Stimulated X-ray Raman scattering – a critical assessment of the building block of nonlinear X-ray spectroscopy. (22nd September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kimberg, Victor; Sanchez-Gonzalez, Alvaro; Mercadier, Laurent; Weninger, Clemens; Lutman, Alberto; Ratner, Daniel; Coffee, Ryan; Bucher, Maximilian; Mucke, Melanie; Agåker, Marcus; Såthe, Conny; Bostedt, Christoph; Nordgren, Joseph; Rubensson, Jan Erik; Rohringer, Nina
• Is Part Of: Faraday discussions. Volume 194(2016)
• Page Start: 305
• Page End: 324
• Publication Date: 2016-09-22
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; Metallurgy -- Periodicals; Electrochemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/c6fd00103c
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-6640

Abstract

Abstract : With the invention of femtosecond X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), studies of light-induced chemical reaction dynamics and structural dynamics reach a new era, allowing for time-resolved X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy. To ultimately probe coherent electron and nuclear dynamics on their natural time and length scales, coherent nonlinear X-ray spectroscopy schemes have been proposed. In this contribution, we want to critically assess the experimental realisation of nonlinear X-ray spectroscopy at current-day XFEL sources, by presenting first experimental attempts to demonstrate stimulated resonant X-ray Raman scattering in molecular gas targets.