The Darkfield Approach to Measuring Vacuum Birefringence and Light-by-Light Couplings -- A Proof-of-Principle Experiment
The Darkfield Approach to Measuring Vacuum Birefringence and Light-by-Light Couplings -- A Proof-of-Principle Experiment
Vacuum fluctuations give rise to effective nonlinear interactions between electromagnetic fields. These generically modify the characteristics of light traversing a strong-field region. X-ray free-electron lasers constitute a particularly promising probe, due to their brilliance, the possibility of precise control and favourable frequency scaling. However, the nonlinear vacuum response is very small even when probing a tightly focused high-intensity laser field with XFEL radiation and direct measurement of light-by-light scattering of real photons and the associated fundamental physics constants of the quantum vacuum has not been possible to date. Achieving a sufficiently good signal-to-background separation is key to a successful quantum vacuum experiment. To master this challenge, a darkfield detection concept has recently been proposed. Here we present the results of a proof-of-principle experiment validating this approach at the High Energy Density scientific instrument of the European X-Ray Free Electron Laser.
Michal Smíd、Pooyan Khademi、Carsten B?htz、Erik Brambrink、Jindrich Chalupsky、Tom E. Cowan、Samuele Di Dio Cafiso、Sebastian G?de、J?rg Grenzer、Vera Hajkova、Peter Hilz、Willi Hippler、Hauke H?pner、Alzbeta Horynova、Oliver Humphries、Simon Jelinek、Libor Juha、Felix Karbstein、Alejandro Laso-Garcia、Robert L?tzsch、Aimé Mathéron、Gerhard G. Paulus、Lisa Randolph、Alexander S?vert、Hans-Peter Schlenvoigt、Jan Patrick Schwinekendorf、Thomas St?hlker、Toma Toncian、Maxim Valialshchikov、Edgar Weckert、Colin Wessel、Matt Zepf
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Michal Smíd,Pooyan Khademi,Carsten B?htz,Erik Brambrink,Jindrich Chalupsky,Tom E. Cowan,Samuele Di Dio Cafiso,Sebastian G?de,J?rg Grenzer,Vera Hajkova,Peter Hilz,Willi Hippler,Hauke H?pner,Alzbeta Horynova,Oliver Humphries,Simon Jelinek,Libor Juha,Felix Karbstein,Alejandro Laso-Garcia,Robert L?tzsch,Aimé Mathéron,Gerhard G. Paulus,Lisa Randolph,Alexander S?vert,Hans-Peter Schlenvoigt,Jan Patrick Schwinekendorf,Thomas St?hlker,Toma Toncian,Maxim Valialshchikov,Edgar Weckert,Colin Wessel,Matt Zepf.The Darkfield Approach to Measuring Vacuum Birefringence and Light-by-Light Couplings -- A Proof-of-Principle Experiment[EB/OL].(2025-06-13)[2025-06-24].https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11649.点此复制
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