SwissFEL ESA Experimental Techniques Symposium

Tuesday 28 May 2013, 09:00 → 17:00 Europe/Zurich

WSLA/008 (PSI)

With their unique combination of high per-pulse X-ray flux and femtosecond pulse durations, hard x-ray free electron lasers are an almost ideal source for time-resolved structural experiments. Experimental Station A (ESA) of the SwissFEL will focus on probing the ultrafast dynamics of molecular and biological systems in the condensed phase using a combination of X-ray spectroscopy and scattering. In light of this goal we have invited four experts to give us an overview of various time-resolved X-ray techniques, what physical information they can provide, and their experiences in using these techniques at various FEL facilities around the world. The techniques covered include X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray emission spectroscopy, and X-ray scattering on liquids and molecular crystals. We hope that by the end of the workshop everyone in the audience will have a firm grasp of the physical principles behind the techniques and have an idea as to how they could be appropriately applied to their own research at SwissFEL in the future.

09:00 → 09:15 Welcome and Introduction

Speaker: Dr Chris Milne (Paul Scherrer Institut)

09:15 → 10:45 FXE Instrument - a suite of complementary x-ray techniques for ultrafast structural dynamics in condensed matter systems

Speaker: Dr Wojciech Gawelda (European XFEL)

10:45 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Molecular colour movies: the use of hard X-ray spectroscopy in ultrafast experiments

Speaker: Dr György Vankó (Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 15:00 Robust extraction of structure and dynamics from Time-Resolved X-ray data

Speaker: Dr Kristoffer Haldrup (Centre for Molecular Movies, Technical University of Denmark, Physics Department, NEXMAP Section. Centre for Molecular Movies,)

15:00 → 15:15 Coffee break

15:15 → 16:45 Photoswitchable molecular materials : gold rush revived and tool cart reinvented

Speaker: Dr Maciej Lorenc (CNRS, University Rennes 1)

16:45 → 17:00 Closing

Speaker: Dr Chris Milne (Paul Scherrer Institut)