Inelastic X-ray Scattering

Electronic & Chemical & Magnetic Characterization (X-ray/soft-X-ray spectroscopy)

Due to the upcoming SLS 2.0 upgrade this technique will be unavailable at PSI until further notice.

By using Inelastic X-ray Scattering (IXS) knowledge on dynamics in materials is obtained. This gives information that is often hard to achieve using static probes, such as the type of atomic bonding, valence state, and collective modes, resulting in a better understanding of the system at play.

In X-Ray Raman Scattering (XRS) soft x-ray atomic absorption edges are measured similar to X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) but with an important difference. In XRS hard x-rays (e.g. 10 keV) are used in a non-resonant fashion, giving bulk sensitive information devoured of unwanted surface contamination. The imaging capability of the XRS spectrometer gives spatially resolved chemical contrast which means complicated sample environments (e.g. in-situ battery cells) can be accommodated in the setup. Access beyond the dipole transition is also possible, providing information on the complete unoccupied density of states.

Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering (RIXS) is a photon-in/photon-out technique that requires the X-rays to be tuned to an atomic absorption edge in order to observe a signal. RIXS is therefore element and valence specific technique. It measures excitations, such as dd- and magnetic-excitations, with a momentum resolution. This latter point is important since it allows one to map the energy dispersion of an excitation (e.g. magnon) which is crucial for any realistic theoretical modelling of a system. However, due to the large energy range in absorption edges, instruments are typically divided into soft, tender or hard x-rays.

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          provided at Large Scale Facilities by:
SOLEIL
France
PSI
Switzerland
IXS - ADRESS Beamline @ Swiss Light Source Synchrotron
Soft-X-ray radiation, Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) and ARPES
Fixed-gap undulator, circular and 0-180o variable linear polarization, flux on sample up to 1013 ph/s/0.01%BW/400 mA, spot size 10x74 µm2 (ARPES); 4x52 µm2 (RIXS)
300 - 1600 eV
PHOIBIOS-150 analyser, constant angular dispersion through the whole operative energy range
Better than 0.07o at 1 keV; up to 33000 (E/ΔE, 1 keV)
CARVING manipulator
Temperatures down to 10.5 K
UHV
Transfer chamber equipped with LEED, load-lock, low-T cleavage, preparation chamber: gas exposure, ion bombardment, heating up to 1000oC, and thin film deposition
SOLEIL
France
IXS, HAXPES - Galaxies Beamline @ Soleil Synchrotron
Inelastic x-ray scattering and hard x-ray photoemission
Resolution<100meV