Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering in warm-dense Fe compounds beyond the SASE FEL resolution limit

Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) is a widely used spectroscopic technique, providing access to the electronic structure and dynamics of atoms, molecules, and solids. However, RIXS requires a narrow bandwidth x-ray probe to achieve high spectral resolution. The challenges in delivering an e...

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मुख्य लेखकों: Forte, A, Gawne, T, Alaa El-Din, KK, Humphries, OS, Preston, TR, Crépisson, C, Campbell, T, Svensson, P, Azadi, S, Heighway, P, Shi, Y, Chin, DA, Smith, E, Baehtz, C, Bouffetier, V, Höppner, H, Amouretti, A, McGonegle, D, Harmand, M, Collins, GW, Wark, JS, Polsin, DN, Vinko, SM
स्वरूप: Journal article
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: Nature Research 2024
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सारांश:Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) is a widely used spectroscopic technique, providing access to the electronic structure and dynamics of atoms, molecules, and solids. However, RIXS requires a narrow bandwidth x-ray probe to achieve high spectral resolution. The challenges in delivering an energetic monochromated beam from an x-ray free electron laser (XFEL) thus limit its use in few-shot experiments, including for the study of high energy density systems. Here we demonstrate that by correlating the measurements of the self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) spectrum of an XFEL with the RIXS signal, using a dynamic kernel deconvolution with a neural surrogate, we can achieve electronic structure resolutions substantially higher than those normally afforded by the bandwidth of the incoming x-ray beam. We further show how this technique allows us to discriminate between the valence structures of Fe and Fe2O3, and provides access to temperature measurements as well as M-shell binding energies estimates in warm-dense Fe compounds.