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Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 035502 (2009) [5 pages]

Coherent-Pulse 2D Crystallography Using a Free-Electron Laser X-Ray Source

A. P. Mancuso,1 A. Schropp,1 B. Reime,1 L.-M. Stadler,1 A. Singer,1 J. Gulden,1 S. Streit-Nierobisch,1 C. Gutt,1 G. Grübel,1 J. Feldhaus,1 F. Staier,2 R. Barth,2 A. Rosenhahn,2 M. Grunze,2 T. Nisius,3 T. Wilhein,3 D. Stickler,4 H. Stillrich,4 R. Frömter,4 H.-P. Oepen,4 M. Martins,5 B. Pfau,6 C. M. Günther,6 R. Könnecke,6 S. Eisebitt,6 B. Faatz,1 N. Guerassimova,1 K. Honkavaara,1 V. Kocharyan,1 R. Treusch,1 E. Saldin,1 S. Schreiber,1 E. A. Schneidmiller,1 M. V. Yurkov,1 E. Weckert,1 and I. A. Vartanyants1
1Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
2Angewandte Physikalische Chemie, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
3Institute for X-ray-Optics, RheinAhr-Campus Remagen, FH Koblenz, Südallee 2, D-53424 Remagen, Germany
4Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstraße 11, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany
5Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
6Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung m.b.H. (BESSY), Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany

Received 24 September 2008; published 22 January 2009

Coherent diffractive imaging for the reconstruction of a two-dimensional (2D) finite crystal structure with a single pulse train of free-electron laser radiation at 7.97 nm wavelength is demonstrated. This measurement shows an advance on traditional coherent imaging techniques by applying it to a periodic structure. It is also significant that this approach paves the way for the imaging of the class of specimens which readily form 2D, but not three-dimensional crystals. We show that the structure is reconstructed to the detected resolution, given an adequate signal-to-noise ratio.

©2009 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.035502
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.035502
PACS: 61.05.C-; 41.60.Cr; 42.30.Rx; 87.15.B-
  • 61.05.C-
    X-ray diffraction and scattering (condensed matter structure determination)
  • 41.60.Cr
    Free-electron lasers
  • 42.30.Rx
    Phase retrieval
  • 87.15.B-
    Structure of biomolecules
  • YEAR: 2009

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