5-Femtosecond Laser-Electron Synchronization for Pump-Probe Crystallography and Diffraction

Matthew Walbran, Alexander Gliserin, Kwangyun Jung, Jungwon Kim, and Peter Baum Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Am Coulombwall 1, 85748 Garching, Germany Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-701, Korea (Received 13 April 2015; revised manuscript received 21 May 2015; published 20 October 2015)

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