Reference publications

This list of publications contains a set of reference publications describing certain parts of our facility with the goal to give credit to this work and clarify authorship/contribution on papers. The list serves as a guide, both internally and externally, about what to cite in reference to a specific operation mode, methods, equipment, or analysis.

Scientific instruments Femtosecond X-Ray Experiments (FXE) Single Particles, Clusters, and Biomolecules & Serial Femtosecond Crystallography (SPB/SFX) High Energy Density (HED) Material Imaging and Dynamics (MID) Spectroscopy & Coherent Scattering (SCS) Small Quantum Systems (SQS) Instrumentation/methods applied at FELs, beam transports, and instruments FEL Physics Sample Environment & Characterization (SEC) Undulator Systems (UNSYS) X-Ray Optics (XRO) X-Ray Photon Diagnostics (XPD) Vacuum (VAC) Detectors (DET) Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) Controls (CTRL) Data Analysis (DA)

Scientific instruments

Femtosecond X-Ray Experiments (FXE)

FXE instrument

• Ultrafast X-ray Photochemistry at European XFEL: Capabilities of the Femtosecond X-ray Experiments (FXE) Instrument
• Scientific instrument Femtosecond X-ray Experiments (FXE): instrumentation and baseline experimental capabilities

Single Particles, Clusters, and Biomolecules & Serial Femtosecond Crystallography (SPB/SFX)

SPB/SFX instrument

• The Single Particles, Clusters and Biomolecules and Serial Femtosecond Crystallography instrument of the European XFEL: initial installation

Focusing systems at SPB/SFX

• Design of the mirror optical systems for coherent diffractive imaging at the SPB/SFX instrument of the European XFEL

MH microscopy at SPB/SFX

• Megahertz x-ray microscopy at x-ray free-electron laser and synchrotron sources

High Energy Density (HED)

HED instrument

• The High Energy Density Scientific Instrument at the European XFEL

Extreme conditions science at synchrotrons and free-electron lasers

• New frontiers in extreme conditions science at synchrotrons and free electron lasers

Experimental platform for XRD from diamond anvil cells

• Novel experimental setup for megahertz X-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell at the High Energy Density (HED) instrument of the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (EuXFEL)

Design and performance of our HAPG von-Hamos spectrometers

• Design and performance characterisation of the HAPG von Hámos Spectrometer at the High Energy Density Instrument of the European XFEL

Design and performance of the meV inelastic X-ray scattering setup

• High-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering at the high energy density scientific instrument at the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser

ReLaX: The HiBEF high-intensity short-pulse laser driver

• ReLaX: the Helmholtz International Beamline for Extreme Fields high-intensity short-pulse laser driver for relativistic laser–matter interaction and strong-field science using the high energy density instrument at the European X-ray free electron laser facility

Material Imaging and Dynamics (MID)

MID instrument

• Materials Imaging and Dynamics (MID) instrument at the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility

Experimental techniques

• Single-pulse phase-contrast imaging at free-electron lasers in the hard X-ray regime
• Development of a hard X-ray split-and-delay line and performance simulations for two-color pump-probe experiments at the European XFEL
• Analysis Strategies for MHz XPCS at the European XFEL

X-ray optics components

• Performance of a cryo-cooled crystal monochromator illuminated by hard X-rays with MHz repetition rate at the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser
• Diffraction properties of a strongly bent diamond crystal used as a dispersive spectrometer for XFEL pulses

Spectroscopy & Coherent Scattering (SCS)

X-ray pulse characterization at SCS

• High spatial coherence and short pulse duration revealed by the Hanbury Brown and Twiss interferometry at the European XFEL.

MHz repetition rate X-ray holography [technique article]

• Megahertz-rate Ultrafast X-ray Scattering and Holographic Imaging at the European XFEL.

Transient X-ray absorption spectroscopy at SCS

• Photon-shot-noise-limited transient absorption soft X-ray spectroscopy at the European XFEL

Soft X-ray monochromator

• Monochromatic operation of the SASE3 soft X-ray beamline at European XFEL.

SCS beam transport and KB optics

• Metrology of micron focusing KB results of the KB mirrors at the SCS instrument of the European XFEL. (external link)

• Real-time spatial characterization of micrometer-sized X-ray free-electron laser beams focused by bendable mirrors.

