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Thielemann-Kühn N, Amrhein T, Bronsch W, Jana S, Pontius N, Engel RY, Miedema PS, Legut D, Carva K, Atxitia U, van Kuiken BE, Teichmann M, Carley RE, Mercadier L, Yaroslavtsev A, Mercurio G, Le Guyader L, Agarwal N, Gort R, Scherz A, Dziarzhytski S, Brenner G, Pressacco F, Wang RP, Schunck JO, Sinha M, Beye M, Chiuzbăian GS, Oppeneer PM, Weinelt M, Schüßler-Langeheine C. Optical control of 4 f orbital state in rare-earth metals. Sci Adv 2024; 10:eadk9522. [PMID: 38630818 PMCID: PMC11023516 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk9522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
Abstract
A change of orbital state alters the coupling between ions and their surroundings drastically. Orbital excitations are hence key to understand and control interaction of ions. Rare-earth elements with strong magneto-crystalline anisotropy (MCA) are important ingredients for magnetic devices. Thus, control of their localized 4f magnetic moments and anisotropy is one major challenge in ultrafast spin physics. With time-resolved x-ray absorption and resonant inelastic scattering experiments, we show for Tb metal that 4f-electronic excitations out of the ground-state multiplet occur after optical pumping. These excitations are driven by inelastic 5d-4f-electron scattering, altering the 4f-orbital state and consequently the MCA with important implications for magnetization dynamics in 4f-metals and more general for the excitation of localized electronic states in correlated materials.
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- Nele Thielemann-Kühn
- Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Strada statale 14 – km 163,5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- VSB - Technical University Ostrava, IT4Innovations, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, DCMP, 12116 Prague 2, Czech Republic
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, CZ-121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, DCMP, 12116 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Uppsala University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, P.O. Box 516, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Universität Hamburg, Physics Department, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Universität Hamburg, Physics Department, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement,75005 Paris, France
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- Uppsala University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, P.O. Box 516, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Parchenko S, Frej A, Ueda H, Carley R, Mercadier L, Gerasimova N, Mercurio G, Schlappa J, Yaroslavtsev A, Agarwal N, Gort R, Scherz A, Zvezdin A, Stupakiewicz A, Staub U. Transient Non-Collinear Magnetic State for All-Optical Magnetization Switching. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023; 10:e2302550. [PMID: 37939279 PMCID: PMC10754071 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202302550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Resonant absorption of a photon by bound electrons in a solid can promote an electron to another orbital state or transfer it to a neighboring atomic site. Such a transition in a magnetically ordered material could affect the magnetic order. While this process is an obvious road map for optical control of magnetization, experimental demonstration of such a process remains challenging. Exciting a significant fraction of magnetic ions requires a very intense incoming light beam, as orbital resonances are often weak compared to above-band-gap excitations. In the latter case, a sizeable reduction of the magnetization occurs as the absorbed energy increases the spin temperature, masking the non-thermal optical effects. Here, using ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy, this work is able to resolve changes in the magnetization state induced by resonant absorption of infrared photons in Co-doped yttrium iron garnet, with negligible thermal effects. This work finds that the optical excitation of the Co ions affects the two distinct magnetic Fe sublattices differently, resulting in a transient non-collinear magnetic state. The present results indicate that the all-optical magnetization switching (AOS) most likely occurs due to the creation of a transient, non-collinear magnetic state followed by coherent spin rotations of the Fe moments.
