Publications de Christoph Bostedt

SPRING, an effective and reliable framework for image reconstruction in single-particle Coherent Diffraction Imaging

Coherent Diffraction Imaging (CDI) is an experimental technique to image isolated structures by recording the scattered light. The sample density can be recovered from the scattered field through a Fourier Transform operation. However, the phase of the fie ...

2025

Non-linear enhancement of ultrafast X-ray diffraction through transient resonances

Christoph Bostedt

Diffraction-before-destruction imaging with ultrashort X-ray pulses can visualize non-equilibrium processes, such as chemical reactions, with sub-femtosecond precision in the native environment. Here, a nanospecimen diffracts a single X-ray flash before it ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2025

Ultrathin liquid sheets: water gets in shape for VUV absorption

Christoph Bostedt

We present absorption spectra of thin, free-flowing liquid sheets in the vacuum ultraviolet energy range using a gas-squeezed liquid jet. Compared to liquid flow cells, operation without transmission windows eliminates restrictions on the energy range. The ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2025

Demonstration of full polarization control of soft X-ray pulses with Apple X undulators at SwissFEL using recoil ion momentum spectroscopy

Christoph Bostedt, Iwona Swiderska, Jonas Knurr

The ability to freely control the polarization of X-rays enables measurement techniques relying on circular or linear dichroism, which have become indispensable tools for characterizing the properties of chiral molecules or magnetic structures. Therefore, ...

INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY2024

Experimental demonstration of attosecond pump-probe spectroscopy with an X-ray free-electron laser

Christoph Bostedt, Zhaoheng Guo, Xiang Li, Jun Wang, Siqi Li, Zhen Zhang

Pump-probe experiments with subfemtosecond resolution are the key to understanding electronic dynamics in quantum systems. Here we demonstrate the generation and control of subfemtosecond pulse pairs from a two-colour X-ray free-electron laser. By measurin ...

Nature Publishing Group2024

Attosecond delays in X-ray molecular ionization

Christoph Bostedt

The photoelectric effect is not truly instantaneous but exhibits attosecond delays that can reveal complex molecular dynamics(1-7). Sub-femtosecond-duration light pulses provide the requisite tools to resolve the dynamics of photoionization(8-12). Accordin ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2024

Double diffraction imaging of x-ray induced structural dynamics in single free nanoparticles

Christoph Bostedt

Because of their high photon flux, x-ray free-electron lasers (FEL) allow to resolve the structure of individual nanoparticles via coherent diffractive imaging (CDI) within a single x-ray pulse. Since the inevitable rapid destruction of the sample limits t ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2024

A multi-reservoir extruder for time-resolved serial protein crystallography and compound screening at X-ray free-electron lasers

Christoph Bostedt, Camila Bacellar Cases Da Silveira

Serial crystallography at X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) permits the determination of radiation-damage free static as well as time-resolved protein structures at room temperature. Efficient sample delivery is a key factor for such experiments. Here, we ...

Nature Portfolio2023

Data for "Ultrafast deep-ultraviolet study of photoexcited aqueous Ferrioxalate"

Majed Chergui, Christoph Bostedt, Michele Puppin, Malte Oppermann, Hui-Yuan Chen

Data repository for the following publication: A. Duque-Prata*, H.-Y. Chen*, L. Müller, M. Oppermann, M. Puppin, C. Serpa, C. Bostedt and M. Chergui, “Ultrafast deep-ultraviolet study of photoexcited aqueous Ferrioxalate”, submitted to ChemPhotoCh ...

Zenodo2023

An X-ray free-electron laser with a highly configurable undulator and integrated chicanes for tailored pulse properties

Christoph Bostedt

Since their initial operation, free-electron lasers are regularly upgraded in their performance and parameter control. Here the authors present the first lasing results of the soft X-ray free-electron laser beamline of the Paul Scherrer Institute, demonstr ...

Nature Portfolio2023