title: Time-preserving grating monochromators for ultrafast extreme-ultraviolet pulses.
abstract: We analyze the time response of single-grating monochromators for application to extreme-ultraviolet ultrashort pulses. It is shown that time-preserving monochromators can be realized in a single-grating configuration if the number of illuminated grooves is the minimum for a given resolution and the grating time response is close to the Fourier limit for such a resolution. Two different grating configurations are compared: the classical diffraction mount (CDM) and the off-plane mount (OPM). We shown that the CDM is preferred for single-grating monochromators with relatively long time responses, i.e., 100-200 fs, while the OPM is suitable for ultrashort time responses in the 10-50 fs range to realize femtosecond time-preserving monochromators.
authors.affiliation: National Research Council-Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies, Laboratory for UV and X-Ray Optical Research, Padova, Italy. poletto@dei.unipd.it
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poletto
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frassetto