024-7
Kandler, T.; Mokler, P. H.; Geissel, H.; Irnich, H.; Kozhuharov, C.; Kriessbach, A.; Kucharski, M.; Münzenberg, G.; Nickel, F.; Rymuza, P.; Scheidenberger, C.; Stachura, Z.; Stöhlker, T.; Suzuki, T.; Warczak, A.; Dauvergne, D.; Dunford, R.
Resonant Transfer and Excitation Investigated Via X-Ray-Emission in U90+-]C Collisions
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 98 :320
May 1995
DOI:10.1016/0168-583x(95)00136-0
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