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most citedImaging valence electron rearrangement in a chemical reaction using hard X-ray scattering

10 citations · 14 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

physics.acc-ph2026

Mutually phase-stable tunable attosecond soft X-ray attosecond pulses from a free-electron laser

River Robles, Kurtis Borne, Mathew Britton +16

We demonstrate the production of mutually phase-stable attosecond X-ray pulse pairs with tunable relative time delays and phases in a cascaded X-ray free-electron laser. We showcas…

physics.chem-ph2026

Elucidating Norrish Type-I reactive pathways by ultrafast X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Martin Graßl, Pablo Unzueta, Andreas E. Hillers-Bendtsen +20

Norrish type I reactions selectively cleave carbon-carbon bonds directly adjacent to carbonyl groups. Despite their broad use in combination with aromatic carbonyls for additive ma…

physics.acc-ph2026

Advanced Control of Electron Beams: Tailoring X-ray Production with Programmable Laser Shaping

Jack Hirschman, Randy Lemons, Hao Zhang +23

Leveraging the full scientific capabilities of next-generation high-repetition-rate free-electron lasers requires programmable control over electron-beam properties at their source…

physics.optics2025

Nonlinear reversal of photo-excitation on the attosecond time scale improves ultrafast x-ray diffraction images

Anatoli Ulmer, Phay J. Ho, Bruno Langbehn +28

The advent of isolated and intense sub-femtosecond X-ray pulses enables tracking of quantummechanical motion of electrons in molecules and solids. The combination of X-ray spectros…

physics.chem-ph2025★ 10 cited

Imaging valence electron rearrangement in a chemical reaction using hard X-ray scattering

Ian Gabalski, Alice Green, Philipp Lenzen +24

We have observed the signatures of valence electron rearrangement in photoexcited ammonia using ultrafast hard X-ray scattering. Time-resolved X-ray scattering is a powerful tool f…

physics.data-an2024

Covariance Analysis of Impulsive Streaking

Jun Wang, Zhaoheng Guo, Erik Isele +4

We present a comprehensive framework of modeling covariance in angular streaking experiments. Within the impulsive streaking regime, the displacement of electron momentum distribut…

physics.chem-ph2024★ 3 cited

Attosecond Coherent Electron Motion in a Photoionized Aromatic Molecule

Taran Driver, Zhaoheng Guo, Erik Isele +50

In molecular systems, the ultrafast motion of electrons initiates the process of chemical change. Tracking this electronic motion across molecules requires coupling attosecond time…

physics.acc-ph2024

"Beam `a la carte": laser heater shaping for attosecond pulses in a multiplexed x-ray free-electron laser

Siqi Li, Zhen Zhang, Shawn Alverson +19

Electron beam shaping allows the control of the temporal properties of x-ray free-electron laser pulses from femtosecond to attosecond timescales. Here we demonstrate the use of a…

physics.acc-ph2024

Spectrotemporal shaping of attosecond x-ray pulses with a fresh-slice free-electron laser

River R. Robles, Kirk A. Larsen, David Cesar +14

We propose a scheme allowing coherent shaping, i.e., controlling both the amplitude and phase, of attosecond x-ray pulses at free-electron lasers. We show that by seeding an FEL wi…

physics.atom-ph2024

Attosecond Delays in X-ray Molecular Ionization

Taran Driver, Miles Mountney, Jun Wang +34

The photoelectric effect is not truly instantaneous, but exhibits attosecond delays that can reveal complex molecular dynamics. Sub-femtosecond duration light pulses provide the re…

physics.acc-ph2024★ 1 cited

Experimental Demonstration of Attosecond Pump-Probe Spectroscopy with an X-ray Free-Electron Laser

Zhaoheng Guo, Taran Driver, Sandra Beauvarlet +47

Pump-probe experiments with sub-femtosecond resolution are the key to understanding electronic dynamics in quantum systems. Here we demonstrate the generation and control of sub-fe…