Synchrotron beam coherence: a spatially resolved measurement

Opt Lett. 2005 Jan 15;30(2):204-6. doi: 10.1364/ol.30.000204.

Abstract

We report a precise and spatially resolved measurement of the complex degree of coherence of a one-dimensional 1.5-keV beam produced by a third-generation synchrotron source. The method of phase-space tomography is used, which requires only measurements of the x-ray intensity. We find that the field is statistically stationary to within experimental error, the correlations are very well approximated by a Gaussian distribution, and the measured coherence length is in excellent agreement with expectations.