Laboratory Condensed Matter (LSC)
The research focusses on condensed matter and materials science using synchrotron radiation. For this we use the whole range of spectroscopy, imaging and diffraction techniques.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
Musik mit Röntgenlicht retten
Die SLS spielt den «King of the Blues» – B.B. King! In Zusammenarbeit mit dem «Montreux Jazz Digital Project» werden am PSI historische Tonbänder digitalisiert.
Spatially reconfigurable topological textures in freestanding antiferromagnetic nanomembranes
Researchers from the University of Oxford have imaged, through the use of the soft X-ray microscopy capabilities at the Swiss Light Source, spatially reconfigurable antiferromagnetic states in topologically rich free-standing nanomembranes
Short x-ray pulses reveal the source of light-induced ferroelectricity
Ultrafast measurements of the fluctuating atomic positions in the quantum paraelectric SrTiO3 after mid-infrared light excitation, reveal details about the creation of the material’s ferroelectric state.