Imaging via Correlation of X-Ray Fluorescence Photons

Trost F, Ayyer K, Prasciolu M, Fleckenstein H, Barthelmess M, Yefanov O, Dresselhaus JL, Li C, Bait S, Carnis J, Wollweber T, Mall A, Shen Z, Zhuang Y, Richter S, Karl S, Cardoch S, Patra KK, Moeller J, Zozulya A, Shayduk R, Lu W, Brausse F, Friedrich B, Boesenberg U, Petrov I, Tomin S, Guetg M, Madsen A, Timneanu N, Caleman C, Roehlsberger R, von Zanthier J, Chapman HN (2023)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2023

Journal

Physical Review Letters American Physical Society

Book Volume: 130

Article Number: 173201

Journal Issue: 17

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.173201

Abstract

We demonstrate that x-ray fluorescence emission, which cannot maintain a stationary interference pattern, can be used to obtain images of structures by recording photon-photon correlations in the manner of the stellar intensity interferometry of Hanbury Brown and Twiss. This is achieved utilizing femtosecond-duration pulses of a hard x-ray free-electron laser to generate the emission in exposures comparable to the coherence time of the fluorescence. Iterative phasing of the photon correlation map generated a model-free real-space image of the structure of the emitters. Since fluorescence can dominate coherent scattering, this may enable imaging uncrystallised macromolecules.

Authors with CRIS profile

Stefan Richter Quantum Optics & Quantum Information (QOQI) Sebastian Karl Quantum Optics & Quantum Information (QOQI) Joachim von Zanthier Quantum Optics & Quantum Information (QOQI)

Additional Organisation(s)

FAU Profilzentrum Licht.Materie.Quantentechnologien (FAU LMQ) Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 306/1: Quantenkooperativität von Licht und Materie - QuCoLiMa

Related research project(s)

Correlated x-ray photons for incoherent diffraction imaging (A03) TRR 306: Quantenkooperativität von Licht und Materie – QuCoLiMa Jan. 1, 2021 - Dec. 31, 2024

Involved external institutions

Max-Planck-Instituts für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie (MPSD) / Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter DE Germany (DE) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY DE Germany (DE) Universität Hamburg (UHH) DE Germany (DE) European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH DE Germany (DE) Uppsala University SE Sweden (SE)

How to cite

APA:

Trost, F., Ayyer, K., Prasciolu, M., Fleckenstein, H., Barthelmess, M., Yefanov, O.,... Chapman, H.N. (2023). Imaging via Correlation of X-Ray Fluorescence Photons. Physical Review Letters, 130(17). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.173201

MLA:

Trost, Fabian, et al. "Imaging via Correlation of X-Ray Fluorescence Photons." Physical Review Letters 130.17 (2023).

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