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X-ray laser–induced electron dynamics observed by femtosecond diffraction from nanocrystals of Buckminsterfullerene

Journal Article · · Science Advances
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  1. La Trobe Univ., Melbourne, VIC (Australia). La Trobe Inst. for Molecular Sciences. Dept. of Chemistry and Physics. Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging; DOE/OSTI
  2. Univ. of Melbourne (Australia). Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging. School of Physics
  3. La Trobe Univ., Melbourne, VIC (Australia). La Trobe Inst. for Molecular Sciences. Dept. of Chemistry and Physics. Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging
  4. Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
  5. Florey Inst. of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Victoria (Australia)
  6. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Melbourne, VIC (Australia). Australian Synchrotron
  7. Swinburne Univ. of Technology, Melbourne (Australia)
  8. Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Engineering Science
  9. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  10. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
  11. BioXFEL Science and Technology Center, Buffalo, NY (United States)
  12. Uppsala Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology. Lab. of Molecular Biophysics
  13. Florey Inst. of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Victoria (Australia)
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X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) deliver x-ray pulses with a coherent flux that is approximately eight orders of magnitude greater than that available from a modern third-generation synchrotron source. The power density of an XFEL pulse may be so high that it can modify the electronic properties of a sample on a femtosecond time scale. Exploration of the interaction of intense coherent x-ray pulses and matter is both of intrinsic scientific interest and of critical importance to the interpretation of experiments that probe the structures of materials using high-brightness femtosecond XFEL pulses. We report observations of the diffraction of extremely intense 32-fs nanofocused x-ray pulses by a powder sample of crystalline C60. We find that the diffraction pattern at the highest available incident power significantly differs from the one obtained using either third-generation synchrotron sources or XFEL sources operating at low output power and does not correspond to the diffraction pattern expected from any known phase of crystalline C60. We interpret these data as evidence of a long-range, coherent dynamic electronic distortion that is driven by the interaction of the periodic array of C60 molecular targets with intense x-ray pulses of femtosecond duration.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1625962
Journal Information:
Science Advances, Journal Name: Science Advances Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 2; ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher:
AAASCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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