Toward atomic resolution diffractive imaging of isolated molecules with X-ray free-electron lasers
- Stern, S.
- Holmegaard, L.
- Filsinger, F.
- Rouzée, A.
- Rudenko, A.
- Johnsson, P.
- Martin, A.
- Barty, A.
- Bostedt, C.
- Bozek, J.
- Coffee, R.
- Epp, S.
- Erk, B.
- Foucar, L.
- Hartmann, R.
- Kimmel, N.
- Kühnel, K.
- Maurer, J.
- Messerschmidt, M.
- Rudek, B.
- Starodub, D.
- Thøgersen, J.
- Weidenspointner, G.
- White, T.
- Stapelfeldt, H.
- Rolles, D.
- Chapman, H.
- Küpper, J.
Publication date
December 2014
DOIAbstract
We give a detailed account of the theoretical analysis and the experimental results of an x-ray-diffraction experiment on quantum-state selected and strongly laser-aligned gas-phase ensembles of the prototypical large asymmetric rotor molecule 2,5-diiodobenzonitrile, performed at the Linac Coherent Light Source [Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 083002 (2014)]. This experiment is the first step toward coherent diffractive imaging of structures and structural dynamics of isolated molecules at atomic resolution, i. e., picometers and femtoseconds, using x-ray free-electron lasers
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