ToF-PAX-RIXS: A Time-of-Flight Spectrometer for combined ARPES and RIXS

Chafic Fawaz; Tom Lacmannn; Yaryna Lytvynenko; Sergii Chernov; Olena Tkach; Siegmar Roth; Jan O. Schunck; Amon Lanz; Jakob Dilling; Lukas Bruckmeier; Markus Scholz; Frank Scholz; Arne Meyer; Dirk Fuchs; Lara Schmieder; Yiran Liu; Matteo Minola; Bernhard Keimer; Dmytro Kutnyakhov; Kai Rossnagel; Olena Fedchenko; Angela Wittmann; Moritz Hoesch; Gerd Schönhense; Matthieu Le Tacon; Hans-Joachim Elmers; Martin Beye

arXiv · 2610.03993

ToF-PAX-RIXS: A Time-of-Flight Spectrometer for combined ARPES and RIXS

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We present ToF-PAX-RIXS, a compact instrument that combines time-of-flight momentum-microscopy angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) with resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS). The latter is based on photoelectron spectrometry for analysis of X-rays (PAX). The two techniques are implemented with a single multimode electron-optical column, allowing measurements to be performed sequentially on the same sample under identical experimental conditions. In ARPES mode, the instrument records the photoemission intensity as a function of kinetic energy and two in-plane momentum components. In PAX-RIXS mode, scattered soft X-ray photons are absorbed in a thin metallic converter, and the generated photoelectrons are analyzed in energy and position of emission on the converter. The electron kinetic energy retains the spectral information of the scattered photons, while the position is related to the scattering angle and therefore to the momentum transfer, enabling simultaneous access to a finite momentum-transfer interval. We describe the mechanical design, converter assembly, scattering geometry, and multimode electron optics of the instrument. Its PAX-RIXS performance is benchmarked at the Cu $L_3$ edge using CaCuO$_2$, with Au, Ag, and Pt converters. The measured spectra reproduce the principal features obtained with a conventional grating RIXS spectrometer, and deconvolution yields an effective reconstructed energy resolution better than $120$~meV under the present conditions. Finally, combined ARPES and PAX-RIXS measurements on the same Ca-doped YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6.45}$ sample demonstrate the capability of the instrument to correlate electronic structure and collective excitations within a common compact platform.

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Chafic Fawaz, Tom Lacmannn, Yaryna Lytvynenko, Sergii Chernov, Olena Tkach, Siegmar Roth, Jan O. Schunck, Amon Lanz, Jakob Dilling, Lukas Bruckmeier, Markus Scholz, Frank Scholz, Arne Meyer, Dirk Fuchs, Lara Schmieder, Yiran Liu, Matteo Minola, Bernhard Keimer, Dmytro Kutnyakhov, Kai Rossnagel, Olena Fedchenko, Angela Wittmann, Moritz Hoesch, Gerd Schönhense, Matthieu Le Tacon, Hans-Joachim Elmers, Martin Beye. 2026-10-02. ToF-PAX-RIXS: A Time-of-Flight Spectrometer for combined ARPES and RIXS. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.03993

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