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- Sergii Parchenko
- Laboratory for Mesoscopic SystemsDepartment of MaterialsETH ZurichZurich8093Switzerland
- Laboratory for Multiscale Materials ExperimentsPaul Scherrer InstituteVilligen PSI5232Switzerland
- European XFELHolzkoppel 422869SchenefeldGermany
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- Faculty of PhysicsUniversity of Bialystok1L CiolkowskiegoBialystok15‐245Poland
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- Swiss Light SourcePaul Scherrer InstituteVilligen5232Switzerland
- SwissFELPaul Scherrer InstitutVilligen5232Switzerland
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- European XFELHolzkoppel 422869SchenefeldGermany
- Department of Physics and AstronomyAarhus UniversityAarhus8000Denmark
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- European XFELHolzkoppel 422869SchenefeldGermany
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- Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesVavilova 38Moscow119991Russia
- Russia – New Spintronic TechnologiesBolshoy Bulvar 30, bld. 1Moscow121205Russia
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- Swiss Light SourcePaul Scherrer InstituteVilligen5232Switzerland
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Engel RY, Alexander O, Atak K, Bovensiepen U, Buck J, Carley R, Cascella M, Chardonnet V, Chiuzbaian GS, David C, Döring F, Eschenlohr A, Gerasimova N, de Groot F, Guyader LL, Humphries OS, Izquierdo M, Jal E, Kubec A, Laarmann T, Lambert CH, Lüning J, Marangos JP, Mercadier L, Mercurio G, Miedema PS, Ollefs K, Pfau B, Rösner B, Rossnagel K, Rothenbach N, Scherz A, Schlappa J, Scholz M, Schunck JO, Setoodehnia K, Stamm C, Techert S, Vinko SM, Wende H, Yaroslavtsev AA, Yin Z, Beye M. Electron population dynamics in resonant non-linear x-ray absorption in nickel at a free-electron laser. Struct Dyn 2023; 10:054501. [PMID: 37841290 PMCID: PMC10576398 DOI: 10.1063/4.0000206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Free-electron lasers provide bright, ultrashort, and monochromatic x-ray pulses, enabling novel spectroscopic measurements not only with femtosecond temporal resolution: The high fluence of their x-ray pulses can also easily enter the regime of the non-linear x-ray-matter interaction. Entering this regime necessitates a rigorous analysis and reliable prediction of the relevant non-linear processes for future experiment designs. Here, we show non-linear changes in the L 3 -edge absorption of metallic nickel thin films, measured with fluences up to 60 J/cm2. We present a simple but predictive rate model that quantitatively describes spectral changes based on the evolution of electronic populations within the pulse duration. Despite its simplicity, the model reaches good agreement with experimental results over more than three orders of magnitude in fluence, while providing a straightforward understanding of the interplay of physical processes driving the non-linear changes. Our findings provide important insights for the design and evaluation of future high-fluence free-electron laser experiments and contribute to the understanding of non-linear electron dynamics in x-ray absorption processes in solids at the femtosecond timescale.
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement LCPMR, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement LCPMR, Paris, France
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen CENIDE, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
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- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement LCPMR, Paris, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen CENIDE, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Berlin, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen CENIDE, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen CENIDE, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
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- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed:
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Le Guyader L, Eschenlohr A, Beye M, Schlotter W, Döring F, Carinan C, Hickin D, Agarwal N, Boeglin C, Bovensiepen U, Buck J, Carley R, Castoldi A, D’Elia A, Delitz JT, Ehsan W, Engel R, Erdinger F, Fangohr H, Fischer P, Fiorini C, Föhlisch A, Gelisio L, Gensch M, Gerasimova N, Gort R, Hansen K, Hauf S, Izquierdo M, Jal E, Kamil E, Karabekyan S, Kluyver T, Laarmann T, Lojewski T, Lomidze D, Maffessanti S, Mamyrbayev T, Marcelli A, Mercadier L, Mercurio G, Miedema PS, Ollefs K, Rossnagel K, Rösner B, Rothenbach N, Samartsev A, Schlappa J, Setoodehnia K, Sorin Chiuzbaian G, Spieker L, Stamm C, Stellato F, Techert S, Teichmann M, Turcato M, Van Kuiken B, Wende H, Yaroslavtsev A, Zhu J, Molodtsov S, David C, Porro M, Scherz A. Photon-shot-noise-limited transient absorption soft X-ray spectroscopy at the European XFEL. J Synchrotron Radiat 2023; 30:284-300. [PMID: 36891842 PMCID: PMC10000791 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577523000619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Femtosecond transient soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a very promising technique that can be employed at X-ray free-electron lasers (FELs) to investigate out-of-equilibrium dynamics for material and energy research. Here, a dedicated setup for soft X-rays available at the Spectroscopy and Coherent Scattering (SCS) instrument at the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (European XFEL) is presented. It consists of a beam-splitting off-axis zone plate (BOZ) used in transmission to create three copies of the incoming beam, which are used to measure the transmitted intensity through the excited and unexcited sample, as well as to monitor the incoming intensity. Since these three intensity signals are detected shot by shot and simultaneously, this setup allows normalized shot-by-shot analysis of the transmission. For photon detection, an imaging detector capable of recording up to 800 images at 4.5 MHz frame rate during the FEL burst is employed, and allows a photon-shot-noise-limited sensitivity to be approached. The setup and its capabilities are reviewed as well as the online and offline analysis tools provided to users.
