Versatile tabletop setup for picosecond time-resolved resonant soft-x-ray scattering and spectroscopy

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X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy at the Fe L edges with a picosecond laser-driven plasma source

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OPTICA (2023)

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Soft X-ray characterization of halide perovskite film by scanning transmission X-ray microscopy

Haeyeon Jun et al.

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Ultrafast NEXAFS spectroscopy in the lab using laser-based sources and advanced X-ray optics

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Highly efficient soft X-ray spectrometer based on a reflection zone plate for resonant inelastic X-ray scattering measurements

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