Laboratory Condensed Matter (LSC)

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The PSI Laboratory for Condensed Matter uses synchrotron radiation for spectroscopy, imaging and diffraction techniques.

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•Future Technologies

Nanostructure orientation in 3D with visible light by Tomographic Müller-Polarimetric Microscopy

Materials research

We developed a new method, tomographic Müller-polarimetric microscopy (TMPM), that allows to retrieve at three-dimensional microscopic resolution the nanoscale structural information of the ultrastructure probed with polarized light in a non-destructive manner using a low cost and experimentally simple optical setup.

Two XA spectra recorded with circularly polarized x-rays
•Fundamentals of Nature

Primer on X-ray magnetic circular dichroism

Materials research

X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) is a magneto-optical effect that describes the difference in absorption between left and right circularly polarized X-rays by a magnetized material. It has been widely applied to the study of magnetic systems and of magnetic phenomena and its unique capabilities make it a fundamental tool for the study of novel magnetic phenomena and new materials systems.

Image showing a schematics of TEM and SXM as well as illustrative TEM and SXM data
•Large research facilities

Correlating transmission electron and soft x-ray microscopy to bridge atomic- and mesoscales

Materials research

Transmission electron and soft x-ray microscopy have contributed significantly to our understanding of phenomena in fields ranging from biology to materials science. In this review, we present recent developments in combining transmission electron and soft x-ray microscopy techniques, including progress in sample environment, and in situ and operando approaches and highlight the unique opportunities offered by fully correlative transmission electron and soft x-ray microscopy.

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