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Chemistry

An Experimental Protocol for Femtosecond NIR/UV - XUV Pump-Probe Experiments with Free-Electron Lasers

Daniel Rolles¹, Rebecca Boll^2,3, Benjamin Erk², Dimitrios Rompotis², Bastian Manschwetus²

¹J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, ²Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, ³European XFEL GmbH

This protocol describes the key steps for performing and analyzing pump-probe experiments combining a femtosecond optical laser with a free-electron laser in order to study ultrafast photochemical reactions in gas-phase molecules.