Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57657-1, published online 07 March 2025

In the version of the article initially published, the colours in the Fig. 2D “X-ray FEL” key were incorrect and have now been amended so that red represents “Excited State” and black represents “Steady State”. This correction has been made to the HTML and PDF versions of the article.