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Linear Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Lab, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dip. Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria and INFN, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- IOM-CNR, Laboratorio Nazionale TASC, Basovizza SS-14, km 163.5, 34012 Trieste, Italy
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Computer Engineering, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Computer Engineering, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dip. Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria and INFN, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research (PS-ISRR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH (HZB), Albert-Einstein Straße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Optical Sensor Systems, DLR (German Aerospace Center), Rutherfordstrasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17 Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR, 75005 Paris, France
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging CUI, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- INFN – Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
- RICMASS – Rome International Center for Materials Science Superstripes, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Istituto Struttura della Materia, CNR, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, 24098 Kiel, Germany
- Ruprecht Haensel Laboratory, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR, 75005 Paris, France
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
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- Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, University of Rome Tor Vergata and INFN-Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 30172 Venice, Italy
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Zhou Hagström N, Schneider M, Kerber N, Yaroslavtsev A, Burgos Parra E, Beg M, Lang M, Günther CM, Seng B, Kammerbauer F, Popescu H, Pancaldi M, Neeraj K, Polley D, Jangid R, Hrkac SB, Patel SKK, Ovcharenko S, Turenne D, Ksenzov D, Boeglin C, Baidakova M, von Korff Schmising C, Borchert M, Vodungbo B, Chen K, Luo C, Radu F, Müller L, Martínez Flórez M, Philippi-Kobs A, Riepp M, Roseker W, Grübel G, Carley R, Schlappa J, Van Kuiken BE, Gort R, Mercadier L, Agarwal N, Le Guyader L, Mercurio G, Teichmann M, Delitz JT, Reich A, Broers C, Hickin D, Deiter C, Moore J, Rompotis D, Wang J, Kane D, Venkatesan S, Meier J, Pallas F, Jezynski T, Lederer M, Boukhelef D, Szuba J, Wrona K, Hauf S, Zhu J, Bergemann M, Kamil E, Kluyver T, Rosca R, Spirzewski M, Kuster M, Turcato M, Lomidze D, Samartsev A, Engelke J, Porro M, Maffessanti S, Hansen K, Erdinger F, Fischer P, Fiorini C, Castoldi A, Manghisoni M, Wunderer CB, Fullerton EE, Shpyrko OG, Gutt C, Sanchez-Hanke C, Dürr HA, Iacocca E, Nembach HT, Keller MW, Shaw JM, Silva TJ, Kukreja R, Fangohr H, Eisebitt S, Kläui M, Jaouen N, Scherz A, Bonetti S, Jal E. Megahertz-rate ultrafast X-ray scattering and holographic imaging at the European XFEL. J Synchrotron Radiat 2022; 29:1454-1464. [PMID: 36345754 PMCID: PMC9641564 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577522008414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The advent of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) has revolutionized fundamental science, from atomic to condensed matter physics, from chemistry to biology, giving researchers access to X-rays with unprecedented brightness, coherence and pulse duration. All XFEL facilities built until recently provided X-ray pulses at a relatively low repetition rate, with limited data statistics. Here, results from the first megahertz-repetition-rate X-ray scattering experiments at the Spectroscopy and Coherent Scattering (SCS) instrument of the European XFEL are presented. The experimental capabilities that the SCS instrument offers, resulting from the operation at megahertz repetition rates and the availability of the novel DSSC 2D imaging detector, are illustrated. Time-resolved magnetic X-ray scattering and holographic imaging experiments in solid state samples were chosen as representative, providing an ideal test-bed for operation at megahertz rates. Our results are relevant and applicable to any other non-destructive XFEL experiments in the soft X-ray range.
