Exploring x-ray irradiation conditions for triggering ultrafast diamond graphitization

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Auteurs principaux: Lipp, Vladimir, Tkachenko, Victor, Inoue, Ichiro, Heimann, Philip, Ryzhkova, Anastasiia, Bashandi, Abdelkhalek, Ziaja, Beata
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author Lipp, Vladimir
Tkachenko, Victor
Inoue, Ichiro
Heimann, Philip
Ryzhkova, Anastasiia
Bashandi, Abdelkhalek
Ziaja, Beata
author_facet Lipp, Vladimir
Tkachenko, Victor
Inoue, Ichiro
Heimann, Philip
Ryzhkova, Anastasiia
Bashandi, Abdelkhalek
Ziaja, Beata
contents Intense femtosecond x-ray pulses produced by an x-ray free-electron laser can trigger irreversible structural transitions in crystalline solids. For instance, irradiation of diamond can lead to graphitization and, at higher deposited doses, to amorphization. Our Monte Carlo simulations of irradiated diamond under realistic experimental conditions demonstrate that triggering graphitization or other phase transitions with hard x-ray photons can be challenging due to the ballistic escape of photoelectrons out of the beam focus. Decisive parameter here is the photoelectron range in proportion to the focal beam size. For future experiments on x-ray-induced transitions, such dedicated simulations of ballistic transport preceding the beamtime will be necessary. They can predict experimental conditions under which the desired distribution of the absorbed x-ray dose in the irradiated solid can be achieved.
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spellingShingle Exploring x-ray irradiation conditions for triggering ultrafast diamond graphitization
Lipp, Vladimir
Tkachenko, Victor
Inoue, Ichiro
Heimann, Philip
Ryzhkova, Anastasiia
Bashandi, Abdelkhalek
Ziaja, Beata
Materials Science
Intense femtosecond x-ray pulses produced by an x-ray free-electron laser can trigger irreversible structural transitions in crystalline solids. For instance, irradiation of diamond can lead to graphitization and, at higher deposited doses, to amorphization. Our Monte Carlo simulations of irradiated diamond under realistic experimental conditions demonstrate that triggering graphitization or other phase transitions with hard x-ray photons can be challenging due to the ballistic escape of photoelectrons out of the beam focus. Decisive parameter here is the photoelectron range in proportion to the focal beam size. For future experiments on x-ray-induced transitions, such dedicated simulations of ballistic transport preceding the beamtime will be necessary. They can predict experimental conditions under which the desired distribution of the absorbed x-ray dose in the irradiated solid can be achieved.
title Exploring x-ray irradiation conditions for triggering ultrafast diamond graphitization
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.02346