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Błachucki W, Johnson PJM, Usov I, Divall E, Cirelli C, Knopp G, Juranić P, Patthey L, Szlachetko J, Lemke H, Milne C, Arrell C. Correlation of refractive index based and THz streaking arrival time tools for a hard X-ray free-electron laser. J Synchrotron Radiat 2024; 31:233-242. [PMID: 38252522 PMCID: PMC10914176 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577523010500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
Abstract
To fully exploit ultra-short X-ray pulse durations routinely available at X-ray free-electron lasers to follow out-of-equilibrium dynamics, inherent arrival time fluctuations of the X-ray pulse with an external perturbing laser pulse need to be measured. In this work, two methods of arrival time measurement were compared to measure the arrival time jitter of hard X-ray pulses. The methods were photoelectron streaking by a THz field and a transient refractive index change of a semiconductor. The methods were validated by shot-to-shot correction of a pump-probe transient reflectivity measurement. An ultimate shot-to-shot full width at half-maximum error between the devices of 19.2 ± 0.1 fs was measured.
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- Wojciech Błachucki
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Centre Solaris, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- European XFEL GmbH, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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Banerjee A, Jay RM, Leitner T, Wang RP, Harich J, Stefanuik R, Coates MR, Beale EV, Kabanova V, Kahraman A, Wach A, Ozerov D, Arrell C, Milne C, Johnson PJM, Cirelli C, Bacellar C, Huse N, Odelius M, Wernet P. Accessing metal-specific orbital interactions in C-H activation with resonant inelastic X-ray scattering. Chem Sci 2024; 15:2398-2409. [PMID: 38362433 PMCID: PMC10866335 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04388f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
Abstract
Photochemically prepared transition-metal complexes are known to be effective at cleaving the strong C-H bonds of organic molecules in room temperature solutions. There is also ample theoretical evidence that the two-way, metal to ligand (MLCT) and ligand to metal (LMCT), charge-transfer between an incoming alkane C-H group and the transition metal is the decisive interaction in the C-H activation reaction. What is missing, however, are experimental methods to directly probe these interactions in order to reveal what determines reactivity of intermediates and the rate of the reaction. Here, using quantum chemical simulations we predict and propose future time-resolved valence-to-core resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (VtC-RIXS) experiments at the transition metal L-edge as a method to provide a full account of the evolution of metal-alkane interactions during transition-metal mediated C-H activation reactions. For the model system cyclopentadienyl rhodium dicarbonyl (CpRh(CO)2), we demonstrate, by simulating the VtC-RIXS signatures of key intermediates in the C-H activation pathway, how the Rh-centered valence-excited states accessible through VtC-RIXS directly reflect changes in donation and back-donation between the alkane C-H group and the transition metal as the reaction proceeds via those intermediates. We benchmark and validate our quantum chemical simulations against experimental steady-state measurements of CpRh(CO)2 and Rh(acac)(CO)2 (where acac is acetylacetonate). Our study constitutes the first step towards establishing VtC-RIXS as a new experimental observable for probing reactivity of C-H activation reactions. More generally, the study further motivates the use of time-resolved VtC-RIXS to follow the valence electronic structure evolution along photochemical, photoinitiated and photocatalytic reactions with transition metal complexes.
