10.18453/rosdok_id00004851 Kruse, Björn Thorben Björn Thorben Kruse http://d-nb.info/gnd/1370532806 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9150-1972 Universität Rostock 2024 530 Physics 2024 en https://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00004851 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00004851-5 Single-shot coherent diffractive imaging (CDI) has proven to be a successful tool for analyzing the structure of individual free nanoparticles and tracking their light-induced dynamics with exceptional spatial and temporal resolution. Nonlinear quantum effects are particularly important in the context of resonant excitation and high intensities. In this work, a density matrix-based scattering model was developed in order to include such quantum effects in the local medium response and explore the transition from linear to nonlinear CDI for the scattering from Helium nanodroplets.