Small Quantum Systems (SQS)

Experiments with AQS endstation

• Mapping Resonance Structures in Transient Core-Ionized Atoms

Experiments with REMI endstation

• X-ray induced Coulomb explosion images complex single molecules

Optical laser at SQS

• High-temporal-resolution X-ray spectroscopy with free-electron and optical lasers
• Beam transport and focusing layout based on adaptive optics for the SQS scientific instrument at the European XFEL

Instrumentation/methods applied at FELs, beam transports, and instruments

FEL Physics

Hard X-ray self-seeding system

• A novel self-seeding scheme for hard X-ray FELs
• Preparing for high-repetition rate hard x-ray self-seeding at the European X-ray Free Electron Laser: Challenges and opportunities

Two-colour pump-probe at SASE3 2CPP

• Opportunities for Two-Color Experiments in the Soft X-ray Regime at the European XFEL

Frequency mixing

• Frequency-Mixing Lasing Mode at European XFEL

Harmonic lasing

• Observation of harmonic lasing in the Angstrom regime at European X-ray Free Electron Laser

Sample Environment & Characterization (SEC)

XBI biology user labs

• The XBI BioLab for life science experiments at the European XFEL

Liquid-jet setup

• A versatile liquid-jet setup for the European XFEL

3D printed microfluidic devices

• 3D printed devices and infrastructure for liquid sample delivery at the European XFEL

Electrospray sample injection

• Electrospray sample injection for single-particle imaging with x-ray lasers

Undulator Systems (UNSYS)

• First operation of the SASE1 undulator system of the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser

X-Ray Optics (XRO)

Hard X-ray monochromator

• Design of a cryo-cooled artificial channel- cut crystal monochromator for the European XFEL

Self-seeding monochromator

• Design of hard x-ray self-seeding monochromator for European XFEL

Mirrors and gratings

• Metrology characterization of ultraprecise bendable mirrors for the European XFEL: from offsite calibration to installation and commissioning
• Large aperture Fizeau interferometer commissioning and preliminary measurements of a long X-ray mirror at European X-ray Free Electron Laser
• Absolute, high-accuracy characterization of a variable line spacing grating for the European XFEL soft X-ray monochromator
• Characterization of an X-ray mirror mechanical bender for the European XFEL
• Design of soft x-ray gratings for free electron lasers: from specification to characterization

Beamlines or general

• The SASE1 X-ray beam transport system
• SASE3: soft x-ray beamline at European XFEL

Lasers (LAS)

• Versatile optical laser system for experiments at the European X-ray free-electron laser facility
• Pump–probe laser system at the FXE and SPB/SFX instruments of the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility

Vacuum (VAC)

• The photon beamline vacuum system of the European XFEL

X-Ray Photon Diagnostics (XPD)

General / overview

• X-ray photon diagnostics at the European XFEL

Hard X-ray wavefront sensor

• Hard X-Ray Hartmann Wavefront Sensor for Beamline Optimization

HIREX

• Hard x-ray single-shot spectrometer at the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser

hxPES

• Hard x-ray single-shot spectrometer at the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser

Imagers

• Operation of photon diagnostic imagers for beam commissioning at the European XFEL

sxPES

• Commissioning of a photoelectron spectrometer for soft X-ray photon diagnostics at the European XFEL

Temporal characterization

• Femtosecond timing synchronization at megahertz repetition rates for an x-ray free-electron laser

XGM

• Operation of X-ray gas monitors at the European XFEL

Detectors (DET)

AGIPD

• The adaptive gain integrating pixel detector at the European XFEL

DSSC

• The MiniSDD-Based 1-Mpixel Camera of the DSSC Project for the European XFEL

DSSC-DEPFET

• A 64k pixel CMOS-DEPFET module for the soft X-rays DSSC imager operating at MHz-frame rates

LPD

• Characterisation of the high dynamic range large pixel detector (LPD) and its use at X-ray free electron laser sources (external link)

pnCCD detector

• The 1-Megapixel pnCCD Detector for the Small Quantum Systems Instrument at the European XFEL: System and Operation Aspects

Gotthard-II

• Design and first tests of the Gotthard-II readout ASIC for the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser.

Jungfrau

• The JUNGFRAU detector for applications at synchrotron light sources and XFELs (external link)

ePix

• X-ray Imaging with ePix100a: A High-Speed, High-Resolution, Low-Noise Camera (external link)

Diamond detectors

• Pulse-resolved intensity measurements at a hard X-ray FEL using semi-transparent diamond detectors

Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE)

General overview

• Overview of Acquisition and Control Electronics and Concepts for Experiments and Beam Transport at the European XFEL

Fast electronics technologies and solutions (FPGAs, Digitizer, Timing & Synchronization, MicroTCA)

• The New Timing System for the European XFEL

Programmable logic controller (PLC) - based control electronics

• Control Using Beckhoff Distributed Rail Systems at the European XFEL

Controls (CTRL)

• The Karabo distributed control system

Data Analysis (DA)

Data Analysis Support

• Data Analysis Support in Karabo at European XFEL

Jupyter

• Data exploration and analysis with Jupyter notebooks