X-ray Sensor Joint Workshop - From Soft to Hard X-rays

Session

Applications - III

SXD

14 Jan 2026, 09:00

ML E12 (ETH)

Conveners

Applications - III

• Simone Finizio (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

12. Soft X-ray Detection for TR-RIXS at the Furka Endstation of SwissFEL

Eugenio Paris (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

14/01/2026, 09:00

Applications

Soft X-ray Detector Workshop

Time-resolved resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (TR-RIXS) provides unique insight into the dynamics of elementary excitations in quantum materials. At the L-edges of 3d transition metals, located in the soft x-ray regime, the intrinsically low cross-section places stringent demands on detector performance. High quantum efficiency is essential to maximize signal yield, while the energy...

38. Detectors for resonant soft X-ray scattering: current capabilities and future directions

Priyanka Ketkar (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

14/01/2026, 09:20

Applications

Soft X-ray Detector Workshop

Resonant soft X-ray scattering (RSoXS) combines the chemical sensitivity of X-ray absorption spectroscopy and the nanometer-scale spatial resolution of small-angle scattering to elucidate the structure of various soft materials. The ability of RSoXS to map both the composition and molecular orientations in these materials without chemical labeling offers unique insights that are less readily...

65. Soft X-ray phase nano-microscopy of micrometre-thick magnets

Jeffrey Neethirajan (MPI-CPFS)

14/01/2026, 09:40

Soft X-ray Detector Workshop

The development and optimisation of magnetic materials in various applications, including clean energy generation and spintronics, depend on an understanding of their nanoscale magnetisation configurations. However, until recently, nanoscale magnetic imaging was limited to thin film or surface investigations, with thicker magnetic systems greater than a few hundred nanometres limited to...

36. Use of soft x-ray detectors at PETRA III

Moritz Hoesch (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)

Applications

Soft X-ray Detector Workshop

The variable polarization beamline P04 at the storage ring PETRA III covers a broad photon energy range of 250 to 2700 eV with very high degree of polarization and coherence. The latter is well characterized by various experiments. The Beamline features several fix installed instruments and caters for a user programme of mobile instruments that are connected to the open port.

In this poster...