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.

1 Welcome and Introduction

Speaker: Dr Chris Milne (Paul Scherrer Institut)

2 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 Coffee break

3 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 Lunch break

4 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 Coffee break

5 Photoswitchable molecular materials : gold rush revived and tool cart reinvented

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

6 Closing

Speaker: Dr Chris Milne (Paul Scherrer Institut)