title: Ultrafast laser-driven x-ray spectrometer for x-ray absorption spectroscopy of transition metal complexes.
abstract: We report what are to our knowledge the first measurements of an x-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectrum of solvated iron pentacarbonyl by use of an ultrafast laser-driven plasma x-ray source. This source is operating at a 2-kHz repetition rate. Hard x radiation that might falsify the XANES measurements is suppressed by an x-ray optical setup that consists of a fiber-optic lens and a silicon single crystal.
authors.affiliation: Division of Engineering, Box D, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Benesch
authors.forename: Taewoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Christoph G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Rose-Petruck