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- Ambar Banerjee
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Department of Physics, University of Hamburg 22761 Hamburg Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Department of Physics, University of Hamburg 22761 Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Paul Scherrer Institute CH-5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institute CH-5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences PL-31342 Krakow Poland
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- Paul Scherrer Institute CH-5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Department of Physics, University of Hamburg 22761 Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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Prat E, Al Haddad A, Arrell C, Augustin S, Boll M, Bostedt C, Calvi M, Cavalieri AL, Craievich P, Dax A, Dijkstal P, Ferrari E, Follath R, Ganter R, Geng Z, Hiller N, Huppert M, Ischebeck R, Juranić P, Kittel C, Knopp G, Malyzhenkov A, Marcellini F, Neppl S, Reiche S, Sammut N, Schietinger T, Schmidt T, Schnorr K, Trisorio A, Vicario C, Voulot D, Wang G, Weilbach T. An X-ray free-electron laser with a highly configurable undulator and integrated chicanes for tailored pulse properties. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5069. [PMID: 37604879 PMCID: PMC10442322 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40759-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
Abstract
X-ray free-electron lasers (FELs) are state-of-the-art scientific tools capable to study matter on the scale of atomic processes. Since the initial operation of X-ray FELs more than a decade ago, several facilities with upgraded performance have been put in operation. Here we present the first lasing results of Athos, the soft X-ray FEL beamline of SwissFEL at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. Athos features an undulator layout based on short APPLE-X modules providing full polarisation control, interleaved with small magnetic chicanes. This versatile configuration allows for many operational modes, giving control over many FEL properties. We show, for example, a 35% reduction of the required undulator length to achieve FEL saturation with respect to standard undulator configurations. We also demonstrate the generation of more powerful pulses than the ones obtained in typical undulators. Athos represents a fundamental step forward in the design of FEL facilities, creating opportunities in FEL-based sciences.
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- Eduard Prat
- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, D-22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- University of Malta, MSD2080, Msida, Malta
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Jay RM, Banerjee A, Leitner T, Wang RP, Harich J, Stefanuik R, Wikmark H, Coates MR, Beale EV, Kabanova V, Kahraman A, Wach A, Ozerov D, Arrell C, Johnson PJM, Borca CN, Cirelli C, Bacellar C, Milne C, Huse N, Smolentsev G, Huthwelker T, Odelius M, Wernet P. Tracking C-H activation with orbital resolution. Science 2023; 380:955-960. [PMID: 37262165 DOI: 10.1126/science.adf8042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Transition metal reactivity toward carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds hinges on the interplay of electron donation and withdrawal at the metal center. Manipulating this reactivity in a controlled way is difficult because the hypothesized metal-alkane charge-transfer interactions are challenging to access experimentally. Using time-resolved x-ray spectroscopy, we track the charge-transfer interactions during C-H activation of octane by a cyclopentadienyl rhodium carbonyl complex. Changes in oxidation state as well as valence-orbital energies and character emerge in the data on a femtosecond to nanosecond timescale. The x-ray spectroscopic signatures reflect how alkane-to-metal donation determines metal-alkane complex stability and how metal-to-alkane back-donation facilitates C-H bond cleavage by oxidative addition. The ability to dissect charge-transfer interactions on an orbital level provides opportunities for manipulating C-H reactivity at transition metals.
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- Raphael M Jay
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Paul-Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul-Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland
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- Paul-Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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Deng Y, Zerdane S, Xie X, Divall E, Johnson PJM, Arrell C, Lemke HT, Mankowsky R, Oggenfuss A, Svetina C, Erny C, Cirelli C, Milne C, Knopp G, Beaud P, Johnson SL. Optical second harmonic generation in LiB 3O 5 modulated by intense femtosecond X-ray pulses. Opt Express 2020; 28:11117-11127. [PMID: 32403629 DOI: 10.1364/oe.388911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Many of the scientific applications for X-ray free-electron lasers seek to exploit the ultrashort pulse durations of intense X-rays to obtain femtosecond time resolution of various processes in a "pump-probe" scheme. One of the limiting factors for such experiments is the timing jitter between the X-rays and ultrashort pulses from more conventional lasers operating at near-optical wavelengths. In this work, we investigate the potential of using X-ray-induced changes in the optical second harmonic generation efficiency of a nonlinear crystal to retrieve single-shot arrival times of X-ray pulses with respect to optical laser pulses. Our experimental results and simulations show changes to the efficiency of the second harmonic generation of 12%, approximately three times larger than the measured changes in the transmission of the 800 nm center-wavelength fundamental pulse. Further experiments showing even larger changes in the transmission of 400 nm center-wavelength pulses show that the mechanism of the second harmonic generation efficiency modulation is mainly the result of X-ray-induced changes in the linear absorption coefficients near 400 nm. We demonstrate and characterize a cross-correlation tool based on this effect in reference to a previously demonstrated method of X-ray/optical cross-correlation.
