An Experimental Protocol for Femtosecond NIR/UV - XUV Pump-Probe Experiments with Free-Electron LasersDaniel Rolles 1, Rebecca Boll 2,3, Benjamin Erk 2, Dimitrios Rompotis 2, Bastian Manschwetus 2
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.