We have used ultrafast hard x-rays pulses (1.5 ps FWHM) from a laser driven plasma to probe a chemical reaction. We observe photoinduced dissociation of SF6 molecules, detected by 5 A ultrafast near-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy. The "chemical cross-correlation" measures the x-ray duration with ∼400 fs resolution.
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Jiang, Z., Ikhlef, A., Kieffer, J. C., Ráksi, F., & Wilson, K. R. (1996). Chemical reaction observed by ultrafast X-ray absorption. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, 62, 274–276. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80314-7_120
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