A setup for hard x-ray time-resolved resonant inelastic x-ray scattering at SwissFEL
We present a new setup for resonant inelastic hard x-ray scattering at the Bernina beamline of SwissFEL with energy, momentum, and temporal resolution. The compact R = 0.5 m Johann-type spectrometer can be equipped with up to three crystal analyzers and allows efficient collection of RIXS spectra. Optical pumping for time-resolved studies can be realized with a broad span of optical wavelengths. We demonstrate the performance of the setup at an overall similar to 180 meV resolution in a study of ground-state and photoexcited (at 400 nm) honeycomb 5d iridate alpha-Li2IrO3. Steady-state RIXS spectra at the iridium L-3-edge (11.214 keV) have been collected and are in very good agreement with data collected at synchrotrons. The time-resolved RIXS transients exhibit changes in the energy loss region <2 eV, whose features mostly result from the hopping nature of 5d electrons in the honeycomb lattice. These changes are ascribed to modulations of the Ir-to-Ir inter-site transition scattering efficiency, which we associate to a transient screening of the on-site Coulomb interaction. (c) 2024 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Funder | Grant Number |
ERC Advanced Grant DYNAMOX | 695197 |
Taiwan-EPFL Ph.D. Scholarship | |
ERC Advanced Grant CHIRAX | 101095012 |
ERC Starting Grant ULTRAIMAGE | 851154 |
ERC PoC HYPER | 101123123 |
Fondazione Cariplo 2020-2544 (NANOFAST) | |
MUR PiXiE | 2022PR7CCY |
PRIN2022 DynaMAT | |