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Advanced X-Ray Microscopy, 7.5 credits

given by the Department of Physics.

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Contents

Introduction to x-rays: nature, properties, generation, interactions with matter.

Introduction to microscopy: advancements, sensitivity, resolution, contrast, field of view and time-domain.

Incoherent x-ray microscopy methods: tomography, scanning fluorescence microscopy, scanning diffraction microscopy, PEEM and STXM.

Coherent x-ray microscopy methods: scanning x-ray diffraction microscopy, Holography, coherent diffraction imaging and ptychography.

Microscopy applied to specific materials: magnetic materials, magnetic holography, neutron tomography, microscopy applied to semiconductor nanostructures and biological materials.

Syllabus

NAFY012-Eng.pdf

General information

There are currently no scheduled instances of this course.

Semester: Not applicable
Study period: Not applicable
Level: PhD studies.
Language: English.
Forms of teaching: lectures, laboratory sessions, and project.
Assessment: oral exam on content of lectures, seminar project, and lab practice.
Grading scale: Fail, Pass (U, G).

Course literature

Lecture scripts & complementary literature handed out at the lectures.

Course responsible

Jesper Wallentin, jesper.wallentin@sljus.lu.se

Entry requirements

For admission to the course 90 credits in the natural sciences are required. Modern Physics 3, Quantum Physics, 30 credits, or the equivalent is required as well as English B.

Registration

Sign up for the course by contacting course responsible and studentadministration@fysik.lu.se.

Remember that you need to have the course listed in your individual study plan (ISP) or approved by your supervisor to have it counted towards your exam.

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