Scientific Highlights: Research Division "Photon Science"

Swiss PIC to support Swiss photonics industry

The technology transfer centre Swiss PIC will be located in the Park Innovaare.

16.12.2022

Manuel Guizar-Sicairos appointed as Associate Professor at EPF Lausanne and head of the Computational X-ray Imaging group at PSI

Dr. Manuel Guizar-Sicairos, currently Senior Scientist at PSI, was appointed as Associate Professor of Physics in EPF Lausanne and head of the Computational X-ray Imaging group in PSI.

15.12.2022

•Future Technologies

•9 min

3.1 million in funding for new research projects at PSI

People

The PSI scientists Zurab Guguchia and Kirsten Schnorr are to receive grants totalling CHF 3.1 million from the Swiss National Science Foundation for ground-breaking projects.

10.12.2022

Tracking chemical bond changes with element selectivity and in real time

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy probes the chemical environment in a molecule at a specific atomic site. Now the concept is extended with a site selective trigger to follow chemical bond changes as they occur on the femtosecond time scale.

08.12.2022

•Future Technologies

•6 min

New materials for the computer of the future

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Materials research

Researchers are identifying and studying material compounds whose unique properties could lead to the development of novel types of chip.

20.10.2022

PSI researcher Patrick Hemberger honored in the Rising Stars special issue in Energy & Fuels

To celebrate contributions of highly influential early and mid-career researchers in energy research, the journal Energy & Fuels established an annual recognition of Energy and Fuels Rising Stars.

19.10.2022

Dr. Manuel Guizar-Sicairos elected as SPIE Fellow member

Dr. Manuel Guizar-Sicairos was elected as a 2022 SPIE Fellow Member for his contributions to coherent lensless imaging, including ptychography and X-ray nano-tomography. The distinction was awarded in the SPIE’s Optics & Photonics conference in San Diego, California.