X-ray absorption spectroscopy using a self-seeded soft X-ray free-electron laser
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) enable unprecedented new ways to study the electronic structure and dynamics of transition metal systems. L-edge absorption spectroscopy is a powerful technique for such studies and the feasibility of this method at XFELs for solutions and solids has been demonstrated. However, the required x-ray bandwidth is an order of magnitude narrower than that of self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE), and additional monochromatization is needed. Here we compare L-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) of a prototypical transition metal system based on monochromatizing the SASE radiation of the linac coherent light source (LCLS) with a new technique based on self-seeding of LCLS. We demonstrate how L-edge XAS can be performed using the self-seeding scheme without the need of an additional beam line monochromator. We show how the spectral shape and pulse energy depend on the undulator setup and how this affects the x-ray spectroscopy measurements.
Source: Optics Express
DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.022469
Authors: Thomas Kroll, Jan Kern, Markus Kubin, Daniel Ratner, Sheraz Gul, Franklin D. Fuller, Heike Löchel, Jacek Krzywinski, Alberto Lutman, Yuantao Ding, Georgi L. Dakovski, Stefan Moeller, Joshua J. Turner, Roberto Alonso-Mori, Dennis L. Nordlund, Jens Rehanek, Christian Weniger, Alexander Firsov, Maria Brzhezinskaya, Ruchira Chatterjee, Benedikt Lassalle-Kaiser, Raymond G. Sierra, Hartawan Laksmono, Ethan Hill, Andrew Borovik, Alexei Erko, Alexander Föhlisch, Rolf Mitzner, Vittal K. Yachandra, Junko Yano, Philippe Wernet, Uwe Bergmann
Institutions: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, Linac Coherent Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Paul Scherrer Institute, Synchrotron SOLEIL, University of California, Irvine, University of Potsdam
Language: English
Subfield: Radiation
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,270
Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, European Commission, Human Frontier Science Program, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Universität Hamburg, National Institutes of Health, Office of Science, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Basic Energy Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Awards: G1079818582, G1143651532, G1229526393, G1286236842, G1286251239, G1451874870, Eine neue Generation optischer Instrumente für ultraschnelle Röntgenuntersuchungen an Synchrotronstrahlenquellen (Next generation instrumentation for ultrafast X-ray science at accelerator-driven photon sources), G1804828992, G2371548206, G262532246, G2779957535, G303061748, G30714459, G3083819904, G3488436650, G3629260272, G382641700, G3884951186, G4078931145, Taking Snapshots of the Water-Oxidation Reaction by the Mn4Ca Oxygen-Evolving Complex Using X-ray Crystallography and Spectroscopy, G419881185, G42047298, G4235786860, G4280418065, G42916606, G4501827968, G495301720, G498139845, The advanced instrumentation on the basis of 3D RZP for modern UV and X-ray sources, G5528246490, G5570207115, G5931156231, G650090426, G6550344761, G6652958823, G7189518470, G7283024673, G7354628648, X-ray spectroscopy of Highly Reactive Catalytic Intermediates in Oxygen Activating Metallo-Enzymes, G8382000481, A Synchrotron Radiation Structural Biology Resource, G8805661079, G8925327636, G9000203827, Biological Spectroscopy and Crystallography Using an X-ray Free Electron Laser, G911061179, G969889393
OpenAlex ID: W2523265236