SwissFEL Instrument ESB Femtosecond Pump-Probe Diffraction and Scattering

The ESB instrument at the SwissFEL ARAMIS hard X-ray free electron laser is designed to perform pump-probe experiments in condensed matter and material science employing photon-in and photon-out techniques. It includes a femtosecond optical laser system to generate a variety of pump beams, a X-ray optical scheme to tailor the X-ray probe beam, shot-to-shot diagnostics to monitor the X-ray intensity and arrival time, and two endstations operated at a single focus position that include multi-purpose sample environments and 2D pixel detectors for data collection.