Dark-field x-ray microscopy for 2D and 3D imaging of microstructural dynamics at the European x-ray free-electron laser
Dark field x-ray microscopy (DXFM) can visualize microstructural distortions in bulk crystals. Using the femtosecond x-ray pulses generated by x-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), DFXM can achieve sub-μm spatial resolution and <100 fs time resolution simultaneously. In this paper, we demonstrate ultrafast DFXM measurements at the European XFEL to visualize an optically driven longitudinal strain wave propagating through a diamond single crystal. We also present two DFXM scanning modalities that are new to the XFEL sources: spatial 3D and 2D axial-strain scans with sub-μm spatial resolution. With this progress in XFEL-based DFXM, we discuss new opportunities to study multi-timescale spatiotemporal dynamics of microstructures.
Authors
- Kristoffer Haldrup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0565-6397)
- Ulrike Boesenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1195-6329)
- Wonhyuk Jo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7437-6129)
- Leora E. Dresselhaus‐Marais (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0757-0159)
- Theodor S. Holstad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6551-7938)
- Jörg Hallmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1996-397X)
- Trygve Magnus Ræder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3524-362X)
- Anders Madsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6594-1029)
- Jan‐Etienne Pudell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8268-444X)
- Johannes Möller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8363-9077)
- Lichao Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3052-0675)
- Darshan Chalise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7119-6990)
- M. Nielsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8135-434X)
- Eric Folsom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0499-3682)
- Yifan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9468-2484)
- Alexey V. Zozulya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1048-3432)
- Angel Rodríguez-Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0587-5263)
- J. H. Eggert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5730-7108)
- Frank Seiboth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2795-1338)
- Sara J. Irvine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2637-7769)
- Frank Schoofs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4199-1416)
- G. Ansaldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4892-3333)
- Felix Brauße (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0553-6053)
- Henning Friis Poulsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7876-4113)
- Kento Katagiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8913-1047)
- Jade Stanton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3469-3704)
- Morten Haubro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-6405)
- Dayeeta Pal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4644-5926)
Institutions
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (US)
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (DE)
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
- Pulse Biosciences (United States) (US)
- European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (DE)
- Technical University of Denmark (DK)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0239034
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Villum Fonden
- European Commission
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
- DanScatt
- Office of Science
- European Research Council
- Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education
- Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems
- Basic Energy Sciences
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory