Time-resolved experiments on gas-phase atoms and molecules with XUV and X-ray free-electron lasers

D Rolles - Advances in Physics: X, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last 20 years, XUV and X-ray free-electron lasers have enabled a wide variety of
time-resolved experiments that have dramatically advanced our understanding of ultrafast …

Imaging molecular motion: femtosecond x-ray scattering of an electrocyclic chemical reaction

MP Minitti, JM Budarz, A Kirrander, JS Robinson… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
Structural rearrangements within single molecules occur on ultrafast time scales. Many
aspects of molecular dynamics, such as the energy flow through excited states, have been …

Ultra-fast and ultra-intense x-ray sciences: first results from the Linac Coherent Light Source free-electron laser

C Bostedt, JD Bozek, PH Bucksbaum… - Journal of Physics B …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
X-ray free-electron lasers (FELs) produce femtosecond x-ray pulses with unprecedented
intensities that are uniquely suited for studying many phenomena in atomic, molecular, and …

Tracking the ultraviolet-induced photochemistry of thiophenone during and after ultrafast ring opening

S Pathak, LM Ibele, R Boll, C Callegari… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Photoinduced isomerization reactions lie at the heart of many chemical processes in nature.
The mechanisms of such reactions are determined by a delicate interplay of coupled …

Sequential activation of molecular breathing and bending during spin-crossover photoswitching revealed by femtosecond optical and X-ray absorption spectroscopy

M Cammarata, R Bertoni, M Lorenc, H Cailleau… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
We study the basic mechanisms allowing light to photoswitch at the molecular scale a spin-
crossover material from a low-to a high-spin state. Combined femtosecond x-ray absorption …

Ultrafast isomerization initiated by X-ray core ionization

CE Liekhus-Schmaltz, I Tenney, T Osipov… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Rapid proton migration is a key process in hydrocarbon photochemistry. Charge migration
and subsequent proton motion can mitigate radiation damage when heavier atoms absorb X …

Nonlinear spectroscopy of core and valence excitations using short x-ray pulses: Simulation challenges

Y Zhang, W Hua, K Bennett, S Mukamel - Density-Functional Methods for …, 2016 - Springer
Measuring the nonlinear response of electrons and nuclei to attosecond broadband X-ray
radiation has become possible by newly developed free electron lasers and high harmonic …

[HTML][HTML] Coulomb explosion imaging of CH3I and CH2ClI photodissociation dynamics

F Allum, M Burt, K Amini, R Boll, H Köckert… - The Journal of …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The photodissociation dynamics of CH 3 I and CH 2 ClI at 272 nm were investigated by time-
resolved Coulomb explosion imaging, with an intense non-resonant 815 nm probe pulse …

Roadmap on photonic, electronic and atomic collision physics: I. Light–matter interaction

K Ueda, E Sokell, S Schippers, F Aumayr… - Journal of Physics B …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We publish three Roadmaps on photonic, electronic and atomic collision physics in order to
celebrate the 60th anniversary of the ICPEAC conference. In Roadmap I, we focus on the …

Ultrafast polyene dynamics: the ring opening of 1, 3-cyclohexadiene derivatives

BC Arruda, RJ Sension - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The light activated ring-opening reaction of the 1, 3-cyclohexadiene chromophore finds
application in optical control, optical switching, optical memory, light activated molecular …