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Kroll T, Weninger C, Alonso-Mori R, Sokaras D, Zhu D, Mercadier L, Majety VP, Marinelli A, Lutman A, Guetg MW, Decker FJ, Boutet S, Aquila A, Koglin J, Koralek J, DePonte DP, Kern J, Fuller FD, Pastor E, Fransson T, Zhang Y, Yano J, Yachandra VK, Rohringer N, Bergmann U. Stimulated X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy in Transition Metal Complexes. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:133203. [PMID: 29694162 PMCID: PMC6007888 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.133203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Revised: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
We report the observation and analysis of the gain curve of amplified Kα x-ray emission from solutions of Mn(II) and Mn(VII) complexes using an x-ray free electron laser to create the 1s core-hole population inversion. We find spectra at amplification levels extending over 4 orders of magnitude until saturation. We observe bandwidths below the Mn 1s core-hole lifetime broadening in the onset of the stimulated emission. In the exponential amplification regime the resolution corrected spectral width of ∼1.7 eV FWHM is constant over 3 orders of magnitude, pointing to the buildup of transform limited pulses of ∼1 fs duration. Driving the amplification into saturation leads to broadening and a shift of the line. Importantly, the chemical sensitivity of the stimulated x-ray emission to the Mn oxidation state is preserved at power densities of ∼10^{20} W/cm^{2} for the incoming x-ray pulses. Differences in signal sensitivity and spectral information compared to conventional (spontaneous) x-ray emission spectroscopy are discussed. Our findings build a baseline for nonlinear x-ray spectroscopy for a wide range of transition metal complexes in inorganic chemistry, catalysis, and materials science.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thomas Kroll
- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Accelerator Directorate, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Accelerator Directorate, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Accelerator Directorate, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Accelerator Directorate, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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Ponseca CS, Chábera P, Uhlig J, Persson P, Sundström V. Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in Solar Energy Conversion. Chem Rev 2017; 117:10940-11024. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Carlito S. Ponseca
- Division
of Chemical Physics, Chemical Center, and ‡Theoretical Chemistry Division,
Chemical Center, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden
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- Division
of Chemical Physics, Chemical Center, and ‡Theoretical Chemistry Division,
Chemical Center, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden
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- Division
of Chemical Physics, Chemical Center, and ‡Theoretical Chemistry Division,
Chemical Center, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden
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- Division
of Chemical Physics, Chemical Center, and ‡Theoretical Chemistry Division,
Chemical Center, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden
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- Division
of Chemical Physics, Chemical Center, and ‡Theoretical Chemistry Division,
Chemical Center, Lund University, Box 124, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden
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