Laser-driven X-rays can provide ultrashort pulses of broadband light, well suited for femtosecond timescale absorption spectroscopy. Here the authors measure the extended X-ray absorption features of a copper sample using a laser wakefield accelerator, in a single shot; important for studying samples driven to extreme and non-equilibrium states.
- Brendan Kettle
- Cary Colgan
- Stuart P. D. Mangles
