Nanoscale X-ray imaging with high spectral sensitivity using fluorescence intensity correlations
Abstract: This paper introduces Spectral Incoherent Diffractive Imaging (SIDI) as a novel method for achieving dark-field imaging of nanostructures with heterogeneous oxidation states. With SIDI, shifts in photoemission profiles can be spatially resolved, enabling the independent imaging of the underlying emitter distributions contributing to each spectral line. In the X-ray domain, this approach offers unique insights beyond the conventional combination of diffraction and X-ray Emission Spectroscopy (XES). When applied at X-ray Free-Electron Lasers (XFELs), SIDI promises to be a versatile tool for investigating a broad range of systems, offering unprecedented opportunities for detailed characterization of heterogeneous nanostructures for catalysis and energy storage, including of their ultrafast dynamics.
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