Pump–probe capabilities at the SPB/SFX instrument of the European XFEL
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- 21 July 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) in Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
- Vol. 29 (5), 1273-1283
- https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600577522006701
Abstract
Pump-probe experiments at X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) facilities are a powerful tool for studying dynamics at ultrafast and longer timescales. Observing the dynamics in diverse scientific cases requires optical laser systems with a wide range of wavelength, flexible pulse sequences and different pulse durations, especially in the pump source. Here, the pump-probe instrumentation available for measurements at the Single Particles, Clusters, and Biomolecules and Serial Femtosecond Crystallography (SPB/SFX) instrument of the European XFEL is reported. The temporal and spatial stability of this instrumentation is also presented.Keywords
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