Synchrotron Radiation (SR) in Solid State Research
Prof. Dr. Mohsen Abd-Elmeguid
2 h lectures (Thursday, 10.00-12.00 at seminar room 201, II. Physikalisches Institut)
Contents
- I. Introduction
- I.1. Production and properties of Synchrotron Radiation (SR)
- I.2. Instruments for optimization of SR
- Insertion devices, X-ray optics, and detectors
- II. Research using SR in science and Technology
- II.1. Structural investigations
- - x-ray diffraction, x-ray absorption, total reflection, and x-ray imaging
- II.2. Electronic structure of materials
- - Photo emission spectroscopy and x-ray emission (soft x-ray emission)
- II.3. Magnetic properties of materials
- - x-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism (XMCD)
- III. Recent advances in SR sources
- -The free Electron Laser
References
- Handbook of Synchrotron Radiation Elsevier (North Holland)
- "Synchrotron light" Springer-Verlag Compact Disc 2000
- http://xdb.lbl.gov
- G. K. Green: "Spectra and Optics of Synchrotron Radiation", in Proposal for National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, BNL-50595 (1977).
- H. Winick: "Properties of Synchrotron Radiation", in H. Winick and S. Doniach, Eds., Synchrotron Radiation Research (Plenum, New York, 1979), p. 11.
- S. Krinsky: "undulators as Sources of Synchrotron Radiation", IEEE Tran. Nucl. Sci. NS-30, 3078
- 18. IFF-Ferienkurs "Synchrotronstrahlung in der FEstkörperforschung", (1987)
- 23. IFF-Ferienkurs "Synchrotronstrahlung zur Erforschung kondensierter Materie" (1992)