Following the dynamics of matter with femtosecond precision using the X-ray streaking method

David, C.; Karvinen, P.; Sikorski, M.; Song, S.; Vartiainen, I.; Milne, C. J.; Mozzanica, A.; Kayser, Y.; Diaz, A.; Mohacsi, I.; Carini, G. A.; Herrmann, S.; Färm, E.; Ritala, M.; Fritz, D. M.; Robert, A.

doi:10.1038/srep07644

Title: Following the dynamics of matter with femtosecond precision using the X-ray streaking method

Journal Article · Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep07644· OSTI ID:1194694

David, C.; Karvinen, P.; Sikorski, M. ^[1]; Song, S. ^[1]; Vartiainen, I.; Milne, C. J.; Mozzanica, A.; Kayser, Y.; Diaz, A.; Mohacsi, I.; Carini, G. A. ^[1]; Herrmann, S. ^[1]; Färm, E.; Ritala, M.; Fritz, D. M. ^[1]; Robert, A. ^[1]

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA (United States)

X-ray Free Electron Lasers (FELs) can produce extremely intense and very short pulses, down to below 10 femtoseconds (fs). Among the key applications are ultrafast time-resolved studies of dynamics of matter by observing responses to fast excitation pulses in a pump-probe manner. Detectors with sufficient time resolution for observing these processes are not available. Therefore, such experiments typically measure a sample's full dynamics by repeating multiple pump-probe cycles at different delay times. This conventional method assumes that the sample returns to an identical or very similar state after each cycle. Here we describe a novel approach that can provide a time trace of responses following a single excitation pulse, jitter-free, with fs timing precision. We demonstrate, in an X-ray diffraction experiment, how it can be applied to the investigation of ultrafast irreversible processes.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Contributing Organization:: Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. LCLS is an Office of Science User Facility operated for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science by Stanford University.

Grant/Contract Number:: AC03-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1194694

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322

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