Observation of Seeded Mn Kβ Stimulated X-Ray Emission Using Two-Color X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Pulses

Kroll, Thomas; Weninger, Clemens; Fuller, Franklin D.; Guetg, Marc W.; Benediktovitch, Andrei; Zhang, Yu; Marinelli, Agostino; Alonso-Mori, Roberto; Aquila, Andy; Liang, Mengning; Koglin, Jason E.; Koralek, Jake; Sokaras, Dimosthenis; Zhu, Diling; Kern, Jan; Yano, Junko; Yachandra, Vittal K.; Rohringer, Nina; Lutman, Alberto; Bergmann, Uwe

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.125.037404

Title: Observation of Seeded Mn Kβ Stimulated X-Ray Emission Using Two-Color X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Pulses

Journal Article · Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.125.037404· OSTI ID:1646797

Kroll, Thomas ^[1];

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^[3]; Benediktovitch, Andrei ^[4]; Zhang, Yu ^[3]; Marinelli, Agostino ^[3]; Alonso-Mori, Roberto ^[2]; Aquila, Andy ^[2]; Liang, Mengning ^[2]; Koglin, Jason E. ^[2]; Koralek, Jake ^[2]; Sokaras, Dimosthenis ^[1]; Zhu, Diling ^[2];

^[5]; Yano, Junko ^[5]; Yachandra, Vittal K. ^[5]; Rohringer, Nina ^[6];

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SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany); Univ. Hamburg (Germany)

Kβ x-ray emission spectroscopy is a powerful probe for electronic structure analysis of 3d transition metal systems and their ultrafast dynamics. Selectively enhancing specific spectral regions would increase this sensitivity and provide fundamentally new insights. Recently we reported the observation and analysis of Kα amplified spontaneous x-ray emission from Mn solutions using an x-ray free-electron laser to create the 1s core-hole population inversion [Kroll et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 133203 (2018)]. To apply this new approach to the chemically more sensitive but much weaker Kβ x-ray emission lines requires a mechanism to outcompete the dominant amplification of the Kα emission. Here we report the observation of seeded amplified Kβ x-ray emission from a NaMnO₄ solution using two colors of x-ray free-electron laser pulses, one to create the 1s core-hole population inversion and the other to seed the amplified Kβ emission. Comparing the observed seeded amplified Kβ emission signal with that from conventional Kβ emission into the same solid angle, we obtain a signal enhancement of more than 10⁵. Finally, our findings are the first important step of enhancing and controlling the emission of selected final states of the Kβ spectrum with applications in chemical and materials science.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231; GM126289; P41GM103393; GM110501; GM055302; F32GM116423; RGP0063/2013 310

OSTI ID:: 1646797

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1721649

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 125, Issue 3; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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