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SLAC Publication: SLAC-PUB-16830
SLAC Release Date: March 6, 2017
Self-referenced coherent diffraction x-ray movie of Angstrom- and femtosecond-scale atomic motion
Glownia, James.
Time-resolved femtosecond x-ray diffraction patterns from laser-excited molecular iodine are used to create a movie of intramolecular motion with a temporal and spatial resolution of 30 fs and 0.3 ̊A. This high fidelity is due to interference between the non-stationary excitation and the stationary initial charge distribution. The initial state is used as the local oscillator for heterodyne amplification of the excited charge distribution to retrieve real-space movies of atomic motion on ... Show Full Abstract
Time-resolved femtosecond x-ray diffraction patterns from laser-excited molecular iodine are used to create a movie of intramolecular motion with a temporal and spatial resolution of 30 fs and 0.3 ̊A. This high fidelity is due to interference between the non-stationary excitation and the stationary initial charge distribution. The initial state is used as the local oscillator for heterodyne amplification of the excited charge distribution to retrieve real-space movies of atomic motion on ̊Angstrom and femtosecond scales. This x-ray interference has not been employed to image internal motion in molecules before. Coherent vibrational motion and dispersion, dissociation, and rotational dephasing are all clearly visible in the data, thereby demonstrating the stunning sensitivity of heterodyne methods. Show Partial Abstract
  • Interest Categories: Chemistry, General Physics, Other Physics, X-Ray Free Electron Laser