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, Saint-Aubin, Boite Postale 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 91767 Palaiseau, France
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Zentraleinrichtung Elektronenmikroskopie (ZELMI), Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
- Institut Jean Lamour, Nancy, France
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, Saint-Aubin, Boite Postale 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Center for Memory and Recording Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät – Department Physik, Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- University of Strasbourg – CNRS, IPCMS, UMR 7504, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Ioffe Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, St Petersburg 194021, Russian Federation
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique – Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR, 75005 Paris, France
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000C Aarhus, Denmark
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), A. Solłana 7, 05-400 Otwock-Świerk, Poland
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 30172 Venezia, Italy
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Computer Engineering, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Institute of Computer Engineering, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, 20133 Milano, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, 20133 Milano, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Scienze Applicate, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Dalmine, Italy
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Memory and Recording Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät – Department Physik, Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Center for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
- Associate, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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- Quantum Electromagnetics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Quantum Electromagnetics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Quantum Electromagnetics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Davis, CA, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, Saint-Aubin, Boite Postale 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 30172 Venezia, Italy
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique – Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR, 75005 Paris, France
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Gerasimova N, La Civita D, Samoylova L, Vannoni M, Villanueva R, Hickin D, Carley R, Gort R, Van Kuiken BE, Miedema P, Le Guyarder L, Mercadier L, Mercurio G, Schlappa J, Teichman M, Yaroslavtsev A, Sinn H, Scherz A. The soft X-ray monochromator at the SASE3 beamline of the European XFEL: from design to operation. J Synchrotron Radiat 2022; 29:1299-1308. [PMID: 36073890 PMCID: PMC9455211 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577522007627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The SASE3 soft X-ray beamline at the European XFEL has been designed and built to provide experiments with a pink or monochromatic beam in the photon energy range 250-3000 eV. Here, the focus is monochromatic operation of the SASE3 beamline, and the design and performance of the SASE3 grating monochromator are reported. The unique capability of a free-electron laser source to produce short femtosecond pulses of a high degree of coherence challenges the monochromator design by demanding control of both photon energy and temporal resolution. The aim to transport close to transform-limited pulses poses very high demands on the optics quality, in particular on the grating. The current realization of the SASE3 monochromator is discussed in comparison with optimal design performance. At present, the monochromator operates with two gratings: the low-resolution grating is optimized for time-resolved experiments and allows for moderate resolving power of about 2000-5000 along with pulse stretching of a few to a few tens of femtoseconds RMS, and the high-resolution grating reaches a resolving power of 10 000 at the cost of larger pulse stretching.
