Pump-probe X-ray crystallography with 100 picosecond X-ray pulse and femtosecond laser

Abstract

Recent progress in time-resolved X-ray diffraction at synchrotron radiation facilities enables "watching" elementary collective motions of materials as they take place. Photoinduced phenomena in crystals in both material and biological sciences are possible candidates for performing such time-resolved crystallographic studies. Here, we review the feasibility and the instrumentations of the pump-probe time-resolved crystallography at 100 ps time resolution.