X-ray based methodology

Developing innovative instruments has always expanded our knowledge-horizon; all four Nobel prizes in science awarded to Uppsala University are closely related to instrument development. The instruments we develop today are aimed at providing even deeper insights into fundamental processes in matter by understanding the electronic structure on the atomic length and time scale.

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One such recent development is the Uppsala coordination of the Uppsala Berlin joint Laboratory (UBjL) allowing for low dose photoemission on sensitive samples and the possibility to measure Coincidence ESCA.

Other areas of research include continuous improvement of our local laser source HELIOS for time-resolved photoemission, time-resolved MOKE and efficient bandmapping as well as making femtosecond-resolution RIXS at an XFEL possible.

At MAX IV in Lund we are leading the development of VERITAS beamline which will allow for very high resolution RIXS, and we are also heavily involved in the development of HIPPIE and SPECIES for high-pressure PES and for high-resolution soft X-ray RIXS.

Long term visions (>3 years) include the PETRA-III beamline, sub-meV with the FTS, exploring new opportunities with higher harmonic generation for time resolved core level spectroscopy, RIXS map spectrometer (further development of femtoseconds-resolution RIXS) and high kinetic energy ARToF.

Spectrometers

Instruments developed in the past years by the division to study the electronic structure of materials

• ARTOF – Angular Resolved Time of Flight
• FTS – Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
• T-MOKE – Transverse Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• The VERITAS spectrometer
• SQS (Small Quantum Systems) RIXS at European XFEL

Beamlines at MAX IV

Beamlines developed by our division at MAX IV laboratory

• VERITAS
• HIPPIE
• SPECIES (includes PGS, Grace)

Division Laboratories at Ångström

Large experimental setup developed and run by our division

• HELIOS – High Energy Laser Induced Overtone Source
• AFM/STM – Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• ESCA – Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis

International Infrastructure

Laboratories and experimental setups outside Swedish borders with contribution from our division

• UBjL – Uppsala-Berlin joint Laboratory at BESSY II
• VIKING station at LCLS

People

Agåker, Marcus researcher
Bidermane, Ieva guest researcher
Englund, Carl-Johan senior research engineer
Gopakumar, Geethanjali PhD student
Leitner, Torsten researcher
Maripuu, Rein researcher
Mucke, Melanie researcher
Mårtensson, Nils senior professor
Nordgren, Joseph senior professor
Siegbahn, Hans senior professor
Stefanuik, Robert researcher
Svensson, Svante senior professor
Söderström, Johan assistant professor
Wassdahl, Nial senior research engineer