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- N. Gerasimova
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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Mercurio G, Chalupský J, Nistea IT, Schneider M, Hájková V, Gerasimova N, Carley R, Cascella M, Le Guyader L, Mercadier L, Schlappa J, Setoodehnia K, Teichmann M, Yaroslavtsev A, Burian T, Vozda V, Vyšín L, Wild J, Hickin D, Silenzi A, Stupar M, Torben Delitz J, Broers C, Reich A, Pfau B, Eisebitt S, La Civita D, Sinn H, Vannoni M, Alcock SG, Juha L, Scherz A. Real-time spatial characterization of micrometer-sized X-ray free-electron laser beams focused by bendable mirrors. Opt Express 2022; 30:20980-20998. [PMID: 36224830 DOI: 10.1364/oe.455948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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A real-time and accurate characterization of the X-ray beam size is essential to enable a large variety of different experiments at free-electron laser facilities. Typically, ablative imprints are employed to determine shape and size of µm-focused X-ray beams. The high accuracy of this state-of-the-art method comes at the expense of the time required to perform an ex-situ image analysis. In contrast, diffraction at a curved grating with suitably varying period and orientation forms a magnified image of the X-ray beam, which can be recorded by a 2D pixelated detector providing beam size and pointing jitter in real time. In this manuscript, we compare results obtained with both techniques, address their advantages and limitations, and demonstrate their excellent agreement. We present an extensive characterization of the FEL beam focused to ≈1 µm by two Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) mirrors, along with optical metrology slope profiles demonstrating their exceptionally high quality. This work provides a systematic and comprehensive study of the accuracy provided by curved gratings in real-time imaging of X-ray beams at a free-electron laser facility. It is applied here to soft X-rays and can be extended to the hard X-ray range. Furthermore, curved gratings, in combination with a suitable detector, can provide spatial properties of µm-focused X-ray beams at MHz repetition rate.
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Turenne D, Yaroslavtsev A, Wang X, Unikandanuni V, Vaskivskyi I, Schneider M, Jal E, Carley R, Mercurio G, Gort R, Agarwal N, Van Kuiken B, Mercadier L, Schlappa J, Le Guyader L, Gerasimova N, Teichmann M, Lomidze D, Castoldi A, Potorochin D, Mukkattukavil D, Brock J, Zhou Hagström N, Reid AH, Shen X, Wang XJ, Maldonado P, Kvashnin Y, Carva K, Wang J, Takahashi YK, Fullerton EE, Eisebitt S, Oppeneer PM, Molodtsov S, Scherz A, Bonetti S, Iacocca E, Dürr HA. Nonequilibrium sub-10 nm spin-wave soliton formation in FePt nanoparticles. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabn0523. [PMID: 35363518 PMCID: PMC10938569 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn0523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Magnetic nanoparticles such as FePt in the L10 phase are the bedrock of our current data storage technology. As the grains become smaller to keep up with technological demands, the superparamagnetic limit calls for materials with higher magnetocrystalline anisotropy. This, in turn, reduces the magnetic exchange length to just a few nanometers, enabling magnetic structures to be induced within the nanoparticles. Here, we describe the existence of spin-wave solitons, dynamic localized bound states of spin-wave excitations, in FePt nanoparticles. We show with time-resolved x-ray diffraction and micromagnetic modeling that spin-wave solitons of sub-10 nm sizes form out of the demagnetized state following femtosecond laser excitation. The measured soliton spin precession frequency of 0.1 THz positions this system as a platform to develop novel miniature devices.
