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Megahertz-rate Ultrafast X-ray Scattering and Holographic Imaging at the European XFEL

Nanna Zhou Hagström·Michael Schneider·Nico Kerber·Alexander Yaroslavtsev·Erick Burgos Parra·Marijan Beg·Martin Lang·Christian M. Günther·Boris Seng·Fabian Kammerbauer·Horia Popescu·Matteo Pancaldi·Kumar Neeraj·Debanjan Polley·Rahul Jangid·Stjepan B. Hrkac·Sheena K. K. Patel·Sergei Ovcharenko·Diego Turenne·Dmitriy Ksenzov·Christine Boeglin·Igor Pronin·Marina Baidakova·Clemens von Korff Schmising·Martin Borchert·Boris Vodungbo·Kai Chen·Chen Luo·Florin Radu·Leonard Müller·Miriam Martínez Flórez·André Philippi-Kobs·Matthias Riepp·Wojciech Roseker·Gerhard Grübel·Robert Carley·Justine Schlappa·Benjamin Van Kuiken·Rafael Gort·Laurent Mercadier·Naman Agarwal·Loïc Le Guyader·Giuseppe Mercurio·Martin Teichmann·Jan Torben Delitz·Alexander Reich·Carsten Broers·David Hickin·Carsten Deiter·James Moore·Dimitrios Rompotis·Jinxiong Wang·Daniel Kane·Sandhya Venkatesan·Joachim Meier·Florent Pallas·Tomasz Jezynski·Maximilian Lederer·Djelloul Boukhelef·Janusz Szuba·Krzysztof Wrona·Steffen Hauf·Jun Zhu·Martin Bergemann·Ebad Kamil·Thomas Kluyver·Robert Rosca·Michał Spirzewski·Markus Kuster·Monica Turcato·David Lomidze·Andrey Samartsev·Jan Engelke·Matteo Porro·Stefano Maffessanti·Karsten Hansen·Florian Erdinger·Peter Fischer·Carlo Fiorini·Andrea Castoldi·Massimo Manghisoni·Cornelia Beatrix Wunderer·Eric E. Fullerton·Oleg G. Shpyrko·Christian Gutt·Cecilia Sanchez-Hanke·Hermann A. Dürr·Ezio Iacocca·Hans T. Nembach·Mark W. Keller·Justin M. Shaw·Thomas J. Silva·Roopali Kukreja·Hans Fangohr·Stefan Eisebitt·Mathias Kläui·Nicolas Jaouen·Andreas Scherz·Stefano Bonetti·Emmanuelle Jal
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Abstract

The advent of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) has revolutionized fundamental science, from atomic to condensed matter physics, from chemistry to biology, giving researchers access to X-rays with unprecedented brightness, coherence, and pulse duration. All XFEL facilities built until recently provided X-ray pulses at a relatively low repetition rate, with limited data statistics. Here, we present the results from the first megahertz repetition rate X-ray scattering experiments at the Spectroscopy and Coherent Scattering (SCS) instrument of the European XFEL. We illustrate the experimental capabilities that the SCS instrument offers, resulting from the operation at MHz repetition rates and the availability of the novel DSSC 2D imaging detector. Time-resolved magnetic X-ray scattering and holographic imaging experiments in solid state samples were chosen as representative, providing an ideal test-bed for operation at megahertz rates. Our results are relevant and applicable to any other non-destructive XFEL experiments in the soft X-ray range.

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Nanna Zhou Hagström, Michael Schneider, Nico Kerber, Alexander Yaroslavtsev, Erick Burgos Parra, Marijan Beg, Martin Lang, Christian M. Günther, Boris Seng, Fabian Kammerbauer, Horia Popescu, Matteo Pancaldi, Kumar Neeraj, Debanjan Polley, Rahul Jangid, Stjepan B. Hrkac, Sheena K. K. Patel, Sergei Ovcharenko, Diego Turenne, Dmitriy Ksenzov, Christine Boeglin, Igor Pronin, Marina Baidakova, Clemens von Korff Schmising, Martin Borchert, Boris Vodungbo, Kai Chen, Chen Luo, Florin Radu, Leonard Müller, Miriam Martínez Flórez, André Philippi-Kobs, Matthias Riepp, Wojciech Roseker, Gerhard Grübel, Robert Carley, Justine Schlappa, Benjamin Van Kuiken, Rafael Gort, Laurent Mercadier, Naman Agarwal, Loïc Le Guyader, Giuseppe Mercurio, Martin Teichmann, Jan Torben Delitz, Alexander Reich, Carsten Broers, David Hickin, Carsten Deiter, James Moore, Dimitrios Rompotis, Jinxiong Wang, Daniel Kane, Sandhya Venkatesan, Joachim Meier, Florent Pallas, Tomasz Jezynski, Maximilian Lederer, Djelloul Boukhelef, Janusz Szuba, Krzysztof Wrona, Steffen Hauf, Jun Zhu, Martin Bergemann, Ebad Kamil, Thomas Kluyver, Robert Rosca, Michał Spirzewski, Markus Kuster, Monica Turcato, David Lomidze, Andrey Samartsev, Jan Engelke, Matteo Porro, Stefano Maffessanti, Karsten Hansen, Florian Erdinger, Peter Fischer, Carlo Fiorini, Andrea Castoldi, Massimo Manghisoni, Cornelia Beatrix Wunderer, Eric E. Fullerton, Oleg G. Shpyrko, Christian Gutt, Cecilia Sanchez-Hanke, Hermann A. Dürr, Ezio Iacocca, Hans T. Nembach, Mark W. Keller, Justin M. Shaw, Thomas J. Silva, Roopali Kukreja, Hans Fangohr, Stefan Eisebitt, Mathias Kläui, Nicolas Jaouen, Andreas Scherz, Stefano Bonetti, Emmanuelle Jal. 2022-01-17. Megahertz-rate Ultrafast X-ray Scattering and Holographic Imaging at the European XFEL. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600577522008414

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