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Juranic P, Tiedtke K, Owada S, Tanaka T, Jastrow U, Sorokin A, Patthey L, Mankowsky R, Degenhardt M, Arbelo Y, Arrell C, Smedley J, Bohon J, Follath R. Transmission measurement at the Bernina branch of the Aramis Beamline of SwissFEL. J Synchrotron Radiat 2019; 26:2081-2085. [PMID: 31721754 PMCID: PMC6853380 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577519013237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The transmission of the optical components of the Bernina branch of the Aramis beamline at SwissFEL has been measured with an X-ray gas monitor from DESY and compared with a PSI gas detector upstream of the optical components. The transmission efficiencies of the Mo, Si and SiC mirror coatings of the Aramis beamline and the various other in-beam components were evaluated and compared with theoretical calculations, showing an agreement of 6% or better in all cases. The experiment has also shown the efficacy of the high-harmonic rejection mirrors at the Bernina branch of the Aramis beamline at SwissFEL, and characterized the transmission efficiency of the on-line spectrometer in the Aramis beamline. The theoretical transmission of the mirror coatings match the experimental data to within 7%. The accuracy of these measurements was checked against a radiative bolometer from a Japanese collaboration and found to agree to a level of 4% or better. Further comparisons with a diamond detector from a US-based inter-institute collaboration demonstrated a good agreement for the attenuator settings of the beamline.
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- Pavle Juranic
- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
- Correspondence e-mail:
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- DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), NMIJ, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan
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- DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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Abela R, Alarcon A, Alex J, Arrell C, Arsov V, Bettoni S, Bopp M, Bostedt C, Braun HH, Calvi M, Celcer T, Craievich P, Dax A, Dijkstal P, Dordevic S, Ferrari E, Flechsig U, Follath R, Frei F, Gaiffi N, Geng Z, Gough C, Hiller N, Hunziker S, Huppert M, Ischebeck R, Jöhri H, Juranic P, Kalt R, Kaiser M, Keil B, Kittel C, Künzi R, Lippuner T, Löhl F, Marcellini F, Marinkovic G, Ozkan Loch C, Orlandi GL, Patterson B, Pradervand C, Paraliev M, Pedrozzi M, Prat E, Ranitovic P, Reiche S, Rosenberg C, Sanfilippo S, Schietinger T, Schmidt T, Schnorr K, Svetina C, Trisorio A, Vicario C, Voulot D, Wagner U, Wörner HJ, Zandonella A, Patthey L, Ganter R. The SwissFEL soft X-ray free-electron laser beamline: Athos. J Synchrotron Radiat 2019; 26:1073-1084. [PMID: 31274430 PMCID: PMC6613127 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577519003928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The SwissFEL soft X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) beamline Athos will be ready for user operation in 2021. Its design includes a novel layout of alternating magnetic chicanes and short undulator segments. Together with the APPLE X architecture of undulators, the Athos branch can be operated in different modes producing FEL beams with unique characteristics ranging from attosecond pulse length to high-power modes. Further space has been reserved for upgrades including modulators and an external seeding laser for better timing control. All of these schemes rely on state-of-the-art technologies described in this overview. The optical transport line distributing the FEL beam to the experimental stations was designed with the whole range of beam parameters in mind. Currently two experimental stations, one for condensed matter and quantum materials research and a second one for atomic, molecular and optical physics, chemical sciences and ultrafast single-particle imaging, are being laid out such that they can profit from the unique soft X-ray pulses produced in the Athos branch in an optimal way.
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- Rafael Abela
- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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Ingold G, Abela R, Arrell C, Beaud P, Böhler P, Cammarata M, Deng Y, Erny C, Esposito V, Flechsig U, Follath R, Hauri C, Johnson S, Juranic P, Mancini GF, Mankowsky R, Mozzanica A, Oggenfuss RA, Patterson BD, Patthey L, Pedrini B, Rittmann J, Sala L, Savoini M, Svetina C, Zamofing T, Zerdane S, Lemke HT. Experimental station Bernina at SwissFEL: condensed matter physics on femtosecond time scales investigated by X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic methods. J Synchrotron Radiat 2019; 26:874-886. [PMID: 31074452 PMCID: PMC6510206 DOI: 10.1107/s160057751900331x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The Bernina instrument at the SwissFEL Aramis hard X-ray free-electron laser is designed for studying ultrafast phenomena in condensed matter and material science. Ultrashort pulses from an optical laser system covering a large wavelength range can be used to generate specific non-equilibrium states, whose subsequent temporal evolution can be probed by selective X-ray scattering techniques in the range 2-12 keV. For that purpose, the X-ray beamline is equipped with optical elements which tailor the X-ray beam size and energy, as well as with pulse-to-pulse diagnostics that monitor the X-ray pulse intensity, position, as well as its spectral and temporal properties. The experiments can be performed using multiple interchangeable endstations differing in specialization, diffractometer and X-ray analyser configuration and load capacity for specialized sample environment. After testing the instrument in a series of pilot experiments in 2018, regular user operation begins in 2019.
