Single shot x-ray diffraction (XRD) experiments have been performed with a x-ray free electron laser (XFEL) under pulsed high magnetic fields up to 16 T generated with a nondestructive minicoil. The antiferromagnetic insulator phase in a perovskite manganaite, Pr0.6Ca0.4MnO3, is collapsed at a magnetic field of ≈8 T with an emergence of the ferromagnetic metallic phase, which is observed via the accompanying lattice changes in a series of the single shot XRD. The feasibility of the single shot XRD experiment under ultrahigh magnetic fields beyond 100 T is discussed, which is generated with a portable destructive pulse magnet.
@article{arxiv.2004.12409,
title = {Single shot x-ray diffractometry in SACLA with pulsed magnetic fields up to 16 T},
author = {Akihiko Ikeda and Yasuhiro H. Matsuda and Xuguang Zhou and Takeshi Yajima and Yuya Kubota and Kensuke Tono and Makina Yabashi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.12409},
year = {2020}
}