Femtosecond pulse pair distribution functions at MID at the European XFEL
Abstract Pair distribution functions from individual femtosecond X-ray pulses have the potential to elucidate the structure of transient states in matter, such as those found in liquid systems. To demonstrate this possibility an experiment was conducted at the Materials Imaging and Dynamics instrument of European X-ray Free Electron Laser Facility. We utilized the large field of view detector configuration, exploiting single high-flux X-ray pulses of femtosecond duration at 23 keV photon energy. After deconvolution from the pattern termination function, we show here pair distribution functions of liquid water at approximately 260 K. These results demonstrate that current X-ray free electron laser methods can acquire pair distribution functions on the femtosecond timescale that have potential to capture transient state of liquids.
Authors
- Ulrike Boesenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1195-6329)
- Claudia Goy
- Luigi Adriano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6487-2287)
- Wonhyuk Jo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7437-6129)
- Joana Valério (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5931-0925)
- Niels C. Gießelmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8139-4357)
- Roman Shayduk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3577-8918)
- Joachim Schulz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9310-8832)
- Anders Ø. Madsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5422-8076)
- James J. Wrigley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6525-7413)
- Nele N. Striker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9429-0835)
- Johannes Möller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9546-055X)
- Jan‐Etienne Pudell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8268-444X)
- R. E. Grisenti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9895-6558)
- Svenja C. Hövelmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5533-6714)
- Christian Sternemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9415-1106)
- Kartik Ayyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6881-564X)
- Angel Rodríguez-Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0587-5263)
- Michael Paulus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3409-6798)
- Wojciech Roseker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2739-077X)
- Robert P. C. Bauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2932-6683)
- Felix Lehmkühler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1289-995X)
- Alexander Gierke
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (DE)
- TU Dortmund University (DE)
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (DE)
- Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Kiel (DE)
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (DE)
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (DE)
- Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging
- TU Bergakademie Freiberg (DE)
- European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Physics Conference Series
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3010/1/012156
- Primary Topic
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00