Ultrafast structural dynamics studied by kilohertz time-resolved x-ray diffraction

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/10/108701

Abstract Ultrashort multi-keV x-ray pulses are generated by electron plasma produced by the irradiation of femtosecond pulses on metals. These sub-picosecond x-ray pulses have extended the field of x-ray spectroscopy into the femtosecond time domain. However, pulse-to-pulse instability and long data acquisition time restrict the application of ultrashort x-ray systems operating at low repetition rates. Here we report on the performance of a femtosecond laser plasma-induced hard x-ray source that operates at 1-kHz repetition rate, and provides a flux of 2.0×10¹⁰photons/s of Cu K_α radiation. Using this system for time-resolved x-ray diffraction experiments, we record in real time, the transient processes and structural changes induced by the interaction of 400-nm femtosecond pulse with the surface of a 200-nm thick Au (111) single crystal.

Keywords: ultrafast x-ray diffraction transient structures lattice deformation

Received: 29 January 2015
Revised: 21 May 2015
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PACS:	87.15.ht	(Ultrafast dynamics; charge transfer)
	67.80.de	(Structure, lattice dynamics and sound)
	63.70.+h	(Statistical mechanics of lattice vibrations and displacive phase transitions)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61222509 and 11421064) and the W. M. Keck Foundation.

Corresponding Authors: Chen Jie
E-mail: jiec@sjtu.edu.cn

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Guo Xin (郭鑫), Jiang Zhou-Ya (江舟亚), Chen Long (陈龙), Chen Li-Ming (陈黎明), Xin Jian-Guo (辛建国), Peter M. Rentzepis, Chen Jie (陈洁) Ultrafast structural dynamics studied by kilohertz time-resolved x-ray diffraction 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 108701

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