Surface second harmonic generation (SHG) is a coherent, nonlinear optical technique that is
well suited for investigations of biomolecular interactions at interfaces. SHG is surface …

Our knowledge of the structure of matter is largely based on X-ray diffraction studies of
periodic structures and the successful transformation (inversion) of the diffraction patterns …

To understand the climate dynamics of the warm, equable greenhouse world of the Late
Cretaceous period, it is important to determine polar palaeotemperatures. The early …

Femtosecond magnetization phenomena have been challenging our understanding for over
a decade. Most experiments have relied on infrared femtosecond lasers, limiting the spatial …

The nature of light, extending from the optical to the x-ray regime, is reviewed from a
diffraction point of view by comparing field-based statistical optics and photon-based …

We present the first single-shot images of ferromagnetic, nanoscale spin order taken with
femtosecond x-ray pulses. X-ray-induced electron and spin dynamics can be outrun with …

Understanding electronic structure at the nanoscale is crucial to untangling fundamental
physics puzzles such as phase separation and emergent behavior in complex magnetic …

This is a tutorial paper on the properties of partially coherent hard x-ray beams and their use
in the structural analysis of condensed matter. The role of synchrotron radiation in the …

A room-temperature skyrmion-hosting compound Co 8 Zn 8 Mn 4 has been examined by
means of soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy, resonant small-angle scattering, and extended …

Soft X-ray resonant magnetic scattering offers a unique element-, site-and valence-specific
probe to study magnetic structures on the nanoscopic length scale. This new technique …