FemtoMAX - an X-ray Beamline for Structural Dynamics at the Short-pulse Facility of MAX IV

Overview

Journal J Synchrotron Radiat

Date 2018 Mar 1

PMID 29488939

Citations 11

Authors

Henrik Enquist

Andrius Jurgilaitis

Amelie Jarnac

Asa U J Bengtsson

Matthias Burza

Francesca Curbis

Christian Disch

J Carl Ekstrom

Maher Harb

Lennart Isaksson

Marija Kotur

David Kroon

Filip Lindau

Erik Mansten

Jesper Nygaard

Anna I H Persson

Van Thai Pham

Michael Rissi

Sara Thorin

Chien Ming Tu

Erik Wallen

Xiaocui Wang

Sverker Werin

Jorgen Larsson

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Abstract

The FemtoMAX beamline facilitates studies of the structural dynamics of materials. Such studies are of fundamental importance for key scientific problems related to programming materials using light, enabling new storage media and new manufacturing techniques, obtaining sustainable energy by mimicking photosynthesis, and gleaning insights into chemical and biological functional dynamics. The FemtoMAX beamline utilizes the MAX IV linear accelerator as an electron source. The photon bursts have a pulse length of 100 fs, which is on the timescale of molecular vibrations, and have wavelengths matching interatomic distances (Å). The uniqueness of the beamline has called for special beamline components. This paper presents the beamline design including ultrasensitive X-ray beam-position monitors based on thin Ce:YAG screens, efficient harmonic separators and novel timing tools.

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