%0 Journal article %A Schmidt, D. %A Bauer, R. %A Chung, S. %A Novikov, D. %A Sander, M. %A Pudell, J.-E. %A Herzog, M. %A Pfuetzenreuter, D. %A Schwarzkopf, J. %A Chernikov, R. %A Gaal, P. %T A new concept for temporal gating of synchrotron X‐ray pulses %R 10.23689/fidgeo-4395 %J Journal of Synchrotron Radiation %V 28 %N 2 %I International Union of Crystallography %X A new concept for temporal gating of synchrotron X‐ray pulses based on laser‐induced thermal transient gratings is presented. First experimental tests of the concept yield a diffraction efficiency of 0.18%; however, the calculations indicate a theoretical efficiency and contrast of >30% and 10−5, respectively. The full efficiency of the pulse picker has not been reached yet due to a long‐range thermal deformation of the sample after absorption of the excitation laser. This method can be implemented in a broad spectral range (100 eV to 20 keV) and is only minimally invasive to an existing setup. %U http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/8741 %~ FID GEO-LEO e-docs