Proposal of X-ray absorption spectroscopy and magnetic circular dichroism using broadband free-electron lasers

X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) have been widely used for applications such as X-ray crystallography and magnetic spin probes because of their unprecedented performance. Recently, time-resolved X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) with ultrafast XFEL pulses have made it possible to achieve an instantaneous view of atomic de-excitation. However, owing to the narrow bandwidth and coherence of XFELs, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and XMCD are time- and effort-consuming for both machine scientists and users of XFELs. In this work, an efficient scheme using a broadband XFEL pulse and single-shot X-ray spectrometer is proposed, in which the XAS and XMCD measurements can be accomplished with the same machine conditions. An evolutionary multi-objective optimization algorithm is used to maximize the XFEL bandwidth offered by the Shanghai Soft X-ray FEL user facility without additional hardware. A numerical example using MnO is demonstrated, showing that, by using approximately 1000 consecutive XFEL shots with a central photon energy of 650 eV and full bandwidth of 4.4%, precise spectral measurements for XAS and XMCD can be achieved. Additional considerations related to single-shot XAS and XMCD are discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Journal of synchrotron radiation - 26(2019), Pt 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 1-10

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Deng, Bangjie [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Jiawei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qingmin [VerfasserIn]
Sang, Yaodong [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Haixiao [VerfasserIn]

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Free-electron laser
Journal Article
X-ray magnetic circular dichroism

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Date Completed 30.01.2019

Date Revised 30.01.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1107/S1600577518015175

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM292832788