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- Gerhard Ingold
- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Correspondence e-mail: ,
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Institut de Physique de Rennes, Université de Rennes, 35042 Rennes CEDEX, France
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Institute for Quantum Electronics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Institute for Quantum Electronics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Correspondence e-mail: ,
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Baldini E, Mann A, Borroni S, Arrell C, van Mourik F, Carbone F. A versatile setup for ultrafast broadband optical spectroscopy of coherent collective modes in strongly correlated quantum systems. Struct Dyn 2016; 3:064301. [PMID: 27990455 PMCID: PMC5135716 DOI: 10.1063/1.4971182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A femtosecond pump-probe setup is described that is optimised for broadband transient reflectivity experiments on solid samples over a wide temperature range. By combining high temporal resolution and a broad detection window, this apparatus can investigate the interplay between coherent collective modes and high-energy electronic excitations, which is a distinctive characteristic of correlated electron systems. Using a single-shot readout array detector at frame rates of 10 kHz allows resolving coherent oscillations with amplitudes <10-4. We demonstrate its operation on the charge-transfer insulator La2CuO4, revealing coherent phonons with frequencies up to 13 THz and providing access into their Raman matrix elements.
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- Laboratory for Ultrafast Microscopy and Electron Scattering and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science , IPHYS, Station 6, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Ultrafast Microscopy and Electron Scattering and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science , IPHYS, Station 6, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science , ISIC, Station 6, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science , ISIC, Station 6, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Ultrafast Microscopy and Electron Scattering and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science , IPHYS, Station 6, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Al Haddad A, Chauvet A, Ojeda J, Arrell C, van Mourik F, Auböck G, Chergui M. Set-up for broadband Fourier-transform multidimensional electronic spectroscopy. Opt Lett 2015; 40:312-315. [PMID: 25680035 DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.000312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present a compact passively phase-stabilized ultra-broadband 2D Fourier transform setup. A gas (argon)-filled hollow core fiber pumped by an amplified Ti:Al2O3 laser is used as a light source providing spectral range spanning from 420 to 900 nm. Sub-10-fs pulses were obtained using a deformable mirror-based pulse shaper. We probe the nonlinear response of Rhodamine 101 using 90 nm bandwidth and resolve vibrational coherences of 150 fs period in the ground state.
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Frank F, Arrell C, Witting T, Okell WA, McKenna J, Robinson JS, Haworth CA, Austin D, Teng H, Walmsley IA, Marangos JP, Tisch JWG. Invited review article: technology for attosecond science. Rev Sci Instrum 2012; 83:071101. [PMID: 22852664 DOI: 10.1063/1.4731658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We describe a complete technological system at Imperial College London for Attosecond Science studies. The system comprises a few-cycle, carrier envelope phase stabilized laser source which delivers sub 4 fs pulses to a vibration-isolated attosecond vacuum beamline. The beamline is used for the generation of isolated attosecond pulses in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) at kilohertz repetition rates through laser-driven high harmonic generation in gas targets. The beamline incorporates: interferometers for producing pulse sequences for pump-probe studies; the facility to spectrally and spatially filter the harmonic radiation; an in-line spatially resolving XUV spectrometer; and a photoelectron spectroscopy chamber in which attosecond streaking is used to characterize the attosecond pulses. We discuss the technology and techniques behind the development of our complete system and summarize its performance. This versatile apparatus has enabled a number of new experimental investigations which we briefly describe.
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
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