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

description: 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.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures. Supplementary Information as ancillary file