A setup for resonant inelastic soft x-ray scattering on liquids at free electron laser light sources

Journal Article · Sat Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2012 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772685· OSTI ID:22094024

Kunnus, Kristjan; Schreck, Simon; Foehlisch, Alexander ^[1]; Rajkovic, Ivan; Quevedo, Wilson; Gruebel, Sebastian; Scholz, Mirko ^[2]; Eckert, Sebastian; Beye, Martin; Suljoti, Edlira; Weniger, Christian; Wernet, Philippe ^[1]; Kalus, Christian ^[3]; Nordlund, Dennis ^[4]; Zhang, Wenkai; Hartsock, Robert W.; Gaffney, Kelly J. ^[5]; Schlotter, William F.; Turner, Joshua J. ^[6]; Kennedy, Brian ^[7] ; others, and

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1. Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin (Germany)
2. IFG Structural Dynamics of (Bio)chemical Systems, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37070 Goettingen (Germany)
3. Abteilung Betrieb Beschleuniger BESSYII, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin (Germany)
4. Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025 (United States)
5. PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025 (United States)
6. Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025 (United States)
7. MAX-lab, PO Box 118, 221 00 Lund (Sweden)

We present a flexible and compact experimental setup that combines an in vacuum liquid jet with an x-ray emission spectrometer to enable static and femtosecond time-resolved resonant inelastic soft x-ray scattering (RIXS) measurements from liquids at free electron laser (FEL) light sources. We demonstrate the feasibility of this type of experiments with the measurements performed at the Linac Coherent Light Source FEL facility. At the FEL we observed changes in the RIXS spectra at high peak fluences which currently sets a limit to maximum attainable count rate at FELs. The setup presented here opens up new possibilities to study the structure and dynamics in liquids.

• OSTI ID: 22094024
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 83, Issue 12; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COUNTING RATES
EMISSION
FREE ELECTRON LASERS
LIGHT SOURCES
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
SOFT X RADIATION
SPECTRA
SPECTROMETERS
TIME RESOLUTION
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
X-RAY LASERS
X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY