[PDF][PDF] EXAFS and XANES analysis of oxides at the nanoscale

A Kuzmin, J Chaboy - IUCrJ, 2014 - journals.iucr.org
Worldwide research activity at the nanoscale is triggering the appearance of new, and
frequently surprising, materials properties in which the increasing importance of surface and …

Materials characterization by synchrotron x-ray microprobes and nanoprobes

L Mino, E Borfecchia, J Segura-Ruiz, C Giannini… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
In recent years synchrotron x-ray microprobes and nanoprobes have emerged as key
characterization tools with a remarkable impact for different scientific fields including solid …

EIS: the scattering beamline at FERMI

C Masciovecchio, A Battistoni… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.iucr.org
The Elastic and Inelastic Scattering (EIS) beamline at the free-electron laser FERMI is
presented. It consists of two separate end-stations: EIS-TIMEX, dedicated to ultrafast time …

Solving local structure around dopants in metal nanoparticles with ab initio modeling of X-ray absorption near edge structure

J Timoshenko, A Shivhare, RWJ Scott, D Lu… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We adopted ab initio X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) modeling for structural
refinement of local environments around metal impurities in a large variety of materials. Our …

Broadband optical ultrafast reflectivity of Si, Ge and GaAs

A Di Cicco, G Polzoni, R Gunnella, A Trapananti… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Ultrafast optical reflectivity measurements of silicon, germanium, and gallium arsenide have
been carried out using an advanced set-up providing intense subpicosecond pulses (35 fs …

Interplay of electron heating and saturable absorption in ultrafast extreme ultraviolet transmission of condensed matter

A Di Cicco, K Hatada, E Giangrisostomi, R Gunnella… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
High intensity pulses obtained by modern extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and x-ray photon
sources allows the observation of peculiar phenomena in condensed matter. Experiments …

Modeling saturable absorption for ultra short X-ray pulses

K Hatada, A Di Cicco - Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related …, 2014 - Elsevier
Saturable absorption was recently observed in transmission measurements above the L II, III
edge of pure Al thin films using ultra short X-ray pulses at a free-electron-laser (FEL) facility …

Spectrometer for X-ray emission experiments at FERMI free-electron-laser

L Poletto, F Frassetto, P Miotti, A Di Cicco… - Review of Scientific …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
A portable and compact photon spectrometer to be used for photon in-photon out
experiments, in particular x-ray emission spectroscopy, is presented. The instrument …

Probing matter under extreme conditions at Fermi@ Elettra: the TIMEX beamline

A Di Cicco, F Bencivenga, A Battistoni… - Damage to VUV …, 2011 - spiedigitallibrary.org
FERMI@ Elettra is a new free-electron-laser (FEL) facility, presently under commissioning,
able to generate subpicosecond photon pulses of high intensity in the far ultraviolet and soft …

An active optics system for EUV/soft x-ray beam shaping

C Svetina, D Cocco, A Di Cicco, C Fava… - Adaptive X-Ray …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
FERMI@ Elettra is a VUV/Soft X-ray Free Electron Laser (FEL) user facility under
commissioning in Trieste, Italy. It provides a spatially coherent transform-limited photon …