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- Diego Turenne
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Complex Matter Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, 75005 Paris, France
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
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- Center for Memory and Recording Research, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0401, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Magnet Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan
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- Magnet Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan
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- Center for Memory and Recording Research, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0401, USA
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- Max-Born-Institut, Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 30172 Venice, Italy
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- Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
- Center for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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Büttner F, Pfau B, Böttcher M, Schneider M, Mercurio G, Günther CM, Hessing P, Klose C, Wittmann A, Gerlinger K, Kern LM, Strüber C, von Korff Schmising C, Fuchs J, Engel D, Churikova A, Huang S, Suzuki D, Lemesh I, Huang M, Caretta L, Weder D, Gaida JH, Möller M, Harvey TR, Zayko S, Bagschik K, Carley R, Mercadier L, Schlappa J, Yaroslavtsev A, Le Guyarder L, Gerasimova N, Scherz A, Deiter C, Gort R, Hickin D, Zhu J, Turcato M, Lomidze D, Erdinger F, Castoldi A, Maffessanti S, Porro M, Samartsev A, Sinova J, Ropers C, Mentink JH, Dupé B, Beach GSD, Eisebitt S. Observation of fluctuation-mediated picosecond nucleation of a topological phase. Nat Mater 2021; 20:30-37. [PMID: 33020615 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-00807-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Topological states of matter exhibit fascinating physics combined with an intrinsic stability. A key challenge is the fast creation of topological phases, which requires massive reorientation of charge or spin degrees of freedom. Here we report the picosecond emergence of an extended topological phase that comprises many magnetic skyrmions. The nucleation of this phase, followed in real time via single-shot soft X-ray scattering after infrared laser excitation, is mediated by a transient topological fluctuation state. This state is enabled by the presence of a time-reversal symmetry-breaking perpendicular magnetic field and exists for less than 300 ps. Atomistic simulations indicate that the fluctuation state largely reduces the topological energy barrier and thereby enables the observed rapid and homogeneous nucleation of the skyrmion phase. These observations provide fundamental insights into the nature of topological phase transitions, and suggest a path towards ultrafast topological switching in a wide variety of materials through intermediate fluctuating states.
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- Felix Büttner
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Zentraleinrichtung Elektronenmikroskopie (ZELMI), Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- 4th Physical Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- 4th Physical Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- 4th Physical Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- 4th Physical Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Computer Engineering, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- 4th Physical Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Nanomat/Q-mat/CESAM, Université de Liège, Belgium and Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Max-Born-Institut, Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Mercadier L, Benediktovitch A, Weninger C, Blessenohl MA, Bernitt S, Bekker H, Dobrodey S, Sanchez-Gonzalez A, Erk B, Bomme C, Boll R, Yin Z, Majety VP, Steinbrügge R, Khalal MA, Penent F, Palaudoux J, Lablanquie P, Rudenko A, Rolles D, Crespo López-Urrutia JR, Rohringer N. Evidence of Extreme Ultraviolet Superfluorescence in Xenon. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 123:023201. [PMID: 31386513 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.023201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We present a comprehensive experimental and theoretical study on superfluorescence in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength regime. Focusing a free-electron laser pulse in a cell filled with Xe gas, the medium is quasi-instantaneously population inverted by 4d-shell ionization on the giant resonance followed by Auger decay. On the timescale of ∼10 ps to ∼100 ps (depending on parameters) a macroscopic polarization builds up in the medium, resulting in superfluorescent emission of several Xe lines in the forward direction. As the number of emitters in the system is increased by either raising the pressure or the pump-pulse energy, the emission yield grows exponentially over four orders of magnitude and reaches saturation. With increasing yield, we observe line broadening, a manifestation of superfluorescence in the spectral domain. Our novel theoretical approach, based on a full quantum treatment of the atomic system and the irradiated field, shows quantitative agreement with the experiment and supports our interpretation.
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- L Mercadier
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- European XFEL, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Max Planck für biophysikalische Chemie, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
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Erk B, Müller JP, Bomme C, Boll R, Brenner G, Chapman HN, Correa J, Düsterer S, Dziarzhytski S, Eisebitt S, Graafsma H, Grunewald S, Gumprecht L, Hartmann R, Hauser G, Keitel B, von Korff Schmising C, Kuhlmann M, Manschwetus B, Mercadier L, Müller E, Passow C, Plönjes E, Ramm D, Rompotis D, Rudenko A, Rupp D, Sauppe M, Siewert F, Schlosser D, Strüder L, Swiderski A, Techert S, Tiedtke K, Tilp T, Treusch R, Schlichting I, Ullrich J, Moshammer R, Möller T, Rolles D. CAMP@FLASH: an end-station for imaging, electron- and ion-spectroscopy, and pump-probe experiments at the FLASH free-electron laser. J Synchrotron Radiat 2018; 25:1529-1540. [PMID: 30179194 PMCID: PMC6140390 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577518008585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The non-monochromatic beamline BL1 at the FLASH free-electron laser facility at DESY was upgraded with new transport and focusing optics, and a new permanent end-station, CAMP, was installed. This multi-purpose instrument is optimized for electron- and ion-spectroscopy, imaging and pump-probe experiments at free-electron lasers. It can be equipped with various electron- and ion-spectrometers, along with large-area single-photon-counting pnCCD X-ray detectors, thus enabling a wide range of experiments from atomic, molecular, and cluster physics to material and energy science, chemistry and biology. Here, an overview of the layout, the beam transport and focusing capabilities, and the experimental possibilities of this new end-station are presented, as well as results from its commissioning.
