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ArticleIUCrJ2026

Probing laser-driven surface and subsurface dynamics via grazing-incidence XFEL scattering and diffraction.

Lisa Randolph, Özgül Öztürk, Dmitriy Ksenzov, Lingen Huang, Thomas Kluge, S V Rahul, Victorien Bouffetier, Tobias Held, Sebastian T Weber, Carsten Baehtz and 27 more

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Lisa RandolphEuropean X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9587-404X
Özgül ÖztürkDepartment Physik, Universität Siegen, 57072 Siegen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6283-4161
Dmitriy KsenzovDepartment Physik, Universität Siegen, 57072 Siegen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0657-1678
Lingen HuangHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1184-2097
Thomas KlugeHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4861-5584
S V RahulEuropean X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8215-2264
Victorien BouffetierEuropean X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6079-1260
Tobias HeldDepartment of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-8925-1810
Sebastian T WeberDepartment of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9090-2248
Carsten BaehtzHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany.
Mohammadreza BanjafarTechnical University Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3598-6880
Erik BrambrinkEuropean X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID 0009-0004-2404-9412
Fabien BrieucCEA, DAM, Bruyères-le-Châtel, 91297 Arpajon, France.
Byoung Ick ChoDepartment of Physics and Photon Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1761-1150
Sebastian GödeEuropean X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID 0009-0006-5266-9154
Hauke HöppnerHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0009-0000-1929-5097
Gerhard JakobInstitute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9466-0840
Mathias KläuiInstitute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4848-2569
Zuzana KonôpkováEuropean X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.
Changhoo LeeDepartment of Physics and Photon Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0009-4862-7906
Gyusang LeeDepartment of Physics and Photon Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea.
Mikako MakitaEuropean X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1513-9198
Mikhail MishchenkoEuropean X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2362-9392
Mianzhen MoSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2962-0815
Pascal D NdioneDepartment of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5129-0464
Franziska Paschke-BruehlHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0009-0001-0047-1051
Michael PaulusFakultät Physik/DELTA, TU Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3409-6798
Alexander PelkaHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0009-0001-3308-5376
Thomas R PrestonEuropean X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1228-2263
Christian RödelHochschule Schmalkalden, 98574 Schmalkalden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0629-0419
Michal ŠmídHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7162-7500
Ling WangSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7317-5766
Lennart WollenweberEuropean X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6934-1108
Baerbel RethfeldDepartment of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.ORCID 0009-0008-9921-4127
Jan Patrick SchwinkendorfEuropean X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-8703-7641
Christian GuttDepartment Physik, Universität Siegen, 57072 Siegen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0051-8542
Motoaki NakatsutsumiEuropean X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0868-4745

Funding

Allianz für Hochleistungsrechnen Rheinland-Pfalz STREMONBundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie 05K24PSABundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie ForLab MagSensDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 268565370Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 422213477Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft GU 535/6-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft GU 535/9-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft KS 62/3-1German National Research Data Infrastructure (DAPHNE4NFDI) 4602487National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2022-00207260National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2023-00218180National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2025-00516264National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2025-02318077
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We demonstrate a grazing-incidence X-ray platform that simultaneously records time-resolved grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) and grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction (GID) from a femtosecond-laser-irradiated gold film above the melting threshold, with picosecond resolution using an X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL). By tuning the X-ray incidence angle, the probe depth is set to tens of nanometres, enabling depth-selective sensitivity to near-surface dynamics. GISAXS resolves ultrafast changes in surface nanomorphology (correlation length, roughness), while GID quantifies subsurface lattice compression, grain orientation, melting and recrystallization. The approach overcomes photon-flux limitations of synchrotron grazing-incidence geometries and provides stringent, time-resolved benchmarks for complex theoretical models of ultrafast laser-matter interaction and warm dense matter. Looking ahead, the same depth-selective methodology is well suited to inertial confinement fusion (ICF): it can visualize buried-interface perturbations and interfacial thermal resistance on micron to sub-micron scales that affect instability seeding and burn propagation.

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femtosecond lasersGIDGISAXSgrazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scatteringgrazing-incidence X-ray diffractionpump–probe experimentstime-resolved studiesXFELsX-ray free-electron lasers

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