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MeV-UED (Megaelectronvolt Ultrafast Electron Diffraction)

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News: Proposal Call for Run 6 Open

The LCLS MeV-UED instrument has opened a proposal call for its 6th user run, this call is for experiments on samples in both the gas- and liquid-phase. Please find details of the call and how to submit experimental proposals here and more information about the experimental capabilities on offer within run 6 here.

The deadline for the submission of experimental proposals is 16th May 2025 (4pm PDT). 

The LCLS MeV-UED Instrument

The MeV-UED instrument, part of the LCLS User Facility, is a powerful "electron camera" for the study of time-resolved, ultrafast atomic & molecular dynamics in chemical and solid-state systems. MeV-UED operations have been established based on the successful MeV electron diffraction research program at SLAC. This instrument has demonstrated the following properties: high spatial resolution (< 0.5 Å), large momentum-transfer range (0.5 to 12 Å-1), high elastic scattering cross sections, high temporal resolution (< 150 fs FWHM), with the additional benefits of relatively large penetration depths (> 100 nm) and negligible sample damage. See current specifications. See Intro to MeV-UED video.

Since 2014, the SLAC UED instrument has been developing robust methods in the pursuit of time-resolved measurements to control and understand molecular structural dynamics and the coupling of electronic and nuclear motions in a variety of material and chemical systems. Driven by a broad array of collaborating teams at SLAC and around the world, the MeV-UED instrument has produced an impressive array of high impact publications. Examples range from imaging the motions of monolayer MoS2, to atomic level movies of light-induced structural distortion in perovskites solar cells, along with molecular movies of chemical bond breaking, ring-opening, and nuclear wavepacket at conical intersections in isolated molecules. MeV-UED has also successfully explored various diffuse scattering and warm dense matter physics applications.

Proposals Calls

The MeV-UED instrument, part of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) user facility at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory encourages scientists from diverse fields to propose experiments utilizing the MeV-UED's unique capabilities. Access to MeV-UED is open to the international community. There is no cost to submit proposals or conduct experiments at MeV-UED. However, users are responsible for their own travel expenses and (in rare cases) for any extraordinary consumables required by the experiment. Please refer to the MeV-UED proposals page for information on the currently offered instruments, and the proposal review process prior to writing your proposal.

MeV-UED Data Analysis

MeV-UED staff scientist Yusong Liu led a data analysis tutorial workshop on October 23rd 2023 aimed at gas-phase photochemistry. Link to the workshop recording and materials. Data analysis instructions for solid-state materials science are also available.

External Resource: A complete beamtime online analysis package is available on GitHub at https://github.com/lheald2/gued, maintained by MeV-UED user Lauren Heald. To access the most up-to-date version, clone the repository to your S3DF account and refer to the accompanying analysis guide for usage instructions. Link to the analysis instruction materials.


LCLS MeV-UED Acknowledgement: Proposal teams must inform and acknowledge MeV-UED and the DOE Office of Science in presentations and publications using this template:  
"MeV-UED is operated as part of the Linac Coherent Light Source at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515"

MeV-UED Contacts

Alex Reid

MeV-UED Facility Director & Instrument Lead
(650) 926-7467
alexhmr@slac.stanford.edu

Joel England

MeV-UED Accelerator Lead
(650) 926-3706
england@slac.stanford.edu

Stephen Weathersby

Area Manager
(650) 926-3890
spw@slac.stanford.edu

Ming-Fu Lin

Lead Scientist
(650) 926-2586
mfucb@slac.stanford.edu

Matthias Hoffmann

Lead Laser Scientist
(650) 926-4446
hoffmann@slac.stanford.edu

Xinxin Cheng

Staff Scientist
xcheng@slac.stanford.edu

Patrick Kramer

Laser Scientist
(650) 926-5148
pkramer@slac.stanford.edu

Randy Lemons

Laser Scientist
(650) 926-3477
rlemons@slac.stanford.edu

Cameron Duncan

Associate Scientist
cjduncan@slac.stanford.edu

Fuhao Ji

Associate Scientist
(650) 926-4678
fuhaoji@slac.stanford.edu

Yusong Liu

Associate Scientist
yusongl@slac.stanford.edu

Aaron Garza

Staff Engineer
(650) 926-4282
aarongs@slac.stanford.edu

Ian Roque

Staff Engineer
(650) 926-3407
iroque@slac.stanford.edu

Tianzhe Xu

Research Associate
txu@slac.stanford.edu

Sharon S. Philip

Research Associate
sharonsp@slac.stanford.edu

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