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Affiliation(s)
- Benjamin Erk
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Max Born Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Max Born Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany
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- PNSensor GmbH, Munich, Germany
- Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
- Institute for X-ray Physics, Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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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. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:133203. [PMID: 29694162 PMCID: PMC6007888 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.133203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [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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- 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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Huber A, Sergienko G, Kinna D, Huber V, Milocco A, Mercadier L, Balboa I, Conroy S, Cramp S, Kiptily V, Kruezi U, Lambertz HT, Linsmeier C, Matthews G, Popovichev S, Mertens P, Silburn S, Zastrow KD. Response of the imaging cameras to hard radiation during JET operation. Fusion Engineering and Design 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.03.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mercadier L, Grisolia C, Roche H, Semerok A, Hermann J, Pocheau C, Thro PY, Sirven JB, Weulersse JM, Mauchien P, Sentis M. In Situ Tritum Measurements and Control by Laser Techniques. Fusion Science and Technology 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/fst11-a12596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- L. Mercadier
- CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France
- LP3 – UMR 6182 CNRS – University of Marseille, 163, Av. de Luminy – C.917, 13288 Marseille, France
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- CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- CEA Saclay DPC/SCP/LILM, Bât. 467, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- LP3 – UMR 6182 CNRS – University of Marseille, 163, Av. de Luminy – C.917, 13288 Marseille, France
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- CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- CEA Saclay DPC/SCP/LILM, Bât. 467, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- CEA Saclay DPC/SCP/LILM, Bât. 467, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- CEA Saclay DPC/SCP/LILM, Bât. 467, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- LP3 – UMR 6182 CNRS – University of Marseille, 163, Av. de Luminy – C.917, 13288 Marseille, France
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Kimberg V, Sanchez-Gonzalez A, Mercadier L, Weninger C, Lutman A, Ratner D, Coffee R, Bucher M, Mucke M, Agåker M, Såthe C, Bostedt C, Nordgren J, Rubensson JE, Rohringer N. Stimulated X-ray Raman scattering – a critical assessment of the building block of nonlinear X-ray spectroscopy. Faraday Discuss 2016; 194:305-324. [DOI: 10.1039/c6fd00103c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
With the invention of femtosecond X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), studies of light-induced chemical reaction dynamics and structural dynamics reach a new era, allowing for time-resolved X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy. To ultimately probe coherent electron and nuclear dynamics on their natural time and length scales, coherent nonlinear X-ray spectroscopy schemes have been proposed. In this contribution, we want to critically assess the experimental realisation of nonlinear X-ray spectroscopy at current-day XFEL sources, by presenting first experimental attempts to demonstrate stimulated resonant X-ray Raman scattering in molecular gas targets.
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Mercadier L. Corrigendum. Fusion Science and Technology 2012. [DOI: 10.13182/fst12-a13588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Hernandez C, Roche H, Pocheau C, Grisolia C, Gargiulo L, Semerok A, Vatry A, Delaporte P, Mercadier L. Development of a Laser Ablation System Kit (LASK) for Tokamak in vessel tritium and dust inventory control. Fusion Engineering and Design 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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