Measuring the dispersion of spin waves in cuprate superconductors using Resonant Inealstic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) [ESRF & SLS]

Measuring the dispersion of spin waves in cuprate superconductors using Resonant Inealstic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) [ESRF & SLS]

We propose several projects on the subject of resonant x-ray spectroscopy, mainly using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) and x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The experimental activity takes place at the ESRF and SLS synchrotrons, during few days long sessions; the preparation and the work of data analysis and interpretation is done in the Physics Department in Milano.
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  • Modificatons of the paramagnon spectrum across Tc in underdoped YBCO studied with high resolution RIXS
  • The effect of stripe order on the phonon dispersion masured by high resolution RIXS
  • Mesurement by RIXS of the momentum dependent electron-phonon interaction in cuprates
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    Some information on RIXS of cuprate superconductors can be found in the attached articles.
    For the students interested in a thesis project to be fully realized abroad the ESRF proposes every year several opportunities to be complted in 6 months in Grenoble. Here are some recent examples:
  • ID03, Roberto Carlà, Surface diffraction, Electrochemistry of Graphene supported Pt nanoparticles.
  • ID17, Helke Brauer-Krisch, Medical beam line, Gafchromic® film microdosimetry for microbeam radiation therapy (MRT): comparison between a microdensitometer and an optical microscope
  • ID20, Christian Sahle, Inelastic hard x-ray scattering, RIXS of magnetic excitations in iridates
  • ID24, Sakura Pascarelli, Dispersive EXAFS and time resolved XANES, Local environment of elements in Fe-S melts at high pressure and temperature.Impact of structure changes in Fe-FeS melts on element partitioning in the Earth’s core.
  • ID26, Pieter Glatzel, Resonant Inelastic hard X-ray Scattering and X-ray emission,Â
  • ID28, Alexei Bosak, High resolution inelastic x-ray scattering, Lattice Dynamics of VO2 Above the Metal-Insulator Transition
  • ID32, Nick Brookes, Kurt Kummer, Soft x-ray Spectroscopy, Spectroscopic study of the magnetism in EuRh2Si2 and GdRh2Si2 using X-ray magnetic dichroism