Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Coherent diffractive imaging of single helium nanodroplets with a high harmonic generation source

  • Daniela Rupp,
  • Nils Monserud,
  • Bruno Langbehn,
  • Mario Sauppe,
  • Julian Zimmermann,
  • Yevheniy Ovcharenko,
  • Thomas Möller,
  • Fabio Frassetto,
  • Luca Poletto,
  • Andrea Trabattoni,
  • Francesca Calegari,
  • Mauro Nisoli,
  • Katharina Sander,
  • Christian Peltz,
  • Marc J. Vrakking,
  • Thomas Fennel,
  • Arnaud Rouzée

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00287-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Diffraction imaging studies of free individual nanoparticles have so far been restricted to XUV and X-ray free - electron laser facilities. Here the authors demonstrate the possibility of using table-top XUV laser sources to image prolate shapes of superfluid helium droplets.