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Die jüngste Grossforschungsanlage des PSI erzeugt sehr kurze Pulse von Röntgenlicht mit Lasereigenschaften. Damit können Forschende extrem schnelle Vorgänge wie die Entstehung neuer Moleküle bei chemischen Reaktionen verfolgen, die detaillierte Struktur lebenswichtiger Proteine bestimmen oder den genauen Aufbau von Materialien klären. Die Erkenntnisse erweitern unser Verständnis der Natur und führen zu praktischen Anwendungen wie etwa neuen Medikamenten, effizienteren Prozessen in der chemischen Industrie oder neuen Materialien in der Elektronik.

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Observation of a d-wave nodal liquid in highly underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

A key question in condensed-matter physics is to understand how high-temperature superconductivity emerges on adding mobile charged carriers to an antiferromagnetic Mott insulator. We address this question using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to probe the electronic excitations of the non-superconducting state that exists between the Mott insulator and the d-wave superconductor in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ.

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Watching atoms move: an ultrafast phase transition

One approach to advance our understanding of the complex interactions between different degrees of freedom in strongly correlated systems is to use time-resolved methods to study the response of a material after it has been driven out of equilibrium. Ultrafast optical techniques have demonstrated considerable potential to unravel the correlations that drive the interesting physics in such materials.

How fast can the lattice symmetry of a solid change?

One approach to advance our understanding of the complex interactions between different degrees of freedom in strongly correlated systems is to use time-resolved methods to study the response of a material after it has been driven out of equilibrium. Ultrafast optical techniques have demonstrated considerable potential to unravel the correlations that drive the interesting physics in such materials.