Status of the SACLA Facility

Light-induced structural changes and the site of O=O bond formation in PSII caught by XFEL

(2017) Michihiro Suga et al.   NATURE

THz streak camera method for synchronous arrival time measurement of two-color hard X-ray FEL pulses

(2017) Ishkhan Gorgisyan et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Ultrafast energy- and momentum-resolved dynamics of magnetic correlations in the photo-doped Mott insulator Sr2IrO4

(2016) M. P. M. Dean et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Wavelength-tunable split-and-delay optical system for hard X-ray free-electron lasers

(2016) Taito Osaka et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Initial Atomic Motion Immediately Following Femtosecond-Laser Excitation in Phase-Change Materials

(2016) E. Matsubara et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Observation of femtosecond X-ray interactions with matter using an X-ray–X-ray pump–probe scheme

(2016) Ichiro Inoue et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Damage threshold of coating materials on x-ray mirror for x-ray free electron laser

(2016) Takahisa Koyama et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Development of speckle-free channel-cut crystal optics using plasma chemical vaporization machining for coherent x-ray applications

(2016) Takashi Hirano et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

A three-dimensional movie of structural changes in bacteriorhodopsin

(2016) Eriko Nango et al.   SCIENCE

Sub-nanometre resolution of atomic motion during electronic excitation in phase-change materials

(2016) Kirill V. Mitrofanov et al.   Scientific Reports

Microcrystal delivery by pulsed liquid droplet for serial femtosecond crystallography

(2016) Fumitaka Mafuné et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology

A beam branching method for timing and spectral characterization of hard X-ray free-electron lasers

(2016) Tetsuo Katayama et al.   Structural Dynamics

Pulse-by-pulse multi-beam-line operation for x-ray free-electron lasers

(2016) Toru Hara et al.   Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

Dynamics of Photoelectrons and Structural Changes of Tungsten Trioxide Observed by Femtosecond Transient XAFS

(2015) Yohei Uemura et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Direct observation of bond formation in solution with femtosecond X-ray scattering

(2015) Kyung Hwan Kim et al.   NATURE

Atomic inner-shell laser at 1.5-ångström wavelength pumped by an X-ray free-electron laser

(2015) Hitoki Yoneda et al.   NATURE

Visualizing the non-equilibrium dynamics of photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer with femtosecond X-ray pulses

(2015) Sophie E. Canton et al.   Nature Communications

Diverse application platform for hard X-ray diffraction in SACLA (DAPHNIS): application to serial protein crystallography using an X-ray free-electron laser

(2015) Kensuke Tono et al.   JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

Data acquisition system for X-ray free-electron laser experiments at SACLA

(2015) Yasumasa Joti et al.   JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

Overview of the SACLA facility

(2015) Makina Yabashi et al.   JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

Highly efficient arrival timing diagnostics for femtosecond X-ray and optical laser pulses

(2014) Takahiro Sato et al.   Applied Physics Express

Native structure of photosystem II at 1.95 Å resolution viewed by femtosecond X-ray pulses

(2014) Michihiro Suga et al.   NATURE

Grease matrix as a versatile carrier of proteins for serial crystallography

(2014) Michihiro Sugahara et al.   NATURE METHODS

Determination of damage-free crystal structure of an X-ray–sensitive protein using an XFEL

(2014) Kunio Hirata et al.   NATURE METHODS

X-ray two-photon absorption competing against single and sequential multiphoton processes

(2014) Kenji Tamasaku et al.   Nature Photonics

Femtosecond time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy of liquid using a hard X-ray free electron laser in a dual-beam dispersive detection method

(2014) Yuki Obara et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

X-Ray Second Harmonic Generation

(2014) S. Shwartz et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Development of an X-ray pixel detector with multi-port charge-coupled device for X-ray free-electron laser experiments

(2014) Takashi Kameshima et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Saturable absorption of intense hard X-rays in iron

(2014) Hitoki Yoneda et al.   Nature Communications

Imaging live cell in micro-liquid enclosure by X-ray laser diffraction

(2014) Takashi Kimura et al.   Nature Communications

Generation of 1020 W cm−2 hard X-ray laser pulses with two-stage reflective focusing system

(2014) Hidekazu Mimura et al.   Nature Communications

Multiple application X-ray imaging chamber for single-shot diffraction experiments with femtosecond X-ray laser pulses

(2014) Changyong Song et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Polarization control of an X-ray free-electron laser with a diamond phase retarder

(2014) Motohiro Suzuki et al.   JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

Coherent Diffraction Imaging Analysis of Shape-Controlled Nanoparticles with Focused Hard X-ray Free-Electron Laser Pulses

(2013) Yukio Takahashi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Beamline, experimental stations and photon beam diagnostics for the hard x-ray free electron laser of SACLA

(2013) K Tono et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

A Bragg beam splitter for hard x-ray free-electron lasers

(2013) Taito Osaka et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Deep Inner-Shell Multiphoton Ionization by Intense X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Pulses

(2013) H. Fukuzawa et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Two-colour hard X-ray free-electron laser with wide tunability

(2013) Toru Hara et al.   Nature Communications

Focusing of X-ray free-electron laser pulses with reflective optics

(2012) Hirokatsu Yumoto et al.   Nature Photonics

A compact X-ray free-electron laser emitting in the sub-ångström region

(2012) Tetsuya Ishikawa et al.   Nature Photonics

Determination of the Pulse Duration of an X-Ray Free Electron Laser Using Highly Resolved Single-Shot Spectra

(2012) Yuichi Inubushi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

The European X-ray free-electron laser facility in Hamburg

(2011) M. Altarelli   NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS

First lasing and operation of an ångstrom-wavelength free-electron laser

(2010) P. Emma et al.   Nature Photonics

A compact free-electron laser for generating coherent radiation in the extreme ultraviolet region

(2008) Tsumoru Shintake et al.   Nature Photonics